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Student’s Worksheet

Let’s do some sightseeing?

A. Name the places / buildings shown in the pictures and say where they are located:

B. Put the names of holidays in the right places and write the name of countries where the

celebrations take place:

IndependenceDay,BurnsNight,Thanksgiving,StAndrew’sDay,StDavid’sDay,Halloween,

GroundhogDay,StGeorges’sDay,BonfireNight,StPatrick’sDay

Date

Holiday

Country

1. January 25th
2. February 2nd
3. March 1st
4. March 17th
5. April 23rd
6. July 4th
7. October 31st
8. November 5th
9. November (last Thursday)

10. November 30th

C. Match the fl ags with the names of countries:

The United Kingdom England The United States of America Scotland

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Teacher’s Notes

Let’s do some sightseeing?

by B. Skulski

Type of activity: individual work, pair work

(follow-up)

Focus: to revise vocabulary from the fifteenth

of the Gimnazjum Exam topics - “Elementy

wiedzy o świecie i krajach anglojęzycznych”

Level/age group: gimnazjum, grade 3

Time: 45 minutes

Preparation: Copy the worksheet (one per

student)

Lead-in:

Ask the students the following questions:

1. Have you ever been to Australia, the USA, the

United Kingdom, South Africa?

2. What do you think about those countries?

3. Can you recommend any places in those

countries which are worth visiting?

Answers:

1. students’answers
2. students’answers
3. students’answers

Procedure:

Hand out the copies of the worksheet.

A.

Give your students 10 minutes to complete

the activity. Check the answers:

Answers:

1. BigBenTower,London,England
2. OperaHouse,Sydney,Australia
3. Stonehenge,England
4. TheStatueofLiberty,NewYork,USA
5. TheBuckinghamPalace,London,England
6. TheGrandCanyon,USA
7. TheRadcliffeCamera,Oxford,England
8. AyersRock,Australia
9. TableMountain,CapeTown,SouthAfrica

10. TheWhiteHouse,Washington,USA

B.

Give your students 15 minutes to complete

the activity. Check the answers:

Answers:

1. BurnsNight,Scotland
2. GroundhogDay,theUSA
3. StDavid’sDay,Wales
4. StPatrick’sDay,Ireland,theUSA
5. StGeorge’sDay,England
6. IndependenceDay,theUSA
7. Halloween,theUSA,theUK
8. BonfireNight,theUK
9. Thanksgiving,theUSA

10. StAndrew’sDay,Scotland

C.

Give your students 5 minutes to complete

the activity. Check the answers:

Answers:

1. Scotland
2. England
3. TheUnitedKingdom
4. TheUnitedStatesofAmerica

Suggested follow-up:

Put the students into pairs. Student A claims

that Poles should copy western celebrations

(St Valentine’s Day, Halloween), because Polish

celebrations are not interesting for young

people. Student B claims that Polish culture is so

rich in events and celebrations that Poles do not

have to copy anything. Students exchange views

and opinions.