Thames Barrier Shopping Centre
How many T-shirts does she buy? What sizes does she buy?
How many crystal ducks does she buy? What sizes does she buy?
How much does she spend on T-shirts?
How much does she spend on crystal ducks?
How much does she spend in total?
Which expressions do you hear?
Can I help you?
Do you have smaller t-shirts?
We do small, medium and large.
I'll buy these two.
I'll take this.
I'll have the small one, please.
How much is that altogether, please?
Can I have a look at those crystal ducks?
Sunday, May 28, 2006
London Museums
London Museums
London is home to over 300 Museum and Galleries, most of which are FREE!
This worksheet is to give you an idea of different galleries and museums around London.
Please complete the worksheet using the website details given.
** British Museum **
(thebritishmuseum.ac.uk)
1. What are the opening hours?
2. What are the admission fees?
3. Look through the on-line tour and let me know which exhibit interests you.
** The National Gallery **
(nationalgallery.org.uk)
1. Where is the nearest tube station from the National Gallery?
2. How many pictures did the National gallery originally start from?
** The Museum of London **
(museumoflondon.org.uk)
1. Who built London?
2. What does this museum exhibit?
3. Give 2 examples of current exhibits.
** Natural History Museum **
(nhm.ac.uk)
1. Where is the nearest tube station from the Natural History Museum?
2. Name 2 of the Permanent Exhibitions.
London is home to over 300 Museum and Galleries, most of which are FREE!
This worksheet is to give you an idea of different galleries and museums around London.
Please complete the worksheet using the website details given.
** British Museum **
(thebritishmuseum.ac.uk)
1. What are the opening hours?
2. What are the admission fees?
3. Look through the on-line tour and let me know which exhibit interests you.
** The National Gallery **
(nationalgallery.org.uk)
1. Where is the nearest tube station from the National Gallery?
2. How many pictures did the National gallery originally start from?
** The Museum of London **
(museumoflondon.org.uk)
1. Who built London?
2. What does this museum exhibit?
3. Give 2 examples of current exhibits.
** Natural History Museum **
(nhm.ac.uk)
1. Where is the nearest tube station from the Natural History Museum?
2. Name 2 of the Permanent Exhibitions.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Leisure in the UK
Leisure in the UK
Watch the video and answer the following questions
What are the top five leisure activities in the UK?
1
2
3
4
5
Mark the following statements TRUE or FALSE
The most popular leisure activity in the UK is going to the pub T/F
Most pubs do not serve food T/F
There are more than twice as many cinemas as there were 20 years ago T/F
10 times more people go to fast food restaurants than other restaurants T/F
The London Eye opened in 2001 T/F
The Ashmolean Museum is the oldest museum in England T/F
300,000 people visit the Ashmolean Museum every year T/F
Watch the video and answer the following questions
What are the top five leisure activities in the UK?
1
2
3
4
5
Mark the following statements TRUE or FALSE
The most popular leisure activity in the UK is going to the pub T/F
Most pubs do not serve food T/F
There are more than twice as many cinemas as there were 20 years ago T/F
10 times more people go to fast food restaurants than other restaurants T/F
The London Eye opened in 2001 T/F
The Ashmolean Museum is the oldest museum in England T/F
300,000 people visit the Ashmolean Museum every year T/F
Homestay Web Search
Homestay
Living in London with a “homestay” family is a unique experience.
This work sheet will help you to understand the different aspects of living in London with a family while you are studying here.
Using the following websites, please answer the following questions.
Londonmet
southgate.ac.uk
hampstead-english.ac.uk
british-study.com/
1. What is the main benefit of living with a homestay?
2. Do you think from what you have read that you can expect your homestay family to spend all their free time talking to you in English?
3. Name the two homestay agents we use at London Metropolitan University
4. What does half-board mean?
5. What does self-catering mean?
6. Do you have to pay any extra money for bills if you live with a homestay family?
7. What should you expect to find in your room?
8. If you live in a homestay is it guaranteed that you will be living near to the University?
9. Why/why not?
10. Using the “google” search engine, find out what a “continental breakfast” is
11. Generally, when staying with a homestay family, what should you do if you use their telephone?
12. What should you do if you break something in the house?
13. What do you think is the best thing to do if you realise that you are not going to get to your homestay on time for your meals?
14. Do English people always take a bath every day?
15. What must you remember to switch off if you leave your house?
16. Look at the statements below and decide which you think is reasonable (r) or unreasonable (U) in terms of your host family and your expectations of them.
a. I hope my host family will spend some of their time talking to me each day.
b. My host family should help me find places to visit in London.
c. My host family never speak to me, I want to leave.
d. My host mother only feeds me potatoes and nothing else.
e. I find the host family’s food strange, I am not sure I like it, I want to leave.
f. My host family have asked me to not take a shower or a bath after 11 pm – this seems fair to me.
g. My host family is black, I am scared – I want to change.
h. I want to move house because there is a carpet on the bathroom floor.
i. I should ask my host family if I need to call a taxi or book some transport.
Living in London with a “homestay” family is a unique experience.
This work sheet will help you to understand the different aspects of living in London with a family while you are studying here.
Using the following websites, please answer the following questions.
Londonmet
southgate.ac.uk
hampstead-english.ac.uk
british-study.com/
1. What is the main benefit of living with a homestay?
2. Do you think from what you have read that you can expect your homestay family to spend all their free time talking to you in English?
3. Name the two homestay agents we use at London Metropolitan University
4. What does half-board mean?
5. What does self-catering mean?
6. Do you have to pay any extra money for bills if you live with a homestay family?
7. What should you expect to find in your room?
8. If you live in a homestay is it guaranteed that you will be living near to the University?
9. Why/why not?
10. Using the “google” search engine, find out what a “continental breakfast” is
11. Generally, when staying with a homestay family, what should you do if you use their telephone?
12. What should you do if you break something in the house?
13. What do you think is the best thing to do if you realise that you are not going to get to your homestay on time for your meals?
14. Do English people always take a bath every day?
15. What must you remember to switch off if you leave your house?
16. Look at the statements below and decide which you think is reasonable (r) or unreasonable (U) in terms of your host family and your expectations of them.
a. I hope my host family will spend some of their time talking to me each day.
b. My host family should help me find places to visit in London.
c. My host family never speak to me, I want to leave.
d. My host mother only feeds me potatoes and nothing else.
e. I find the host family’s food strange, I am not sure I like it, I want to leave.
f. My host family have asked me to not take a shower or a bath after 11 pm – this seems fair to me.
g. My host family is black, I am scared – I want to change.
h. I want to move house because there is a carpet on the bathroom floor.
i. I should ask my host family if I need to call a taxi or book some transport.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Travel ABC
Travel English ABCs
A = We leave from the Nagoya A __ __ p __ __ t.
B = Many English people prefer a shower to a b __ __ h.
C = Before you enter the UK you must pass through c __ __ t __ __ s.
D = Wait in the d __ __ ar __ __ re lounge.
E = currency e __ch __ __ ge
F = I have 5,000 f __ __ qu __ __ t flier miles.
G = The flight leaves from g __ __ e 17.
H = hand lu__ __a__ __
I = All visitors to the UK must pass through i __ __ igr __ __ion.
J = Have a nice j __ ur __ __ y.
K = Brighton is 60 k __ __ om __ __ers from London.
L = The plane is l __ __ d __ __ g.
M = Find the building on your campus m __ __.
N = __ __ smoking on the airplane
O = O __ __ o __ __ is a famous university town.
P = Show me your pa __ __ po __ __.
Q = Animals must pass through q__ __ __ __ __ tine before entering the US or UK from Japan.
R = Do you have a r __ __ er __ __tion for this flight?
S = duty free sh __ __ p __ __ g
T = The plane is t __ k __ __ g off shortly.
U = The U __ __ v __ __ __ __ __ __ of London.
V = Do you have a student or tourist v __ __ __?.
W = Would you like an aisle or w __ __ d __ __ seat?
X = Put your bag through the x-__ __ __ machine.
Y = Y__ __ __ing helps equalize the pressure in your ears on take-off and landing.
Z = London __ __ __ is one of the oldest in the world with lots of different animals.
A = We leave from the Nagoya A __ __ p __ __ t.
B = Many English people prefer a shower to a b __ __ h.
C = Before you enter the UK you must pass through c __ __ t __ __ s.
D = Wait in the d __ __ ar __ __ re lounge.
E = currency e __ch __ __ ge
F = I have 5,000 f __ __ qu __ __ t flier miles.
G = The flight leaves from g __ __ e 17.
H = hand lu__ __a__ __
I = All visitors to the UK must pass through i __ __ igr __ __ion.
J = Have a nice j __ ur __ __ y.
K = Brighton is 60 k __ __ om __ __ers from London.
L = The plane is l __ __ d __ __ g.
M = Find the building on your campus m __ __.
N = __ __ smoking on the airplane
O = O __ __ o __ __ is a famous university town.
P = Show me your pa __ __ po __ __.
Q = Animals must pass through q__ __ __ __ __ tine before entering the US or UK from Japan.
R = Do you have a r __ __ er __ __tion for this flight?
S = duty free sh __ __ p __ __ g
T = The plane is t __ k __ __ g off shortly.
U = The U __ __ v __ __ __ __ __ __ of London.
V = Do you have a student or tourist v __ __ __?.
W = Would you like an aisle or w __ __ d __ __ seat?
X = Put your bag through the x-__ __ __ machine.
Y = Y__ __ __ing helps equalize the pressure in your ears on take-off and landing.
Z = London __ __ __ is one of the oldest in the world with lots of different animals.
Multicultural London
Please complete the following question using the BBC website given as a guide. (www.bbc.co.uk/london/)
Use these links to find the answers
London Communities
Notting Hill Carnival
1) List 5 Ethnic communities in London?
2) List 5 Faiths practiced in London?
3) How may people live in London?
4) How many languages are spoken in London?
5) What is Notting Hill carnival?
6) When is Notting Hill carnival held and for how long?
7) When was the first St Patrick’s Day parade in central London held?
8) Which community celebrates St Patrick Day?
9) In the Jewish community what do “Ashkenazi” and “Sephardi” means?
10) Where was first Mosque in Britain opened to the public and where?
11) When is Black History month?
12) How many people of Pakistani origin live in London?
13) When was the first China town established in London
14) How may people in Britain follow Hinduism?
15) Looking back over all the questions, could you summarise what you anticipate London to be?
Is it any different from what you thought of London before you did the work sheet.
Use these links to find the answers
London Communities
Notting Hill Carnival
1) List 5 Ethnic communities in London?
2) List 5 Faiths practiced in London?
3) How may people live in London?
4) How many languages are spoken in London?
5) What is Notting Hill carnival?
6) When is Notting Hill carnival held and for how long?
7) When was the first St Patrick’s Day parade in central London held?
8) Which community celebrates St Patrick Day?
9) In the Jewish community what do “Ashkenazi” and “Sephardi” means?
10) Where was first Mosque in Britain opened to the public and where?
11) When is Black History month?
12) How many people of Pakistani origin live in London?
13) When was the first China town established in London
14) How may people in Britain follow Hinduism?
15) Looking back over all the questions, could you summarise what you anticipate London to be?
Is it any different from what you thought of London before you did the work sheet.
Monday, May 08, 2006
UK Quiz 1
UK Quiz
Check your answers with a partner:
1. What is the population of the UK?
a) 59.6 million
b) 157 million
2. What is the population of London?
a) 18 million
b) 7 million
3. What is the currency of the UK?
a) The Euro
b) The Pound
4. Who is the head of state of the UK?
a) Tony Blair
b) Queen Elizabeth II
5. What is the capital of the UK?
a) Manchester
b) London
6. How many pence are there in one Pound?
a) 144
b) 100
7. William Shakespeare wrote
a) Miss Saigon
b) Romeo & Juliet
8. Typical British food is
a) Pizza
b) Sandwiches
9. The most famous British pop group are
a) The Beatles
b) The Beachboys
10. Double-decker buses are traditionally what colour
a) green
b) red
Check your answers with a partner:
1. What is the population of the UK?
a) 59.6 million
b) 157 million
2. What is the population of London?
a) 18 million
b) 7 million
3. What is the currency of the UK?
a) The Euro
b) The Pound
4. Who is the head of state of the UK?
a) Tony Blair
b) Queen Elizabeth II
5. What is the capital of the UK?
a) Manchester
b) London
6. How many pence are there in one Pound?
a) 144
b) 100
7. William Shakespeare wrote
a) Miss Saigon
b) Romeo & Juliet
8. Typical British food is
a) Pizza
b) Sandwiches
9. The most famous British pop group are
a) The Beatles
b) The Beachboys
10. Double-decker buses are traditionally what colour
a) green
b) red
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