OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

Stage 1
London
5 Westminster Abbey is London’s oldest
_____.
PLACES
a castle
Choose the best answer.
1 The _____ built a town called Londinium. b pub

a Saxons c church

b Angles d tower

c Jutes 6 The Houses of Parliament clock is called

_____.
d Romans
a Big Tom
2 The 1666 Great Fire of London started in
_____. b Big Ben

a the Tower of London c Great Tom

b Pudding Lane d Great Paul

c St Paul’s Cathedral 7 The tallest office building in Britain is

_____.
d Crystal Palace
a at Canary Wharf
3 The oldest part of London is _____.
b in Whitehall
a the City
c in Hyde Park
b Whitehall
d in the Mall
c Westminster
8 _____ is the oldest of the royal parks in
d Horse Guards Parade London.

4 Two famous prisoners in the Tower of a Hyde Park

London were _____.
b Regent’s Park
a William the Conqueror and Henry the
Eighth c St James’s Park

b Winston Churchill and Charles d Kensington Gardens

Dickens

c Edward the Fourth and his brother
Richard
d Queen Mary and Queen Victoria
9 The _____ opened in 1759.
a Museum of London
b Science Museum

c Natural History Museum

d British Museum
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Stage 1
London
14 _____ was queen for nearly sixty-four
years.
10 Charing Cross Road is famous for its
_____. a Victoria

a bookshops b Elizabeth the First

b cheap clothes shops c Mary

c market d Elizabeth the Second

d food shops 15 The Queen’s real birthday is in _____.

20 marks a June

b May
PEOPLE
c July
Choose the best answer.
11 _____ built the Tower of London. d April

a William the Conqueror 16 _____ is the most important person in

London after the Queen.
b Henry the Eighth
a the Lord Mayor
c Queen Victoria
b the Prime Minister
d Elizabeth the Second
c Sir Robert Walpole
12 _____ was the daughter of Henry the
Eighth. d Sir George Downing

a Elizabeth the First 17 There is a statue of _____ in Parliament

Square.
b Queen Mary
a Sir Winston Churchill
c Queen Victoria
b William Shakespeare
d Elizabeth the Second
c Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
13 _____ was queen when many of the
buildings you can see in London today d William the Conqueror
were built.
18 _____ lives at 10 Downing Street
a Elizabeth the First
a The Queen
b Mary
b The Lord Mayor
c Victoria
c The Prime Minister
d Elizabeth the Second
d Sir George Downing
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Stage 1
London
23 The London Eye wheel is _____ metres
high.
19 There is a playground in Kensington
Gardens for people to remember _____. a 3

a William Shakespeare b 35

b Sir Winston Churchill c 135

c Charles Dickens d 1,335

d Diana, Princess of Wales 24 _____ wrote stories about the detective

Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr
20 After Shakespeare, _____ is probably Watson.
Britain’s most famous writer.
a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
a Agatha Christie
b Charles Dickens
b Charles Dickens
c William Shakespeare
c J.M. Barrie
d Agatha Christie
d Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
25 The first _____ was Henry Fitzailwyn, in
20 marks 1189.

FACTS a king of England

Choose the correct answer. b prime minister

21 The Globe Theatre was built at the time of c Mayor of London

_____.
d Beefeater
a Henry the Eighth
26 Tower Bridge is more than _____ years
b Elizabeth the First old.

c Queen Mary a one hundred

d Queen Victoria b five hundred

22 A new _____ was built from 1675 to 1711. c one thousand

a Tower of London d five thousand

b St Paul’s Cathedral 27 St Paul’s Cathedral has the second

biggest _____ in the world.
c London Bridge
a bell
d river
b tower

c dome

d prison
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Stage 1
London
32 a group of people who control a country

28 Visitors travel in the London Eye for a royal

_____.
b king
a 30 minutes
c government
b three hours
d figure
c two days
33 pictures that people like to look at
d a week
a art
29 _____ opened in 1984, cost more than
400 million pounds, and is 520 metres b café
long.
c statue
a The London Eye
d wax
b Canary Wharf
34 a line of people who are walking together
c The Royal Victoria Dock for a special reason, while other people
watch them
d The Thames Barrier
a war
30 It is a four kilometre walk through the
_____. b club

a Museum of London c concert

b British Museum d parade

c Science Museum 35 a place where ships bring people and

things
d Natural History Museum
a flag
20 marks
b docks

c coach
VOCABULARY
d prison
Choose the best answer.
36 the shape of a person made of stone or
31 a place where you can see old interesting
metal
things
a painting
a art
b statue
b museum
c destroy
c parade
d flood
d bank
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Stage 1
London
EVENTS
37 a metal thing that makes a sound when
Choose the best answer.
something touches it
41 In 1605 Guy Fawkes put a bomb under
a bar _____.

b boar a the Houses of Parliament

c bell b Buckingham Palace

d bomb c St Paul’s Cathedral

38 the hard white parts inside a person’s d the Tower of London

body
42 1665 was called the Year of the Great
a figures _____.

b clothes a Plague

c statues b Fire

d bones c Parade

39 bad people stay here and cannot leave d Show

a bar 43 The 1851 Great Exhibition was at _____.

b gallery a the Crystal Palace

c prison b Buckingham Palace

d club c the Tower of London

40 to enjoy yourself because you have a d Kensington Palace

special reason to be happy
44 In _____ the first underground trains
a celebrate began to run in London.

b century a 1663

c destroy b 1763

d view c 1863

20 marks d 1963

45 Queen Elizabeth the Second had her

coronation at _____ in 1953.

a the Houses of Parliament

b Buckingham Palace

c the Tower of London

d Westminster Abbey
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Stage 1
London
50 The Olympic Games are coming to
Lodnon for the _____ time in 2012.
46 You can watch the soldiers change the
guard at _____ half-past eleven most a first
mornings.
b second
a the Houses of Parliament
c third
b Buckingham Palace
d fourth
c Kensington Palace
20 marks
d the Tower of London
Total marks
47 The Lord Mayor’s Show happens in
_____.

a May

b June

c July

d November

48 You can see the world’s best tennis

players every June in _____.

a Tottenham

b Wimbledon

c Henley-on-Thames

d Putney

49 The London Marathon happens on a

_____.

a Sunday

b Tuesday

c Thursday

d Friday
OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ANSWERS
Stage 1
London
26 a

PLACES 27 c

1 d 28 a

2 b 29 d

3 a 30 b

4 c
VOCABULARY
5 c
31 b
6 b
32 c
7 a
33 a
8 c
34 d
9 d
35 d
10 a
36 b

PEOPLE 37 d

11 a 38 b

12 a 39 a

13 c 40 c

14 a
EVENTS
15 d
41 a
16 a
42 a
17 a
43 a
18 c
44 c
19 d
45 d
20 b
46 b

FACTS 47 d

21 b 48 b

22 b 49 a

23 c 50 c

24 a

25 c
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Stage 1
London
BEFORE READING
ACTIVITY 1
a The Eiffel Tower
b The Parthenon
e The I-louses of Parliament
d Buckingham Palace
e The White I louse
f The Kremlin
ACTIVITY 2
Encourage students to speculate about all
the questions, but don’t tell them the
answers at this stage. In fact students will
find 2 of the places in London: The Houses
of Parliament and Buckingham Palace
WHILE READING
CHAPTER 1
Help students to determine which is the
first sentence, and then let them work
through the rest themselves.
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CHAPTER 2
1T
2 F: When you visit the Queens Gallery you
can see the Queen’s paintings.
3T
4T
5 F: The big parade called the Trooping al the
Colour is on the Queen’s birthday in June.
6 F: When the Queen goes to open
Parliament, she rides in a wonderful coach.
CHAPTER 3
I The City is busy during the week.
2 The Tower of London is the oldest building
in the City
3 Queen Elizabeth the First was once a
prisoner in the Tower of London.
4 The dome of St Paul’s Cathedral is the
biggest in Britain.
5 Great Torn rings when a king dies.
6 At the Monument people remember the
year of the Great Fire.
BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
CHAPTERS 4
1 Who...? The British prime minister.
2 What…? Tall trees and a statue of Sir
Winston Churchill.
3 What...? It was on television.
4 What...? It is the bell in the clock tower.
S What...? They have big fires and fireworks,
and they often burn a figure of Guy Fawkes.
6 Who...? William Shakespeare.
7 What...? 20th and 21st century an.
8 Why...? Because there are good views of
London and the river.
9 What...? You can travel in the capsules on
the big wheel for 30 minutes.
10 What..? The tower at One Canada Square.
11 What...? The ten big gates on the barrier
come up and stop the water.
CHAPTERS 6 AND 7
1 In Hyde Park you can take a boat out on the
Serpentine.
2 People remember Diana, Princess of Wales,
at the playground in Kensington Gardens.
3 You can see animals from all over the world
at the zoo in Regent's Park.
4 The bones of the world’s biggest animal ait
in the Natural History Museum.
5 In the Sherlock Holmes stories the famous
detective lives at 221b Baker Street.
6 The National Portrait Gallery is full of
pictures of famous people.
7 Tate Britain has paintings by Constable and
Turner.
8 Half a million people visit the London
Dungeon every year.
CHAPTERS 8, 9. AND 19
1 The Mousetrap began more than fifty years
ago.
2 They go to dance and listen to music.
3 You can see a game of cricket.
4 The London Marathon finishes in
Westminster.
5 London’s most famous shop is Harrods.
6 Charring Cross Road is a good place to look
for books.
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Stage 1
London
7 Petticoat Lane market and Old Spitalfields The picture goes on page 18 or 19.
market have cheap clothes.
8 People enjoy Afternoon tea at the Ritz. 1 In the London Eve.
9 London’s famous buses are red.
10 Taxi drivers need to know 25,000 streets. 2 Open answer.

3 Open answer.
AFTER READING
ACTIVITY 1
Possible caption: A view from the London Eye.

Hello from London! ACTIVITY 4

I arrived here on T1nìrsda: What a wonderful
Open answers.
city! On Saturday we saw the Trooping of the
Colour. It’s a big parade for the Queen's ACTIVITY 5
birthday We saw her go past in a beautiful
Open answers.
coach.
On Monday we went to the River Thames. We ACTIVITY 6
walked across the Millennium Bridge to Tate
Modern and went to look at the paintings. We Open answers.
had a ride in the London Eye. The weather was
good, so we could see Hyde Park, Saint Paul’s
Cathedral, and a lot of other places. Now it’s
time for some shopping. Tomorrow I’m going
to Knightsbridge, because I want to visit
Harrods. After that I’m going to the Ritz to
have afternoon tea — it’s a very English thing
to do!
See you soon,
Alice

ACTIVITY 2

1 Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, next to the

River Tha mes.

2 Shakespeare’s plays.

3 1997.

ACTIVITY 3