IX. Are these sentences true or false?

1) The first bankers in Britain were Russians.

2) The first bankers settled down in the center of London.

3) Lombard Street is called after the first customers of British bankers in Lombardy.

4) The Lombards left London because they didn't do good business there.

5) The Lombards were made bankrupt because English kings did not repay their loans to them.

X. Define the number and case of nouns in underlined words.

(see appendix – reference section)

1) The Lombard’s name is still alive in London.

2) Italians came to do business in the City of London.

3) There was a group of independent cities in northern Italy.

4) This is the street where the head offices of the biggest English and foreign banks

are located.

5) The Lombards settled down in the part of the City of London.

6) The Lombards’ banks later were made bankrupt.

XI. Translate the following sentences:

1) The Lomhards settled down in the part of the City of London.

2) They came from Lombardy, a region in Northern Italy.

3) The first bankers in Britain were Italians.

4) The Lombards did not stay in London long.

5) The Lombards left London because they were bankrupt.

XII. Find answers to the following questions in the text:

1) Who were the first bankers in Britain?

2) Why did the Lombards come to London?

3) Whom did the Lombards loan money to?

4) Why did they leave London after a century or so...?

5) What can you say about Lombard street in London?

Unit II

English Banknotes and Coins