- •Great britain great britain
- •Vocabulary
- •Verbs and Verbal Phrases
- •Adjectives
- •Passive Vocabulary
- •Verbs and Verbal Phrases
- •Adjectives
- •I. Oral Practice Section
- •1. Look through the following quotations and try to outline the problems to be discussed.
- •2. Read the following sentences and paraphrase the words in italics using the necessary substitute among those offered below.
- •3. How much do you know about Britain? Look at the chart below and work in pairs using this information.
- •6. Match the words to their definitions.
- •7. Reproduce these pieces of explanation on the House of Commons choosing the right form of the words.
- •9. A. Use the picture and text to identify the following:
- •The house of commons
- •10. What is the difference between the Commons and the Lords? Speak about the Houses of Parliament.
- •11. A. Read the text about Britain’s Crown and find out what role the Queen plays in the life of modern Britain.
- •12. Complete the table. Use all the texts in this section to help you. Speak about the British political system.
- •14. Work in pairs. Complete this table using the information given above.
- •1. Showing interest while listening
- •19. Which of these places would you choose to go to on holiday? Why?
- •20. Complete the texts selecting among the given arguments the one that can be added in full accordance with the contents.
- •21. The network below shows the most important types of industry in the uk.
- •2. Constitution
- •3. The Government
- •4. Elizabeth Is Proclaimed Queen
- •5. Interesting Facts
- •8. Industry
- •9. What are England's Natural resources?
- •Coal (non- renewable resources)
- •Oil and Gas (non- renewable resources)
- •Wind Power (renewable resources)
- •Minerals (non- renewable resources)
- •Farming (Agriculture)
- •10. Your foreign colleague has taken you on a sightseeing tour of London. Read the following dialogue in parts and act them it using modifications.
14. Work in pairs. Complete this table using the information given above.
Country |
Capital |
National Emblem |
National Day |
Mountains |
Lakes |
England |
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Scotland |
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Wales |
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15. Work in pairs. These dialogues are between British students and their colleagues from Belarus who are spending their holidays in London. Restore the dialogues. Use the questions from the box given below. Act the dialogues out.
A: …?
B: Well, the National Gallery, to begin with, then comes the National Portrait Gallery, then the Tate Gallery.
A: …?
B: Oh surely, you ought to go there, but the British Museum is not a museum of Fine Arts. In the first place it’s a museum of history, archaeology and ethnography. It’s also one of the largest libraries in the world.
2) A: I think we’ll get off the bus near the Circus…
B:…
A: Oh no, I mean Piccadilly Circus, it’s just a square.
B:…
A: Well, it isn’t exactly round. As a matter of fact any open space where a number of streets meet can be called a ‘circus’. You can come across them all over England. But when a Londoner speaks of the circus he means Piccadilly Circus.
A:…
B: Covent Garden? I’m afraid not. I have only been to Green Park, Regent’s Park and Kensington Gardens.
A:…
B: I certainly do. It’s the Royal Opera House. I was just pulling your leg.
A: This is Fleet Street.
B: …
A: Nothing of the kind. It suggests journalism.
B: …
A: Because all the big British daily newspapers are published there.
A: …
B: Exactly so. Here the Prime Minister of Britain lives.
A:…?
B: The London residence of the British kings is Buckingham Palace. When the Queen is in residence the Royal Standard is flown at the mast-head.
A: …
B: Oh, very much indeed. We could see a great deal within those fifteen days of our visit.
A: (What did your programme include?)
B: London, Stratford-upon-Avon, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
A: …
B: Well, it isn’t easy to describe it in one word.
1) - I see. Why is it called that? Is it round or what?
2) - Dear me! Don’t you know what Covent Garden is?
3) - Does its name suggest a sea voyage?
4) - Why?
5) - And where is the residence of the Queen?
6) - What did your programme include?
7) - How did you enjoy your stay in Britain?
8) - What’s your general impression?
9) - Which are the most notable picture galleries in London?
10) - I suppose you’ve been to Covent Garden?
11) - Do you mean to invite me to a circus show? I’d love to see it in London
12) - Yes, but what about the British Museum? I’ve heard a lot of it.
13) - Is it №10 Downing Street?
16. Work in pairs. Make up questions to which the following phrases are the answers. Complete this dialogue and act it out. (The dialogue is between a student from Belarus who is having a holiday in Britain and a British student.
A:…
B: I don’t think you’ll be able to see a lot in one or two days. Today London is one of the largest cities in the world.
A:…
B: Nine million, I believe. I mean the population of Greater London, of course.
A:…
B: Well, the main parts of London are: the City, Westminster, the West End and the East End. If you are interested in churches and historical places you should go to Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, St. Paul’s and the Tower.
A:…
B: The City is so important because it is the banking and commercial center of the world.
A:…
B: Well, you certainly ought to see the British Museum. But if I were you I should leave that for some other day. You could spend a whole day there. It’s much too big to be seen in an hour or so.
A:…
B: In the first place, Whitehall is the name of the street. In the second place, it is the political center of Great Britain. All the chief government offices are in the Whitehall, you know.
17. Work in pairs. Ask your group-mate who has just returned from his trip to London to tell you
a) what historical places (places of interest, monuments) he saw there,
b) what attracted his attention,
c) about the Tower, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral etc.,
d) what else he happened to see,
e) what impressed him most.
Formulas: