The City of Cambridge Video Listening Comprehension Exercise
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This video quiz about the historic city of Cambridge will help you to practise your listening skills.
Click on the play button in the centre of the screen to watch the video. You can pause the video, or rewind it and watch it over again as many times as you feel you need to.
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| Information for Tutors: Maps to the UK Literacy and ESOL core Curriculum Lr/E2.1, Lr/E2.2, Lr/E2.3, Lr/E3.1, Lr/E3.2 Lr/L1.2 | |||
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Problems viewing this video? Pages on our site are best viewed in Internet Explorer. Other browsers can often display pages very differently so if you can't see the video, the first thing we suggest is that you try viewing it in Internet Explorer. This quiz uses an embedded video from Youtube. If the video is not displaying properly, try using the link below to watch the video on Youtube (opens in a new window). Watch this Video on Youtube >> If you still can't see the video, then you may need to download and install the Adobe Flash Player to view it. It is also possible that your network administrator may have blocked the Youtube site. Quiz AnswersCambridge is one of Britain's great university cities. The river which runs through Cambridge is called the river Cam. A good way to see Cambridge is by boat. Cambridge University has over 30 colleges, dotted around the city. One of the most famous colleges in Cambridge is Trinity College, which was founded by King Henry the Eighth of England in the 16th century. The Chapel of Pembroke College in Cambridge was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, who also designed St Paul's Cathedral, a well known London landmark. |
