It is asking you to list three things that happened in the Tower of London, apart from chopping off heads.
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Only royal prisoners had their heads chopped off in the Tower of London. Among them were two of Henry VIII's wives, Anne Boleyn, who died in 1536, and Catherine Howard who died in 1542.
In 1671, an Irish adventurer named Captain Blood made his famous attempt to steal the Crown Jewels from the Martin Tower. In the same year, alligators were kept in the moat, which was drained in 1845.
In 1816, George III was given a grizzly bear for the Tower. The animals in the Tower had very little space and people were cruel to them. The menagerie was sent to London Zoo in 1832.
Richard Brassey: from The Story of London (Orion Children's Books, 2009)
Apart from beheadings, name three events the text describe happening at the Tower of London.
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- Read the question. Read it again. What is it asking?
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- Read the text again, more slowly this time. Each time you read about an event or an experience, make a note of it in your head or underline it.
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The events were: an attempt to steal the crown jewels; keeping alligators in the moat; keeping a bear; animals sent to London Zoo; the moat was drained.
- Choose three events and answer the question.
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An attempt to steal the crown jewels; keeping alligators in the moat; keeping a bear.
- Check your answer.