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You've successfully bought a ticket and boarded the plane to London. Now that your plane has touched down at Heathrow Airport, you are ready to visit the beautiful British city. I hope you brought your umbrella...it's very likely to rain while you are here!

Ready to visit some sites? Our tour includes Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace and Parliament, where you can see Big Ben, the famous clock.

Board the Tube to visit Buckingham Palace and Parliament.

Click on the ticket to St. Paul's Cathedral.

Click on the ticket to Westminster Abbey.

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St. Paul's Cathedral

Punctuation Practice

Next stop...St. Paul's Cathedral. Our tour guide has left information for us to read, but unfortunately, her punctuation is pretty bad. The sheet is almost unreadable! Read the paragraph about St. Paul's Cathedral and retype it below, correcting punctualization and capitalization as you go. Remember that there is more than one way to divide up some sentences and phrases...just make sure that your finished paragraph makes sense and flows well. Need a reminder about punctuation rules? Click here.

Welcome to St. Paul's Cathedral one of the most fascinating cathedrals in London it was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in the seventeenth century to take the place of an older cathedral which once stood here the older cathedral was built in the eleventh century it is said that it was one of the largest most magnificent cathedrals in the world Charles II had set up a commission to restore the cathedral in 1660 unfortunately before that could take place the entire cathedral was destroyed by the great fire of London and Sir Christopher Wren was hired to design the new building which we see today it was finished around 1697 but the building of it was a great trial to Sir Christopher he was not even paid until long after it was finished and he lost his job as Surveyor General in the process he is buried in the building though right beneath the great rotunda the monument over his grave says if you seek his monument look around you the cathedral is beautiful inside and is filled with monuments and tombs of many famous britains the cathedral was a target for the bombings of germany during world war II but it was never destroyed there is a famous picture of the spire of the cathedral rising above the smoke of the bombings it is an impressive building and wonderful to visit I hope you enjoy your time here please come back again

Welcome to Westminster Abbey. It is a famous London site. It is strange. It is not really an abbey. No monks live here. It is also not a cathedral. It is very old. It is beautiful. It contains the tombs of many famous citizens of Great Britain. It was started in the eleventh century. It was started by Edward the Confessor. At the same time, Edward had the seat of government transferred to that area also. It has been there almost ever since then. Walk through the Abbey. You will see many tombs. Many kings and queens are buried here. Elizabeth I is buried here. Mary, Queen of Scots is buried here. She was Elizabeth I's enemy. Poets are buried here. Musicians are buried here. Actors and actresses are buried here. Sir Laurence Olivier is buried here. Charles Dickens is buried here. So are many other people. It used to be that people's bodies were buried under the floor. Today, people must be cremated. Then they can be buried here. There are other sights to see in Westminster Abbey. The Coronation Chair is here. Every monarch has been crowned here but two since Edward the Confessor. Stroll around the Abbey. Look at all the inscriptions. Look at the tombs. Look at the monuments. Westminster Abbey is impressive. You can spend hours here. Enjoy your stay. Please come again.

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