Szkolny konkurs wiedzy o Wielkiej Brytanii dla uczniów gimnazjum

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TASK 1

Answer the questions.

1 What is the capital of:
a) England
b) Scotland
c) Wales

2 What countries does Great Britain consist of?

3 What is the name of the patron saint of:
a) England
b) Scotland
c) Wales

4 Where does the Prime Minister of Great Britain live?

5 What is the name of the financial and business center in London?

6 What is Stonehenge famous for?
a) shells
b) stones
c) statues

7 What is the name of the airport in London?

8 Where do English people go when they want to meet friends and drink beer?

9 What do English people have for breakfast?

10 What is the family name of the present royal family?
a) Stuart
b) Windsor
c) Tudor

11 When did Queen Elizabeth II become Queen?
a) 1945
b) 1952
c) 1960

12 Where are English queens and kings crowned?
a) Canterbury
b) St. Paul's Cathedral
c) Westminster Abbey

13 Where can you admire the Crown Jewels?
a) British Museum
b) Tower of London
c) Hampton Court

14 Who is the only person in Britain with two birthdays?

15 Who opens Parliament every autumn?

16 Who was the first woman Prime Minister in Britain?

17 What is the name of the most popular band from Liverpool?

18 Where was William Shakespeare born?

19 What is the name of the festival of ghosts, witches and vampires?

20 What is the name of the festival for people in love?

21 What is the name of the festival with fireworks and bonfires?

22 What is the national sign of:
a) England
b) Wales
c) Scotland

TASK 2

Match the definitions with the places in London.

1 This is where the members of Parliament work. The nation's leaders and representatives meet here.

2 This is where you can see a big merchant ship and the Maritime Museum.

3 This is where the Statue of Eros is, the Greek god of love.

4 This is the London home of the kings and queens. There is the Changing of the Guard outside the Palace every day.

5 The machinery for raising it, is in the two towers. It is one of the most famous bridges in London.

6 This is one of the biggest toy shops.

7 This is a shop where you can get anything from a piano to an elephant.

8 This is where you can see Nelson's Column and the National Gallery - home of many famous paintings.

9 This is a place which was once a prison. There is the White Tower and the Bloody Tower there. It has a long and cruel history.

10 It was built after the great fire. This is a place where the royal weddings take place and many famous people are buried.

11 This is a place where you can see swans, ducks.

12 There is the London ZOO there. In the summer it has an open-air theatre.

13 It is in the West End. There are a lot of shops there.

14 It is the name of the bell inside the clock. Its four white faces look north, south, east and west.

a) Buckingham Palace

b) Trafalgar Square

c) Houses of Parliament

d) Big Ben

e) Greenwich

f) Tower Bridge

g) The Tower of London

h) St. Paul's Cathedral

i) Piccadilly Circus

j) St. James's Park

k) Regent's Park

l) Oxford Street

m) Ham leys

n) Harrods

TASK3

WRITE:

1 the names of two famous universities in Great Britain.
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2 the names of three cities in Great Britain having more than 1 million inhabitants.
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3 the name of the main river flowing through London
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4 the names of two music groups from Great Britain.
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5 the names of two British football players
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6 the names of two seaside resorts in Great Britain.
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7 the names of four British writers
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KLUCZ ODPOWIEDZI

TASK1
1 a) London
b) Edinburgh
c) Cardiff
2 England, Scotland, Wales
3 a) St. George
b) St. Andrew
c) St. David
4 10 Downing Street
5 City
6 stones
7 Heathrow
8 pub
9 bacon and eggs
10 Windsor
11 1952
12 Westminster Abbey
13 Tower of London
14 The Queen
15 The Queen
16 Margaret Thatcher
17 The Beatles
18 Stratford upon Avon
19 Halloween
20 St Valentine's Day
21 Guy Fawkes Night
22 a) a red rose
b) a leek or a daffodil
c) a thistle

TASK2
1c 2e 3i 4a 5f 6m 7n 8b 9g 10h 11j 12k 13l 14d

TASK3
1 np. Oxford, Cambridge
2 np. London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Nottingham, Sheffield, Bristol
3 the Thames
4 np. Oasis, Spice Girls
5 np. Beckham, Shearer, Owen
6 np. Brighton, Blackpool, Newquay
7 np. Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, George Orwell, Jonathan Swift, John Milton, William Golding, Joseph Conrad, Jane Austen.