A short presentation of London for lower grades

1. London
THE BIGGEST CITY IN EUROPE
The capital of the United Kingdom

2. London- a modern city
8 million people live in London, 250 different languages are spoken there
It is a city with many different nations and cultures.

3. Famous buildings and places
in London:
 Buckingham Palace
 The Tower of London
 Big Ben
 Tower Bridge
 The London Eye
 The Palace of Westminster/ the Houses of Parlaiment

4. The Queen`s home- Buckingham Palace
600 _____, 72________, 300 _______, 400 _______

5. It has got 600 rooms, 72 bathrooms, and 400
people work there.
Official sitehttp://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResidences/BuckinghamPalace/BuckinghamPalace.aspx
 Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and
guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms.
 Buckingham Palace is an office for the Head of State, as well as a home for The
Queen. Today over 800 members of staff are based at Buckingham Palace. Their
jobs range from housekeeping to horticulture, catering to correspondence. Some
of the more unusual jobs include fendersmith, clockmaker and flagman.
 There are 1,514 doors and 760 windows in Buckingham Palace. All windows are
cleaned every six weeks to keep them clean.
 Buckingham Palace has its own chapel, post office, swimming pool, staff
cafeteria, doctor's surgery and cinema.
 There are more than 350 clocks and watches in Buckingham Palace, one of the
largest collections of working clocks anywhere. Two full-time chronological
conservators wind them up every week and keep them in good working order.

6. The Tower of London
The oldest castle in London. It was even a prison. Today Crown Jewels are kept there.

7. Big Ben
The name of the clock bell.

9. Tower Bridge

10. The River Thames
 London lies on the River Thames. There are 12 bridges across the
river
 1. Battersea Bridge
2. Albert Bridge
3. Chelsea Bridge
4. Vauxhall Bridge
5. Lambeth Bridge
6. Westminster Bridge
7. Waterloo Bridge
8. Blackfriars Bridge
9. Millenium Bridge
10. Southwark Bridge
11. London Bridge
12. Tower Bridge

11. The London Eye
the world's
tallest
observation
wheel - 135m
high

12. 32 pods on the
wheel
They represent the 32
boroughs of London.
15-20 people are allowed
in one pod.
It takes 30 -40 minutes to
go round once.

13. The Palace of
Westminster
The Houses of
Parlaiment

14. Double deckers and phone booths(boxes)
Buses and phone boots are red in London

15. Traditional food
English breakfast
Traditional breakfast
Fish and chips
Tradition fast food
Sunday roast beef
Traditional Sunday lunch

16. Favourte food today
breakfast
Cereal with milk
Lunch
sandwiches
favourite dish
Chicken curry