Starter quiz
- Name the river that flows through London.
- 'Thames' ✓
- Which of these cities is the largest?
- Birmingham
- London ✓
- Manchester
- Newcastle
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- What do we call people that visit London for holidays?
- tourists ✓
- guests
- commuters
- residents
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- What can we use to help us locate significant places in a city like London?
- photographs
- maps ✓
- aerial images ✓
- reviews
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- Join the parts to complete the sentences.
- London is close to⇔the mouth of the River Thames. ✓
- About 10 million⇔people live in London. ✓
- Every year, millions of⇔tourists visit London. ✓
- London is in⇔the south-east of England. ✓
- What symbol do we often see on maps to mark the location of the capital city of a country?
- circle
- square
- star ✓
- triangle
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Exit quiz
- Which of these landmarks is a historical home of the British Royal Family?
Palace of Westminster
Tower Bridge
Buckingham Palace ✓
The Gherkin
- In which city is the headquarters of the UK government?
- Glasgow
- Hull
- Wrexham
- London
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- Match the words to the definitions.
- government⇔the group of people who are in charge of running the country ✓
- parliament⇔the group of people who make the laws for the country ✓
- headquarters⇔the main offices of an organisation ✓
- Rearrange these letters to form a word which means to travel from home to work every day.
- 1⇔c
- 2⇔o
- 3⇔m
- 4⇔m
- 5⇔u
- 6⇔t
- 7⇔e
- The largest bell in the Elizabeth Tower, a famous London landmark, is nicknamed "Big ______"?
- 'Ben' ✓
- Identify two key reasons why landmarks are important in a city.
- To attract visitors to come to the city ✓
- To bring commuters to the city
- To celebrate historical events and places ✓
- To keep the city clean
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A capital city is where a country's government has its headquarters and where it makes important decisions.
- Many people commute to London for work and millions of tourists visit or travel through the city.
- London has many important buildings and landmarks, such as Buckingham Palace, the Elizabeth Tower and Big Ben.
Common misconception
that commuters all drive cars to work
Many people do drive their car to work, but commuters are all the people that travel to a place for work using any mode of transport.
Keywords
Parliament - Parliament is the group of people who make the laws for the country.
Governement - A government is the group of people who are in charge of running the country.
Commute - To commute is to travel quite a long distance between your home and where you work.
Landmark - A feature in the landscape which has a particular meaning attached to it, for example, to help with directions, is called a landmark.
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