The English speaking world

Write the countries and their capitals on the map :

Country : ____________

Country : ____________

Capital : ____________

Capital : ____________

Countries :
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England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Northern Ireland
India
Australia
The United States

of America
New-Zealand
Canada

Capitals :

Country : ____________
Capital : ____________

Country : ____________
Capital : ____________

Country : ____________

Cardiff
London
Edinburgh
Dublin
Belfast
Ottawa
Wellington
New Delhi
Canberra
Washington D.C.

Capital : ____________

Country : ____________
Capital : ____________

Country : ____________
Capital : ____________

Country : ____________
Capital : ____________
Country :
____________
Capital :
____________

Country : ____________
Capital : ____________

Watch the video. a) What is The United Kingdom ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyNb2qDrRLM

Tip :

__________________

__________________

__________________

__________________

b) What is Great Britain ?

Tip :

__________________

__________________

__________________

Find the good emblem for each country :

The rose The daffodil / the leek the clover / the shamrock the thistle
1

Match the emblems with their phonetics :

The rose

[sl]

The leek

[m

The daffodil

[rz]

The thistle

[lik]

The clover

[m

rk]

rk]

Match the English emblems with their French

translation :

The rose

Le poireau

The leek

Le chardon

The daffodil

La rose

The thistle
Colour the following flag according to the code :

La jonquille

Le trfle

The clover / the shamrock

1 : red

3 : white

2 : blue

4 : green

5 : orange

The United Kindgom (the UK)

2
2

2
2

1
3

England

St Georges cross

Wales
3

1
3

Scotland
3

Ireland

St Andrews cross

Northern Ireland

The emblems : explanations

Find and write the emblem corresponding to the explanation :

a) I symbolize the end of the war of the roses. (It was* a fight between two families : the York
family and the Lancaster family. They wanted to get the English crown.)
I am ______________
b) I prevented enemies from* invading Scotland. Im a thorny plant. I am ____________
c) I symbolize the trinity : the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit.
Im __________________
d) In the 14th Century, the Welsh soldiers uniforms were green and white. I am a green and
white vegetable. Im _________________.
*was = Be au pass

prevent from : empcher