Buckingham Palace

Objective & content

This A1- Great Stuff Short is a quick dialogue between two speakers about Buckingham Palace. They talk about its 775 rooms and 78 bathrooms, the offices where hundreds of people work, and Clarence House, the smaller house where the King usually lives. They explain how the flag on the roof shows whether the King is at home, when visitors can go inside, and who waves from the balcony on special days such as the King's birthday parade in June. The grammar focus is the present simple and simple questions (how many, can I), with vocabulary for houses and rooms. Learners listen to the audio and answer the in-app questions. One line to notice: "When the King's flag is up, he's there."

Materials & prerequisites

The folder holds the audio, the subtitles and the script, and two printable sheets (PDF): a student sheet for each learner and a teacher sheet with the answer key. Learners should know the numbers, the present simple and the basic words for rooms in a house.

Curriculum alignment

Tagged c3-child-and-wider-environment (cycle 3, 6e). The episode targets CEFR level A1-.