STUDENT´S WORKSHEET 1

WASHINGTON D.C.

Warm – up:
1. Discuss the questions with your partner:

1. Which US cities do you know?

2. What is the capital city of the USA?
3. What is the name of the river that flows through Washington D.C.?
4. What places of interest can you visit in Washington D.C.?
5. What does the abbreviation D.C. means?
6. Would you like to visit the capital city or any other American cities?

2. Match the places with the correct city.

A) WASHINGTON D.C. B) NEW YORK

The Empire State Building, The White House, The Capitol, The Museum of Modern Art
(Guggenheim), The Lincoln Memorial, J.F.K. Airport, The Vietnam War Memorial, The
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, The Statue of Liberty, Manhattan, The Bronx, The Thomas
Jefferson Memorial, The Arlington National Cemetery, The Central Park, The Flat Iron
Building, The Library of Congress

3. Complete the sentences with correct possibility.

1. The population of Washington D.C. (the city itself) is about ……………………..

a) 0,5 million b) 1,5 million c) 2,5 million d) 3.5 million

2. Washington D.C. lies on the river ………………………..

a) Columbia b) Hudson c) Potomac d) none of the above

3. The site for Washington D.C. was personally chosen by ……………………..

a) Abraham Lincoln b) George Washington c) Pierre L’Enfant d) Thomas Jefferson

4. Congress moved to Washington D.C. from ………………………..

a) Boston b) New York c) Philadelphia d) San Francisco

5. Which of the following is not in Washington D.C.?

a) the Pentagon b) the National Archives c) the National Museum of American History
d) Times Square

6. There is a law that prevents the building of ……………………...in Washington D.C.

a) outdoor stadiums b) shopping centres c)skyscrapers d) the subway system

7. Washington D.C. ………………….. in the world.

a) has the largest library b) has the tallest skyscraper c) the biggest airport d)smallest
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