Tuesday, January 23, 2018

What's the time?

Tallinn (Estonia) - 19.00 
Chicago (America) - 11.00 
New York (America) - 12.00 
Ottawa (Canada) - 12.00 
Sydney (Australia) - 4.00 
London (England) - 17.00 
Auckland (New Zealand) - 6.00 
Helsinki (Finland) - 19.00 
Stockholm  (Sweden) - 18.00 

CLICK HERE:   THE TIME (BASIC), by María José
Find this and other time exercises in English Exercises .org

Monday, January 22, 2018

The Elizabeth Tower

The Elizabeth Tower with its clock Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament
Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell. 
The name of the tower is Elizabeth Tower. 
People also call it the Clock Tower. 

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nickname - hüüdnimi
tower - torn
people - inimesed


Elizabeth Tower and the River Thames
It is in London. 
The tower holds the biggest clock in the world. 
Elizabeth Tower is the third largest clock tower in the world. 
It has four sides. 
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hold - hoidma
the third largest - suuruselt kolmas
side - külg




 It is 158 years old. 
The tower is 96 metres high.  
There are 334 stairs from the floor to top. 
The clock weighs over 5 tonnes, that is over 5,000 kilograms.

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 high - kõrge
stair- trepp
weigh - kaaluma


The London Eye in the background