Coronation Special
1 Remplissez les blancs avec les prépositions proposées dans la piqûre de rappel.
Attention, il y a une phrase où il n’y a pas de préposition. a) The Coronation of King Charles III will take place ................... Saturday 6th May 2023 ................... Westminster Abbey ................... London. The ceremony will start ................... 11am.
b) Prince Harry has finally confirmed that he will attend ................... the Coronation.
c) Will he be seated ................... his brother William?
d) Maybe he will be seated ................... him but certainly not ................... him.
e) Numerous events will take place ................. the Coronation weekend, ............ 6th ............. 8th May.
f) A concert will take place ................... the grounds of Windsor Castle ............... Sunday 7th May.
g) It will be broadcast live ................... BBC1 and iPlayer.
h) Thousands of members of the public will be ................... the audience.
i) ................. the weekend tens of thousands of Big Lunches and street parties will be held ................ the UK and ................... the Commonwealth.
j) The “Big Help Out” will take place ................... 8th May. This is a day when Britons will be encouraged to spend the day volunteering ................... their communities.
2 Remplissez les blancs avec les prépositions proposées dans la piqûre de rappel.
a) Most of the royal regalia used ................ coronations was destroyed ................ the English Civil War and the execution of Charles I ................ 1649.
b) The various items were recreated on the orders of Charles II
............ 1660-1 ................ the Restoration.
c) One exception, surviving the destruction, is the coronation spoon ................ which the chrism oil is poured ................ the annointing of the new King or Queen.
d) The oil is poured ................ the spoon ................ a solid-gold
eagle-shaped ampulla.
e) The head of the eagle is removed and the oil dispensed ................
a tiny hole in the beak.
f) The King wears symbolic rings ................ his fingers and a special
coronation crown ................ his head.
g) Two armillas, gold bracelets, are put ................ his wrists.
h) In the Coronation procession various symbolic maces, swords
and staffs are carried ................ the King.