Red rose the national Emblem of England Daffodil

Red rose – the national Emblem of England

Daffodil – the national emblem of Wales

Thistle – the national emblem of Scotland

Shamrock – the national emblem of Northern Ireland

Read and match the facts and the pictures • a) Buckingham Palace is the London home of Queen Elizabeth ll, the British queen. It is the most famous address in the world. There are 600 rooms in all here. Inside the Palace are a Post Office, a police station and kitchens serving up to 600 meals a day. • b) Big Ben is the name of the big bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament. The clock’s four dials are each 7 metres across and the hands over 4 metres long. A light in the tower at night shows whether the House of Commons is sitting.

• a)Loch Ness is the most famous lake in Scotland. There a lot • of reports of Nessie, a water monster that lives there. b) Tower Bridge, London’s most famous bridge was designed over 125 years. The 1, 000 -tonne drawbridges are raised to allow tall ships to pass between its twin Gothic-style towers.

a)Thousands of war veterans across Wales are attending remembrance services to pay tribute to those who gave there lives serving their country. b) The best view of London and the river is from the top of British Airways London Eye near the Southern end of Westminster Bridge. The wheel is 135 metres high, making it the highest viewing platform in London. .

a) Madam Tussaud’s is the home of an equally well-known collection - wax models of the famous people in the world. b) The vision of Stonehenge rising from the bare contours of Salisbury Plain must be one of the most exciting sights in Britain. It is the most famous of all prehistoric monuments. Stonehenge represents one of the most remarkable achievements of prehistoric engineering.