The United Kingdom Part 2

Get to know geography, points of interest, gastronomy, currency, sports...

1. List five traditional British dishes
The roast beef, fish and chips, bubble and squeak, black pudding and cottage pie.

2. What currency would you use if you were living in London? They use the pound Have a look at the following correspondences and say whether they are correct or not: The correct one is the third, because one pound is equivalent 1,20€. The fourth is false and the last one too.
3€ → 2₤, 8€ → 10₤, 15€ → 12₤, 30€ → 20₤, 75€ → 50₤

3. As you know, one of the most representative monuments of England is “Big Ben”, could you mention at least five more? Buckingham Palace, the London eye, the Tower of London, the Tower Bridge...

4. What sports would you play if you were living there? The most important sports are cricket, tennis, rugby, golf... so if I live here I will to play tennis. What do they consist on? The objective is the ball has to cross network and enter to the other camp.

5. As we all know, British are the only people driving on the left. Can you add five aspects on driving in Britain? The steering wheel is on the drive and we have the steering wheel on the left and this is one of the five aspect the they drive on the left.

6. What are the main differences between British and American English? Give at least five
examples The most important difference is the pronounce the British people vocalist more than the American people. The accent is different too.
Some of the sames words have different meaning. And some words are use only in America and others only on Britain. And some times the words are spelling different.

7. Could you mention the most famous kings and queens of England? Could you add some dates? Elizabeth ll 1952 George V 1910 - 1936 and others

8. Is Great Britain a Republic or a Monarchy? Is a Monarchy

9. Why do you think it is called “Great Britain” intead of “Britain”? It was called Great Britain to distinguish it form Brittany, rightly so I think, the Britihs empire was argubly the biggest and greatest in all history


10. List the name of five rivers placed anywhere within Great Britain. The river Thames, the Brick Beck, the Ribble, the River Tial, and the River Glen ....

The United Kingdom : What do you know?

1. How many independent countries are there in the British Isles? There are two countries.
Write their names. They are the UK (United Kingdom) and Ireland

2. United Kingdom comprises four nations.
Could you name them and their capitals? England capital London, Scotland capital Edinburgh, Wales capital Cardiff, Northern Ireland capital Belfast

3. Which important river goes along Oxford and London? Thames
Where is it wider? Why?
Is around the Tower Bridge and it's wider 270 meters (870 feet)

4. Where can you find these things? .
Match them with these museums
1. Egyptian mummies a) Natural History Museum
2. Dinosaurs c) British Museum
3. Pictures by famous painters b) National Gallery

5.Where is the Lake Ness? Is in Scotland Why is it famous? Because there's an imaginarium monster

6.Which is the political system in the two countries of the British Isles?
1.United Kingdom ( The UK is a constitutional monarchy: Elisabeth II is the head of State )
2.Ireland ( The Ireland state is a republic with parliamentary system of govern )

7.Can a person swim from Great Britain to France? Yes How far is it? (3 / 30 / 300 km) It's 30 km far, but you need a permission to do this, because it's very difficult and dangerous.

8.Can you find three similarities and three differences between Britain and Spain?
You can look for information about history, political system, lifestyle, etc.
They are very similar in the technology, they've got the same transports and also they've got a lot of famous shops.
But also there are different, for example in the meals, the tradition and they've different education system