Let s do some sightseeing!
Student s Worksheet
A. Name the places/buildings shown in the pictures and say where they are located:
2. 3. 5.
4.
7.
1.
10.
9.
6. 8.
B. Put the names of holidays in the right places and write the name of countries where the
celebrations take place:
Independence Day, Burns Night, Thanksgiving, St Andrew s Day, St David s Day, Halloween,
Groundhog Day, St Georges s Day, Bonfire Night, St Patrick s Day
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 (the last Thursday of the month)
10. November 30th
C. Match the flags with the names of the countries:
The United Kingdom England The United States of America Scotland
1. 2. 3. 4.
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Teacher s Notes
by B. Skulski
Type of activity: individual work, pair work B.
(follow-up) Give your students 15 minutes to complete
the activity. Check the answers:
Focus: to revise vocabulary from the fifteenth
of the Gimnazjum Exam topics -  Elementy
Answers:
wiedzy o świecie i krajach anglojęzycznych
1. Burns Night, Scotland
2. Groundhog Day, the USA
Level/age group: gimnazjum, grade 3
3. St David s Day, Wales
Time: 45 minutes
4. St Patrick s Day, Ireland, the USA
5. St George s Day, England
Preparation: Copy the worksheet (one per
6. Independence Day, the USA
student)
7. Halloween, the USA, the UK
Lead-in:
8. Bonfire Night, the UK
Ask the students the following question:
9. Thanksgiving, the USA
10. St Andrew s Day, Scotland
Have you ever been to Australia, the USA, the
United Kingdom or South Africa?
C.
Procedure:
Give your students 5 minutes to complete
Hand out the copies of the worksheet.
the activity. Check the answers:
A.
Answers:
Give your students 10 minutes to complete
1. Scotland
the activity. Check the answers:
2. England
3. The United Kingdom
Answers:
4. The United States of America
1. Big Ben Tower, London, England
2. Opera House, Sydney, Australia
3. Stonehenge, England
Suggested follow-up:
4. The Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
There is nothing wrong with copying western
5. The Buckingham Palace, London, England
celebrations in Poland (discussion). Put the
6. The Grand Canyon, USA students into Pairs (A and B). Student A agrees
7. The Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, England with the statement, student B is against. Give
8. Ayers Rock, Australia students a few minutes to think about arguments
and then ask them to convince their partner that
9. Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
they are right.
10. The White House, Washington, USA
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