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let's discover the United Kingdom !
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what do you know about the United Kingdom ?
(maps / flag : www.enchantedlearning.com)
Tick the countries which belong to the United Kingdom:
Wales Scotland Republic of ireland Northern Ireland England Shetland Islands
Tick the countries which do not belong to Great Britain:
Scotland England Nothern Ireland Shetland Islands Republic of Ireland Wales
These cities are the capitals of:
Edinburgh click England Nothern Ireland republic of Ireland Wales Scotland Cardiff click Scotland Northern Ireland England Wales Republic of Ireland Dublin click Wales Republic of Ireland England Scotland Northern Ireland London click Wales Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Scotland England Belfast click England Scotland Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Wales
The British Flag is called the
let's visit london !
MAJOR FACTS ABOUT LONDON MAJOR FACTS ABOUT LONDON MAJOR FACTS ABOUT LONDON
click on these links
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/london/facts.htm
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/multiculture.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/london/transport.htm
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/london/thames.htm
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/history.html
Population( number of inhabitants): Superficy (in square miles):
number of languages spoken Name two ethnic communities
London is made up of two ancient cities which are now joined together:
The business and financial district is called click the Square the City
Parliament and Buckingham Palace are located in
What's the name of the main river :
What's the other name of the underground ? When did it open ? opened in click 1963 1836 1863
Which disease occurred in 1348 : what did it entail ? It lasted 2 years click right wrong
This is The Bristish museum the National Gallery Buckingham Palace
The Royal Residences
British Government
Welcome to ....
Who lives at this place ? What's his name ?
address
Label their names and click on the links to get more information
click on the blue links to find out the answers.
1. AboutBritain.com
It's
What happens when a light shines above the clock face ?
It's name refers to the bell the clock-tower Who was it named after ? the clock-tower was destroyed in 1941 click right wrong
http://www.aboutbritain.com/HousesParliament.htm
The Houses of Parliaments next to Big Ben are divided between the . Every November the sits on a gold to deliver her speech for the traditional speech for the Parliament opening session at the click House of Lords House of commons
2. It's Sacred buildings
It was designed and built by between . It's the click first second third fourth fifth to occupy this site.
3. It's AboutBritain.com
It was founded by .
Tick the names of famous people who were either executed there or jailed there:
Queen Victoria Elizabeth the 1st Ann Boleyn Cromwell Guy Fawkes Elisabeth the 2nd Richard the II
Tower Highlights
If you go to
you will see
Opening times
or
they've lived here for
4. 5. 6.
4. It's Exhibition - index
It has stood over the since 1784 1884 1894 1984
Name 2 things worth doing or seeing there
5. It's Nelson's Column
6. It's Attractions
It is at the junction of you can see gigantic ads shops a fountain a bronze sculpture Eros a dressmaker
If you want to get there by the underground, you'll stop at station and if you'd rather take a bus, lines will drive you there
Charring Cross: this symbol refers to a bus station a train station an underground station
FANCY SOME SHOPPING, WATCHING A FILM , ATTENDING A SHAKESPEARE PLAY OR A NICE CONCERT, visiting a few museums ?
Where shall you go then ?
click on these links to discover the places
British Museum Portobello Market Leicester Square Madame Tussaud's Royal Albert Hall Shakespeare's Globe
Camden lock Tate Modern Oxford Street Hyde Park
If you want to know a price, what question do you ask ?
If you want to buy something, you'll pay with click euros pounds
If you are under 18, you can can't go to a pub on your own
If you're afraid of getting lost, you'd better have a click plan map with you
If you're lost, you can ask your way (3 possibilities) to royal guards bobbies passers-by tourist information centre officers
If you want to spend a week-end in London, you'd better book a room in a youth hostel, it's usually the cheapest accommodation in London
If you're hungry, you can eat in restaurants, cafeterias, pubs but remember food is expensive in England and the taste of it might be astonishing!
If you are not in a hurry to get to London, you can enjoy a rough Channel crossing on a ferry, then get a bus or a train at Dover.
Otherwise you can either fly (try to get a low-cost flight) or travel through the Channel tunnel with the Eurostar or the Shuttle.