Great Britain

My favourite country is Great Britain, which capital is London. And my project is about this wonderful city.

LONDON is the capital of

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland. It is one of

the biggest and wonderful cities in the world.

Bloomsbury Square is one of the oldest in London. It is the literary part of the British capital. Many writers and critics live there.

Bloomsbury square

The British museum

The British museum is one of biggest museums in the world! It was founded in 1753 by Hans Sloan. Today British museum is the main museum of the capital. About 4 million visitors comes to the museum every year. The British museum has a large Reading Room.

British museum

The Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House or Covent Garden is one of the famous London theatres. It is situated in the centre of the former fruit and vegetable market.

The Royal Opera House

The «ODEON» is one of the famous cinemas in London. It was designed by architects Harry Weedon and Andrew Mather. The first film was shown in November 1937.

Odeon

St. Paul’s Cathedral

St. Paul’s Cathedral is one of the greatest English churches. It was built in the 17th century by famous English architect Sir Christopher Wren. It took him 35 years. It is a beautiful building with many columns and towers.

St. Paul’s cathedral

Whitehall is one of the best-known streets in London. It is situated in the West End of London.

The Houses of Parliament

The Gothic building

that you see today was built between 1840 and 1888, this was the work of Charles Barry who designed the buildings nearby Westminster Abbey.

The Houses of Parliament

Big Ben The large clock of

one of the towers is Big Ben. It is the name of the clock and the bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament. The clock and the bell got their names after Sir Benjamin Hall.

Big Ben

The Tower of London. The Tower of

London was built by William the Conqueror in the 11th century. There are always black ravens in the Tower of London. People look after them very well as they believe that London will be rich while ravens live there.

The Tower bridge

The End!

Test

Match the beginning and the ending of the sentences

1)The Bloomsbury square is…2)The British museum is…3)The Odeon is…4)St.Paul’s cathedral is…5)Whitehall is…6)Big Ben is…

a) one of the best-known streets.b) one of the famous clocks in the

world.c) one of the greatest English churches.d) one of the biggest museums in the

world.e) one of the famous cinemas.f) the literary part of London.

Keys

1)The Bloomsbury square is…2)The British museum is…3)The Odeon is…4)St.Paul’s cathedral is…5) Whitehall is…6)Big Ben is…

f) the literary part of London.d) one of the biggest museums in the

world.e) one of the famous cinemas.c) one of the greatest English

churches.a) one of the best-known streets.b) one of the famous clock in the

world.