Edinburgh
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Read
the text about Edinburgh and decide if the sentences below are True or False.
A visit
to Scotland often begins in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. Edinburgh
is an old city with many important and interesting buildings. After London,
Edinburgh is the second city for
visitors in Britain.
If you
come to Edinburgh by train from the south, the first thing you see when you
leave Waverley Station is Edinburgh Castle.
It stands high over the city. Soldiers in kilts take visitors around and
tell them the castle’s story.
Edinburgh
is a hilly city but it is a good city to visit on foot. After the castle, you
can visit more of the Old Town. Go down the Royal Mile to Holyroodhouse - the
Queen’s home when she comes to Edinburgh. It is three hundred years old.
You can
look at the shops on the Royal Mile or on Princes Street in the New Town. Some
shops sell the famous Scottish tartans and you can see the name of the family
which goes with each tartan.
Near Princes
Street is Charlotte Square, which is very beautiful. There is also the National
Gallery of Scotland, with pictures from Scotland and from many other countries
too.
In
August, you can visit the Edinburgh Festival, the biggest arts festival in the
world with hundreds of different things to do and see.
EXERCISE
TRUE
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FALSE
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1
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More people visit London than Edinburgh every year.
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2
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Edinburgh Castle is
situated on a hill.
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3
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The Queen
lives in Edinburgh Castle when she comes to Edinburgh.
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4
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In the national Gallery of
Scotland you can see only Scottish paintings.
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5
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The
Edinburgh Festival takes place in winter.
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key: exercise, reading, learning English