Unit 4 – Cardiff

While You Watch

1 Answer the questions.

1 How long have people lived in the Cardiff area?
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2 When was most of Cardiff built?

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3 What is the national musical instrument?

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4 What is noticeable on all the streets in Cardiff?

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5 Why was the Millennium Stadium built?

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2 Decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).

Correct the false sentences. T F
1 Cardiff Castle was first built in the 15th century.
2 You can go shopping in Cardiff Bay.
3 Special materials from around the world were used to
build the Wales Millennium Centre.
4 The Millennium Stadium is used only for important sports games.
5 You can go surfing indoors in Cardiff.
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After You Watch

3 Cardiff is a city that preserves an old language, Welsh. As a result, many of its residents speak it in
addition to English. What languages do people speak in your area of the country? Do you think
preserving a historic language should be a government’s responsibility? Give reasons for your
answers.
4 English-speaking visitors to Wales may have no idea how to pronounce the names of most Welsh
towns and villages, but they are fascinated by the look and sounds of the names. Guess the
answers to the questions below.
1 The Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch has the longest
place name in the UK. How did it get its name?
a The residents invented the name to get into Guinness World Records.
b The residents changed its name in the 19th century to attract tourists to the village.
c The railway station manager invented it as a joke, but the residents liked it so much, they kept it.
2 What is the Welsh name for Cardiff?
a Cardyf
b Crdyf
c Caerdydd
3 What is the small town of Hay-on-Wye
known for?
a its bookshops
b its horses
c its beaches
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