Page 44 - Exercise 1B

Page 44 - Exercise 1B

In our half-term holiday, I went to London with my parents. We were there for three days. On the first day, we went on a sightseeing tour. I wanted to go shopping in Oxford Street, but Dad said, ‘You can go shopping when you’re at home.’ Huh, parents!

This is Buckingham Palace. The Queen lives here, but she isn’t here all the time.

When the Queen isn’t there, the flag on the top of the palace is the Union Jack.

But when the Queen is there, you will see the Queen’s own flag on the flag pole.

In this photo you can see the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. It’s the most famous clock in Britain, but Big Ben is really the name of the bell inside the tower.

We saw lots of interesting places on our tour, but at the end of the day my feet were really sore.

On the second day, we took the Underground to the Olympic Park. The Olympics were in London in 2012. The stadium and the other buildings are amazing. This is the Velodrome. It’s for cycling.

In the afternoon, we went on a boat trip along the River Thames. There are lots of interesting things next to the river.

The London Eye is the biggest wheel of its kind in the world. It takes 30 minutes to go round, and you can see all of London’s famous sights from the top. At New Year, there’s a big firework display here.

Thousands of people come to watch it. It’s on TV, too.

And this is the Tower of London. It’s the oldest building in London. A lot of people lost their heads here. Next to the Tower is Tower Bridge, over the river Thames. In the evening, we went to see Billy Elliot at the Victoria Palace Theatre.

What a day!

On the last day, we went to the Natural History Museum in the morning, and we saw the dinosaurs there. After that, we had lunch in Hyde Park and then we came home. It was a great trip, but we never got to the shops.

Ah well, maybe next time!