21 Listen and read. Say True or False.
1 The guards at the Tower of London are called
beefeaters
2 King Henry VIII started the beefeaters in 1485.
3 The beefeaters looked after prisoners and
guarded the Crown Jewels.
4. Today the beefeaters guard the Tower and
are a popular tourist attraction.
5 There are twenty beefeaters at any one time.
6 It is only men who can be beefeaters.
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