Big Ben is the largest of the six bells of Westminster Palace in London. But it has long been associated with the name of the Clock Tower, which in September 2012 was officially called “Elizabeth Tower”. The decision to rename the tower was made by the British Parliament to mark the 60th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
The tower was built in 1858. The project architect was Augustus Pugin. The height of the tower and spire is 96.3 m.
The Palace of Westminster, and therefore the tower, is on the Parliament square next to Westminster Abbey. On the opposite side of the palace there is the Thames embankment.
The Clock Tower is the largest four-sided clock mechanism in the world, and in addition, with the most accurate clocks.
At the base of each of the four clock dials there is a Latin inscription “Domine Salvam fac Reginam nostram Victoriam primam” (“God save our Queen Victoria I”).
Around the perimeter of the tower, on the left and on the right of the clock, there is another phrase in Latin – “Laus Deo” (“Glory to God” or “Praise the Lord”).
There used to be a prison in Big Ben. The last prisoner of Big Ben was a fighter for women’s rights Emmeline Pankhurst. Now, next to the Parliament there is a monument to her.
1. My room is cleaned (by me) every day.
2. A nice present was bought by Tom yesterday.
3. A beautiful song will be sung by Ann.
4. My computer was repaired by Ben yesterday.
5. A tasty cake is being made by sister.
6. Tickets to the concert have been bought.
7. French is taught (by Helen) at school.
8. Strawberries are grown every year.
9. An SMS was sent by Tom to his friend.
10. A test has been written by her today.
11. That museum was visited by them yesterday.
12. A football match is being watched now.
13. The keys have been found in the table.
14. The clothes are being washed by Mona now.
15. A lot of mistakes have been made by you.
2) I watched the news 1 minutes ago.
3) I start learn text for my best friend 5 minutes ago.
4)We moved into our house 1 hours ago.