Учебно-методический материал «Window on Britain 1. Unit 1: An Introduction to Britain»

Window on Britain 1. Unit 1: An Introduction to Britain (Grammar Focus: Present Simple)

Watch and listen to the episode. Fill in the missing words.

______, I’m Leonie Dodd ___ welcome to Window on Britain.

______ is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The Prime Minister lives here at 10 Downing Street ______ the Houses of Parliament.

______ cover nine percent of the ______.

______, nobody really knows.

______ it is a temple; or a clock … or is it a ______?

In fact ______ ______ over eight hundred.

______ ones are on the beautiful west coast of Scotland.

A lot of British people come here on ______.

______ visit lots of places.

Watch and listen to the episode again. Fill in the numbers.

The population of Britain is over ______­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________.

______­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________ people live in England.

______­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________________________ ____live in Scotland, about ______­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________ in Wales and one and ______­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________ in Northern Ireland.

______­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­__________________________ people live in London, the capital city.

______­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________ percent of the land in Britain is farmland.

______­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________ million foreign tourists come to Britain every year.

And look — Welsh people don’t just speak English … about ______­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­__________________________ percent of the population speak Welsh, too.

Fill in question words.

______ do you know about Britain?

______ people live here?

­______ is the capital city?

______ are the names of other famous cities?

5. ______ is it?

4. What do these names?

England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Queen, Buckingham Palace, Edinburgh, York , York , Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare, Liverpool, The Beatles, Cambridge, Oxford, National Parks, the Lake District in the north, Waterloo, the Channel Tunnel .