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1. Decide if the following sentences are true, false or unknown (not clearly stated in the text).

The London Eye is open for the public.                                                               true / false / unknown

The capsules are safe and big enough for 25 people.                                      true / false / unknown

It takes one hour to go round on the Eye.                                                            true / false / unknown

The Eye is one of the tallest observation wheels in the world.                          true / false / unknown

The Eye moves slower than other similar wheels.                                              true / false / unknown

The Eye wasn't designed to last for a very long time.                                        true / false / unknown

The Eye is stopped only occasionally.                                                                 true / false / unknown

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct verb tense or verb form if necessary. (Sometimes passive voice or special verb forms are needed)

Have you been (be) to London since the Millennium? If the answer is yes, then you must (                    ) (see) the new landmark of the city, the huge observation wheel on the bank of the River Thames. With its height of 135 metres, the impressive structure (                ) (be) quite difficult to miss. Even if you (                    ) (not visit) England's capital lately the sight of the giant wheel must (                ) (be) familiar from photos and postcards.

The London Eye, or simply - the Eye, (                     ) formally (open) on 31 December 1999 but it (                        ) (open) to the public only three months later. Since then, it (                        ) (become) a major landmark of the city and (                        ) (visit) by millions of people. The Eye (                        ) (have) 32 air-conditioned passenger capsules. On a clear day (you need to be lucky to have one of those in London:-) you can (                    ) (see)for as far as 40 kilometres from the top of the wheel. The capsules (                    ) (be) safe and although they (                        ) (look) small from the ground they (                    ) (be) spacious and heavy. Each capsule can (                    ) (carry) 25 people and (                    ) (weigh) 10 tonnes!

3. Match the nouns with their definitions.

landmark                                                            prominent building or geographic feature that identifies a place

observation                                                         exhibition of wax figures in a museum

rotation                                                                the boundary line of a circle

circumference                                                    the act of turning around

waxworks                                                            the act of watching something

4. Make nouns from the following adjectives.

high     – height

heavy   – 

deep    –

long      –

wide     –

5. Use the words from the previous exercise to complete the sentences.

The rope was 3 metres long.

How (                  )    is this river?

That skyscraper is much higher than an average building, it is over 200 metres in (                    ).

They measured the (                    ) of the water with their paddles.

This road is too narrow, it isn't (                    ) enough to serve that huge traffic.

What is the total (                    ) of the River Nile in kilometres? (6,650)

This van has a (                    ) of 2800 kilograms.