Vocabulary
The English Channel [´ɪ ŋglɪʃ ´tʃænl] Ла-Манш
The Strait of Dover [´streɪt əv ´dəʊvə] Па-де-Кале
The North Sea [´nɔ:θ´si:] Північне море
The Irish Sea [´aɪrɪʃ´si:] Ірландське море
The Isle of Man [´aɪl əv´mæn] острів Мен
The Isle of Wight [´aɪl əv´waɪt] острів Уайт
The Orkney Isles [ɔknɪ ´aɪlz] Оркнейські острови
The Shetland Isles [´ʃetlənd ´aɪlz] Шетландські острови
The Hebrides [´hebrɪdɪ:z] Гебридські острови
The Channel Isles [´tʃænl´aɪlz] Нормандські острови
Cardiff [´kɑ:dɪf] Кардиф
Edinburgh [´edɪnbərə] Единбург
Belfast [´belfɑ:st] Белфаст
Choose the geographical names from the list to complete the sentences.
The English Channel, the Strait of Dover, the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the Irish Sea, Wales, Northern Ireland, Edinburgh, Cardiff, the Isle of Wight, the Orkney Isles, the Isle of Man, Greenwich, Ireland, the Hebrides
The United Kingdom is located between the … … and … … .
The prime meridian of 0 passes through the Old Observatory at … .
It is separated from the European continent by the … … .
The two main islands are Great Britain and … .
The … … is the narrowest part of the English Channel and is only 32 km wide.
Great Britain and Ireland are separated by the … … .
The capital of Scotland is … and the capital of Wales is … .
The United Kingdom consists of four parts: England, Scotland, … and Northern Ireland.
Belfast is the capital of … … .
The Shetland and the … … are biggest among the smaller islands and are located in the north of the country.
The … … has a diamond shape and is in the south.
The … … and the Channel Isles are the Crown dependences.
The north-west is fringed by the large chain of isles known as the … .
Complete the sentences with the verbs in the list in the correct form
To locate, to situate, to separate, to wash, to fringe, to consist of, to refer to, to create, to pass, to compose
Great Britain and Ireland … by the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom … four units.
The UK … off the western coast of Europe.
Great Britain … from the European continent by the English Channel.
The north-west … by the Hebrides.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland sometimes … as Great Britain or England.
The Shetland Isles and the Orkney … in the north.
The prime meridian of 0 … through the Old Observatory at Greenwich, near London.
The UK … of about 5.500 small and large islands.
Great Britain … by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the English Channel.
Favourable conditions for the development of shipping, trade and economy … by the geographical position of the country.
You are doing revision before the test. Give full answers to the questions.
Where does Great Britain lie?
What separates Great Britain from the mainland?
What units does the UK consist of?
What are the most important isles?
Where is Scotland situated?
What is the capital of Wales/Northern Ireland/Scotland?
What are the Crown Dependences?
You are doing research into the geographical features of the UK. Ask
10 questions on the facts you are interested in.
You are doing research into the geographical features of the UK and Ukraine. Compare the facts you have found out.
The Shetland Isles 0 meridian at Greenwich
Unit 3 Physical Features. Relief
Ben Nevis Snowdonia
Are there high mountains on the British Isles?
Where is the highest peak in Great Britain?
What is “the backbone” of England?
Where is the famous Lake District located?
What is the name of the celebrate national park in Wales?
Why is Ireland called “the Emerald Isle”?
The charm of Britain lies in the variety of scenery. The variety of relief in Britain is a reflection of the complex geological history of the islands. Geologically, Britain is a museum model.
There are no high mountains in the British Isles.
There is a fundamental contrast between the generally high relief of western and northern Britain and the lowland areas of the south and east. The oldest rocks appear in the highland regions and the youngest in the lowland regions.
In England the most important range of mountains is the Pennine Range, known as “the backbone of England”. The whole range forms a large table-land, the highest point of which is Cross Fell (983m).
Across the north end of the Pennine Range there are the grassy Cheviot Hills. The highest point is Cheviot (816m) which is near the Scottish border. The Cheviot Hills serve as a natural borderland between England and Scotland.
In north-west England there are the Cumbrian mountains. These mountains form rings round the peaks. The valleys which separate the various mountains from each other contain some blue lakes. This is the celebrate Lake District, where the famous poets Wordsworth, Coleridge lived and worked.
Wales consists of a complex of mountain ranges, representing high plateaus with old hard rocks. They are called the Cambrian Mountains. They include Wale’s highest point, Mount Snowdon (1.085m). The pride of Wales is a national park Snowdonia which is in the picturesque region of the high mountains in the north of Wales.
Scotland has three distinct regions: the Northern Highlands, the Central Lowlands and the Southern Uplands.
The Lake District Heather moors in the Highlands
The Scottish Highlands are separated into two parts by the Great Glen. To the south there are the Grampians, which are generally higher than the north-west Highlands and contain the highest peak in the British Isles Ben Nevis (1.347m).
The
Pennine 
Range
[´penaɪn ´reɪndʒ]
Пеннінські гори
The Cheviot Hills
[´tʃevi ət ´hɪlz]
Гори Чевіот
The Cumbrian mountains
[´kʌmbrɪən]
Камберлендські гори
The Lake District
Озерний край
The Cambrian mountains
[´kæmbrɪən]
Кембрійські гори
The Grampians
[´græmpɪənz]
Грампіанські гори
The Highlands
[´haɪləndz]
Нагір’я
Great Glen
[´greɪt ´glen]
Глен-Мор (западина;
тектонічний розлом)
In Ireland much of the land is low but there are green hills and low mountains. If one asks an Irishman away from home what he misses most about Ireland, he will probably tell you “the greenness”. Irish poets call Ireland “the Emerald Isle”. The winds usually blow in from the Atlantic Ocean and make the air and soil warm and damp. Grass grows well in such a climate and it makes the island look so beautiful.
Northern Ireland Giant’s Causeway Emerald island