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5. Make the following sentences complete according to the information you've learned from Claud's letter.

a) 1) The British flag is called ... .

2) It consists of ... crosses and ... colours.

3) St. George is the patron saint of ... .

4) St. An­drew is the patron saint of ... .

5) ... is the patron saint of Ireland.

6) White is ...'s colour.

  1. ...'s - blue, Wales's - ... .

  1. These colours come from ... and are used for....

9) Welsh flag shows a ... .

10) The British emblems are ... and you can see them on ... .

b) 1) St. George's Day is celebra­ted as ... national day.

2) On ... Englishmen wear a rose pinned to their jackets.

3) On ... some Scots wear a thistle in their buttonhole.

4) The thistle first used in the 15th century as a symbol of ... .

5) St. Patrick's Day is considered to be a national day of ... .

6) A shamrock was chosen by St. Patrick to illustrate ... .

7) The 6th-century monk and bishop ... is the patron saint of Wales.

6. Do you remember the Ukrainian and the American national flags? Describe them and draw them in your notebooks.

7. Now you have learnt some more facts about the uk. Can you answer the questions?

  1. What countries are situated on the British Isles?

  2. What languages are spoken in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?

  3. How many people live in Britain? What are they?

  4. What is the Union Jack? What do you know about it?

  5. What are the national days, colours, emblems of the British? Tell what you know.

8. Read the dialogue and say why Helen is much interested in the English language.

Diana: Hi, Helen! Haven't seen you for ages. How've you been?

Helen: Just fine, thanks, and you? It's been a long time since I saw you.

Diana: Right, it has. I saw you last in the library. You were preparing for the talk on your favourite subject - English, of course.

Helen: True. But why are you laughing? I think English is the most popular language nowadays. People speak English all over the world. In Ukraine and France, in Germany and Italy, in Spain and Egypt people learn English as a foreign language.

Diana: I know they do. By the way, they say, that English has become an international language in the 20th century.

Helen: Oh, yes, it certainly has. People will understand you practically everywhere if you speak English. In most of the countries people speak English and their native language, of course.

Diana: And in what countries do people use English as their native language?

Helen: In Great Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. These are English-speaking countries.

Diana: So in all these countries people speak the same language, don't they?

Helen: My answer is "yes" and "no". Though they all speak English, yet it іs a little different in each of these countries.

Diana: You don't say so! I never knew that Americans and the English speak different languages.

Helen: Oh, no! They don't. They speak English in both countries, but people speak American English in the USA and British English in Great Britain. Different words often name the same things.

Diana: What do you mean?

Helen: I mean that people live in flats in England but they live in apartments

in America. They eat cookies and candies in the USA, but biscuits and sweets in Great Britain. Children go to school in the fall in America but in autumn in England.

Diana: That's very interesting indeed.