Questions

1: He became king 1483.

2: He was twelve years old when he became king.

3: Their uncles name was Richard.

4: Richard was a powerful man and she was afraid of him.

5: They found two skeleton of the two children.

6: They found them in the Tower of London.

7: Richard wanted to be king himself.

8: Now there are crown Jewels.

9: The worlds lagest Diamond.

10: Some sort of bird.

11: Answer b. Their wings are clipped.

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Answers to ´´The Tower of London´´

                                                Answers to ´´The Tower of London´´

1.  Edward V (the fifth) became king 1483 in England.

2.  He was only twelve years old.

3. He´s name was Richard. he was a bad man and wanted to be king himself.

4. Because she were afraid of Richard.

5. They found the skeletons of the two children.

6. They found them under a staircase.

7. Because he wanted to be king himself.

8. Crown Jewels are kept there now.

9. It´s the largest diamond in the world.

10. It´s birds.

11. It´s answer b) They can´t fly because they got their winges clipped.

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    Tower Bridge           

Tower Bridge is a 244 m long, 16 m wide and 11 ton heavy klaff bridge. 

It is one of the worlds most famous bridges and it is over the river Themsen in London. They started to build the bridge 1886 and it was done the 30 june 1894. In one of the towers there is a museum. Today it is one of Londons biggest sightseen . It was painted with a mid green-blue color when it was done. 

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge

Questions to "The Tower of London"

Answer the following questions and post them on this blog (tag it with your name)

1. When did Edward become king?

2. How old was he then?

3. Who was the princes' uncle?

4. Why did the princes' mother let her boys go to live in the Tower?

5. What did some workmen find in 1674?

6. Where did the workmen find them?

7. Why did the boys' uncle give the order to kill them?

8. What is now kept in the Tower?

9.  What is the "Star of India"?

10. What kind of animal is a raven?

11. What is true about the ravens?  (choose one alternative)

a. They want to stay in the Tower    b.   They have had their wings cut   c. It will not be the end of England

12. At what hours are the Tower open during November-February?

/ Joefin

London eye

                 London eye

           Place

City: London.

Country: England.

Overlooking height: 135 meters.

Number of baskets: 32 pieces.

Persons in each baskets: 25 pieces.

A complete revolution takes: About 30 minutes


London eye was opened at 20:00 on 3 december 1999, but not be used from March due to technical problems.

About 1 700 tonnes were used to get the wheel.

London eye is the fourth wheel in the world.

BIG BEN

                BIG BEN

Big ben is a big clock in london.

Big ben was built 1856.

In big ben it's five clocks, the biggest

clock is in the middle of the tower.

It's called big ben.

London Eye

                                                            London Eye

London Eye was created to celebrate the shift to the new millenium, from 1999 to 2000. It is a huge Ferris Wheel which is so high that you can see whole London up from there! it is 135 meters (443 ft) high and you can see 40 km forward from up there! London Eye, or the Millenium Wheels official name is Energy London Eye. London eye was inaugurated 08.00 31 december and it took 1700 ton steel to make it stand up! It takes about 30 minutes to take the whole ride and there is 32 baskets you can sit in, and every day there is about 15000 passengers riding the wheel!

                                      London Eye by night, photo made by siddhu2020 on flickr

                                                           



Sources: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Eye 07.30 pm, photo from ´´siddhu2020´´http://www.flickr.com/photos/38033723@N00/3401222289/ 19:36
on flickr: