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Countries in the UK – Activity 4 - Portfolio

FACTFI
1 Try and answer the LE
questions before you look at Britain, Great Britian United Kingdom =
the texts. = England, Scotland, England, Scotland, Wales,
1 Which has more countries in it Wales Northern Ireland
– the United Kingdom (UK) or Great
Britain (GB)?
2 Match the countries and capital Population
cities: United Kingdom
1 England a Cardiff total is 65.6
S Balmoral million.
2 Scotland b London
3 Wales c Belfast Ben C Castle 84.6% live in
Nevis O England.
4 Northern Ireland d Edinburgh
T EDINBURGH 8.1% live
3 Which has the higher L in
NO RT HE R N
population, Scotland or IR E L AND A Scotland.
Wales? Glasgow
4.6% live in Wales.
4 How many official languages are N
there in the United Kingdom? BELFAS 2.7% live in
D
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2 Look at the £1 coin.
What do you think the picture on E
the back represents? DUBLIN
Liverpoo
Mount
l N
Manchester
Snowdon
MONEY G
Birmingham
doni
a
UK: the pound n
w
o
SW L
(sterling)
A

A LONDO
CARDIFL Bath N
E
Say: ‘a pound’ Write: F S ND
£1 Newqua
y
al l
rnw
Say: ‘two C
o
pounds’
Write: £2

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
OF THE UK
3 Listen to the examples of English, Main language Minority languages
Welsh, Scots Gaelic, and Cornish
and try to repeat them. English Welsh (Wales)
Gaelic (Ireland,
4 Are any of the words in these Scotland) Cornish
minority languages the same? (Cornwall)
What do you think they mean? English Welsh Scots Gaelic Cornish
Good morning! Bore da! Madainn mhath! Myttin da!
5 Read the FactFile, map, and How are you? Sut rydych chi? Ciamar a tha thu? Fatla genes?
languages table. Were your answers
Very well, thanks. Da iawn, Tha gu math, tapadh Yn poynt da,
to the questions in Exercise 1
And you? diolch. A chi? leat. Agus thusa? meur rasta.Ha ty?
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 for shops, too. But don’t spend all
Places to visit your money at the shops. It
Climb Mount Snowdon in north Wales. It’s 1,085
metres high. If you want to go higher,

Start your visit in London. First,
go on the London Eye. It’s a big
wheel. Take some photos from the
top. You can see all over London.
The Romans in Britain? Well,
they’re not there now, but in Bath
you can see the beautiful Roman
baths. The city is good
costs £17.00 for an adult to visit
the Roman baths.
Take a train to Newquay in Cornwall.
Spend a whole day surfing,
swimming, and relaxing on the
beach. The average temperature in
August is 16˚C, so it’s not too hot
and not too cold. The train journey
from London takes five hours.
try Ben Nevis in Scotland (1,343 metres), the
highest mountain in the UK.
Visit Edinburgh and walk along the Royal Mile,
from Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Holyrood
House, through the medieval heart of Edinburgh.
But don’t expect to see the Queen at the Castle or
the Palace. When she’s in Scotland, she stays at
Balmoral, a castle surrounded by forests and
rivers.

What do you think?

• Look again at the information on these
pages. Is there anything that surprises
you?
It surprises me that ... (there are more
6 Read the text. Are the sentences true or false? than 65 million people in the UK).
• Look at the tourist activities suggested in
1 The London Eye offers excellent views of the city. True the article again. On holiday, which things
2 Tickets to visit the Roman baths in Bath are free. are important for you?
3 It gets very warm in the summer in Newquay. I like going to places where you can
4 The tallest mountain in the UK is Snowdon. walk in the mountains.
5 When the Queen visits Scotland, she doesn't stay at I enjoy spending all day at the beach and
Edinburgh Castle. I love surfing.
7 Choose the correct definition (a or b) for these words and phrases. • You’re planning to go to the UK for a
week. Look at the big map on the inside-
1 relaxing a
doing nothing b being busy and active front cover. Where would you like to go,
2 medieval modern a b historical and
3 heart of a city a
quiet areas of a city b centre of a city why?
4 expect a
think something b wait for something I want to go to ... because
will happen to happen ... I’d like to go to ...
5 surrounded by a in the middle of b far away from
PROJECT
8 Spend and take: What information would you expect to find
on the official tourism website for your
spend country? Design the layout of a homepage
Find two uses of the verb spend in the text. with the different sections you would like to
include.
How is the meaning different in each case? For example:
Places to visit
take Regions and cities
Find three uses of the verb take in the text. Culture, art, and history
How would you translate these examples into your language? Special events
Practical information (money,
accommodation, climate, etc.)

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