Sights of London: The Gherkin Develop your reading and speaking skills. Level B1/B2 The Gherkin is one of the most distinctive buildings in the City of London. It is London’s most widely recognized example of contemporary architecture. It is also known as 30 St Mary Axe. This 41 floor skyscraper has a height of 180 meters
Welcome to London Would you like to visit London some day? Level B1 Read the text and speak about the capital of the UK. Everybody kmows that London is the capital of Great Britain. Besides, it's a leading cultural, education and financial centre of the United Kindom. London is one of the most visited cities
Read about some of the British Cities The centre of everything in Great Britain is the city of London. It's situated at the centre of a vast national and international network of communication. London consists of four main districts, which differ from each other. These are the City, Westminster, the West End and the East
How about making a sightseeing tour around London? Elementary school Year 4 London Sightseeing Tour Vocabulary a tour – тур It was a long tour. They made a tour around the world. This tour is very interesting: we can visit many different places. a tourist – турист I think that I’m an active tourist. If
Holiday in London Fly High 3 A Week in London Sally’s Story will help you discover the capital of Great Britain, learn Past Simple of regular and irregular verbs and revise the days of the week and the ordinal numerals. Vocabulary Fly High 3 A Week in London Here you may revise the Past Simple Tense, the days
Develop your speaking and writing skills Do Speaking Writing Test 8 Year 7 Speaking You are going to visit London during your summer holidays. Tell about your plans. Give some information about: why you’re going to London where you want to go what sights you want to see where you would like to live what
What do you know about the Great Plague of London? During the hot summer of 1665, London was hit by a terrible disease known as The Great Plague. The disease had spread rapidly across parts of Europe and caused many deaths. Although there had been a plague epidemic (known as the Black Death) 300 years
Learn about the Great Fire of London In 1666, a huge fire that started in a tiny bakery burned down most of London – because it was so big, it was called the Great Fire of London. London was a busy city in 1666. It was very crowded. The streets were narrow and dusty. The houses
Writing an informal letter My Journey Imagine you have just returned from a two-week holiday. Write an email to your friend telling him/her about the holiday. Include information about: the journey where you stayed what you did and the people you met. Hello Bob, How are you doing? Sorry I haven't written for so long
From the History of Fleet Street Student's Project Fleet Street, former home for the British newspapers, remains a methonym for the British national press. Fleet Street, synonymous with printing and journalism for many years, was for centuries the home of the newspaper industry. Fleet Street is a road in central London. It is named after the River Fleet, one of
