Make use of the words and word-combinations given above to write down 10 sentences of your own.

4. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:

brewhouse; remnants of Roman pottery; be unearthed; heyday; cul-de-sac; grant smb. a lease; acquired by the Crown; eventually; incumbents; riot; suffragettes; chain smb. to the railing; the Cenotaph; inscription; ironically; grant smb. a knighthood; commonwealth.

5. Put the words or word combinations from the box into each gap:

an Abbey brewhouse	cul-de-sac	to survive	bobbies
to be unearthed	a lease	has witnessed	was executed
ironically	depictions	a knighthood	a graduate

1. Downing Street, the official residence of Prime Ministers for more than 250 years, was built on land where … had been sited.

2. During restoration 30 years ago, remnants of Roman pottery …, along with Saxon wood and fragments of Whitehall Palace which had its heyday during the reign of Tudor Henry VIII.

3. The famous … of Downing Street was created by Sir George Downing, a Member of Parliament, around 1680.

4. He had spent his early years with his parents in America and became … of Harvard University before returning to London and winning the approval of Charles II, who granted him … on the land.

5. Number 10 is one of the original Downing Street houses ….

6. Among famous incumbents was Sir Robert Peel, who formed the police force - hence the nick-name "… ".

7. In recent years it … the arrival of the first female Prime Minister Mrs. Margaret Thatcher who recently hosted a dinner with the Queen as her guest to celebrate its 250^th anniversary as the residence of the number one politician.

8. Nearby, Charles I … in 1649, having walked out from the Banqueting Hall, built 24 years earlier of Portland stone in Palladian architecture by Inigo Jones.

9. … the ceiling was painted by Rubens for Charles I, who granted him ….

10. Among the allegorical scenes are … of the birth and coronation of the unfortunate king.

6. Spelling checker. Complete the words with the missing letters:

S_ffrage_tes, ho_rendo_s, c_l-de-sa_, le_se, de_d, r_ot, extr_va_ances, s_mptuo_s, sover_i_n, ban_u_t, kni_h_hood.

? 7. Translate the sentences into English:

1. Протягом більш ніж 250 років вулиця Даунінг є офіційною резиденцією прем'єр-міністра.

2. Сер Джордж Даунінг закінчив Гарвардський університет, повернувся до Лондону та отримав згоду Карла ІІ на оренду ділянки, де пізніше створив Даунінг стріт.

3. Король Георг ІІ придбав будинок на Даунінг стріт 10 у 1732 році та подарував його Серу Роберту Уолполу, який займав посаду Першого Лорда державного казначейства /титул, який згодом змінили на "прем'єр-міністра"/.

4. Серед відомих мешканців будинка № 10 на вулиці Даунінг був Сер Роберт Пiл, який сформував столичну поліцію, службовці якої за його ім'ям називаються "боббі".

Memory work

What do you know about the Cenotaph? Learn this information and be ready to tell it to your tourists:

The Cenotaph – a war memorial in Whitehall, London, built after the First World War in memory of the dead. On Rememberance Sunday there is a short memorial service, with the laying of wreaths, to commemorate those who died in both world wars. The ceremony is attended by the sovereign, the Prime Minister and other leading figures of state.

9. Translate into English:

пивоварня Абатства, період розквіту; офіційні паради; найбільш відомі мешканці дому; під час розкопок були знайдені залишки древньоримського глиняного посуду; найбільш значні події; влаштовувати обід, на який запрошена королева; отримати згоду Карла II на аренду ділянки; щорічні свята біля Сенотафа.

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