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  1. Match the words.

Guy Fawkes the State Opening

Elizabeth II the Woolsack

Sir Benjamin Hall Gunpowder Plot

Lord Chancellor the Clock Tower

“Black Rod” Big Ben

  1. Match the years to the events.

1605 Charles I went to the House of Commons to arrest

five MPs who criticized his rule.

1837 Guy Fawkes was discovered in the cellar beneath

the House of Lords.

1642 Queen Victoria came to throne; the construction of

the Clock Tower began.

2012 The clock on the Clock Tower began to work.

1859 The Clock Tower was renamed into Elizabeth

Tower.

3. Match the measurements to the objects they describe.

3 km the length of the building of the Houses of Parliament

7m the length of the corridors in the Houses of Parliament

4.3m the length of the hour hands of the clock

2.7m the diameter of the clock faces

316m the number of rooms in the Houses of Parliament

8 tons the length of the minute hands of the clock

374 the number of steps inside the Clock Tower

1000 the weight of Big Ben

13.5 tons the weight of the bell’s hammer

96m the height of the Clock Tower

4. Scan the text for details and fill in the missing words.

1. The Houses of Parliament are officially called the Palace of … .

2. The Houses of Parliament are built in … style.

3. The Houses of Parliament serve as the meeting place of two … …, the House

of … and the House of … .

4. Famous events in the history of the Houses of Parliament include the … …

... I in the House of Commons.

5. Parliament is reopened in November with a ceremony called the … … .

6. The monarch makes a speech from the … in the Lords … .

7. An official called “… …” is sent to the Commons to … MPs to hear the

speech.

8. Two towers decorate the building: the … Tower and the … Tower.

9. The clock is called the … of London.

5. Put the verbs in the correct grammar form.

1. In Victoria Tower millions of parliamentary documents ( keep) .

2. A Union flag is flying when Parliament (sit) during daylight hours.

3. Big Ben (be) the huge bell in the clock of St. Stephen’s Tower.

4. It may (name) after Sir Benjamin Hall whose nickname was “Big Ben”.

5. Big Ben (boom) out the hours since 1859.

6. When Parliament (sit) at night light is shining above the clock.