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Вопросы по английскому языку.

«Географическое положение, культура и историческое наследие англоговорящих стран»

1. Полное (официальное) название страны – Великобритания. (Соединенное королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии)
2. Сколько частей в Великобритании? (4)
3. Назовите все части Великобритании. (Англия, Шотландия, Уэльс, Северная Ирландия)
4. Как называется флаг Великобритании? (Юнион Джэк,Union Jack)
5. Цветок, являющийся символом Уэльса. (нарцисс)
6. Цветок, являющийся символом Англии.( роза)
7. Столица Великобритании. (Лондон)
8. На какой реке находится Лондон? (Темза)
9. Назовите самые большие часы в мире. (Биг Бен)
10. Какой праздник отмечается в Великобритании 31 октября? (Хэллоуин)
11. Какой театр основал Шекспир и другие актеры? (Глобус)
12. Кому установлен памятник в центре Трафальгарской площади? (адмиралу Нельсону)
13. Какой университет является старейшим в Великобритании? (Оксфордский)
14. Назовите старинную крепость в Лондоне, которая была дворцом, затем тюрьмой, в настоящее время является музеем. (Тауэр)
15. Кто написал «Книгу джунглей»? (Редьярд Киплинг)
16. Когда британцы отмечают день Гая Фокса? (5 ноября)
17. Назовите самый широко распространенный музыкальный инструмент в Шотландии. (Волынка)
18. Назовите предместье Лондона, где ежегодно проводятся соревнования по теннису.(Уимбилдон)
19. Назовите главный законодательный орган Великобритании.(парламент)
20. Назовите английского писателя, известного своими книгами о Винни-Пухе. (Ален Александер Милн)
21. Он возглавил в 1066 году последнее успешное вторжение в Англию, добыл для себя корону Британии и основал королевский род, великий английский король середины Х1 века. (Вильгельм Завоеватель(ок.1027-1087))
22. Английский полководец середины XVII века, командующий армией Парламента во время Гражданской войны в Англии, основатель демократической формы правления в Англии и в то же время – лорд-протектор, сосредоточивший почти всю королевскую и диктаторскую власть в своих руках. (Оливер Кромвель (1599-1658))
23. Известный и выдающийся британский адмирал конца XVIII века, автор теории морских сражений, в 47 лет не проигравший ни одного из более пятидесяти крупных морских сражений, при этом часто страдавший «морской болезнью» (Горацио Нельсон (1758-1805))
24. Английский король второй половины XII века, за необычайную смелость и мужество получивший «звериное» прозвище, величайший полководец средневековой Европы, возглавивший Третий Крестовый поход.(Ричард Львиное Сердце (1157-1199))
25. Место поклонения Солнцу, древнейший монументальный памятник на территории Великобритании.(Стоунхендж)
26. На какой равнине находится Стоунхендж? (Солейсберийская равнина)
27. Английская писательница, известная как «королева детектива» (Агата Кристи)
28. Где происходит церемония «Ключи королевы»? (Тауэр)
29. Газетная улица. (Оксфорд-стрит)
30. С какого года правит Елизавета II? (1952)
31. Лондонский парк, известный своими митингами. (Гайд-парк)
32. В каком году произошел Великий пожар в Лондоне? (1666)
33. Лондонский автобус. (даблдеккер)
34. Официальное название башни Биг Бен. (Башня Святого Стефана)
35. Где можно увидеть черных воронов как символов незыблемости устоев Британской монархии? (Тауэр)
36. Загородная резиденция английского королевского дома.(Винздорский замок)
37. На какой улице находится дом Шерлока Холмса? (Бейкер-стрит)
38. Английский микробиолог, открывший пенициллин. (Александр Флеминг)
39. Ведущие политические партии в Великобритании. (лейбористская, консервативная)
40. В честь кого башня Святого Стефана получила название «Биг Бен»?(Бенджамин Холл)
41. Самая известная и большая башня в Тауэре.(Белая)
42. Он хотел взорвать Дом парламента в 1605 году, но был схвачен и приговорен к смертной казни за «пороховой заговор». (Гай Фокс)
43. Здание, построенное Кристофером Реном. (Собор Святого Павла)
44. Резиденция королевской семьи.(Букингемский дворец)
45. Торговый и финансовый центр Лондона.(Сити)
46. Королева Великобритании, правившая 74 года (1837-1911) и оставившая целую эпоху в истории страны. (Виктория)
47. Кто являлся премьер-министром Великобритании во время второй мировой войны.(Уинстон Черчилль)
48. Известный музей восковых фигур.(Музей восковых фигур мадам Тюссо)
49. Герой бедных и обездоленных, живший в Шервудском лесу.(Робин Гуд)
50. Сопоставьте части Великобритании с их столицами.(Англия-Лондон, Шотландия-Эдинбург, Уэльс – Кардифф, Северная Ирландия- Белфаст)

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Классы: 9 , 10 , 11

QUIZ “English-Speaking Countries”

I. What do you know about Great Britain?

1. On what rivers do the following towns stand? a) Newcastle b) Glasgow c) Stratford d) Oxford

2. Give the name of the following: a) the longest river b) the largest county c) the largest lake d) the largest city not counting London e) the busiest port

3. What is the name of the highest mountain? a) on the British Isles b) in Wales c) in England

4. What cities in Britain have the following nicknames? a) Auld Reekie b) The Granite City c) The Smoke

5. Why are there few outdoor cafes in England?

6. What two raw materials are often found close together in Great Britain?

7. What animals can one see in the Highlands?

8. Which parts of Great Britain are the centres of the woollen and cotton industry?

9. What kinds of hard fruits grow well in many parts of England?

10. Are all the people in Britain English?

11. Why is Wales often called the “land of songs”?

12. Name the national flower emblems of a)England b)Scotland c)Ireland d)Wales

13. What is the name of the Scottish lake in which there is supposed to be a monster?

14. What do you know about the famous Round Table? Who sat at it?

15. What is the name of the English town where William Shakespeare was born?

16. Who was Shakespeare`s favourite actress?

17. What is the name of the poet who was called “The Father of English Poetry”?

18. What famous literary traveller left his home in Hull on the 1st of September, 1651, and did not get back home to Yorkshire until 1687?

19. A British writer was born in Dublin but spent much time of his life in London. What was his name and what was his most famous book?

20. What famous Scotsman was born at Alloway in Ayshire in 1759?

21. Who wrote the following: a) ”Oliver Twist” b) ”Alice Through the Looking-Glass”

22. What sports have originated in Britain?

23. Which is the most popular British sport?

24. What is the annual sporting event which takes place on the river Thames?

25. Why are public holidays in Britain called “bank holidays”?

26. When did the Great Fire of London take place?

27. A ring was the founder of the British Navy. What was his name?

28. What was the name of the English navigator who was called “Queen Elizabeth`s pirate”?

Keys:

1. a) the Tyne b) the Clyde c) the Avon d) the Thames

2. a) the Severn b) Yorkshire c) Windermere d) Birmingham e) London

3. a) Ben Nevis b) Snowdon c) Scaffel Pike

4. a) Edinburgh b) Aberdeen c) London

5. Because the weather is uncertain

7. Sheep, goats, long-haired Highland cattle

8. Yorkshire is the centre of the woollen industry, Manchester is the centre of the cotton industry.

10. Only the people of England call themselves English. The others are the Welsh, the Scottish, the Irish.

11. Because the Welsh people are famous for their good voices and it is difficult to find a village without a good choir there.

12. a) the rose b) the thistle c) the shamrock d) the daffodil

14. The famous Round Table was used by King Arthur and his knights to show that all were equal.

16. Shakespeare never saw an actress. All roles were played by men and boys until many years after his death.

17. Geoffrey Chaucer

18. Robinson Crusoe

19. Jonathan Swift and his book “Gulliver`s Travels”

20. Robert Burns

21. Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll

22. Football, horse-racing, golf, lawn tennis, rowing

24. The Annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge universities on the river Thames is one of the most popular sporting events of the year.

25. Because banks are closed on holidays

28. Francis Drake

II. What do you know about the USA?

1. What countries made early settlements in America?

2. What was the first English colony in America?

3. Who were the Pilgrim Fathers?

4. Who was the first American President? When did he become President of the USA?

5. What does the Statue of Liberty in New York commemorate?

6. Describe the flag of the USA.

7. What is the name given to the official residence of the President of the USA in Washington?

8. What is the national flag of the USA called?

9. What kind of music first developed in New Orleans?

10. On what river is the capital of the United States situated?

11. Which is the largest state in the USA? Which is the smallest one?

12. What animal is a symbol of the US government?

13. What is the nickname of the US government?

14. What are the names of the two houses of the legislative branch of the US government?

15. What is the Day of National Independence in the USA?

16. What university is the oldest in the USA?

17. What name is given to the annual statuette award made by US Academy of Motion Pictures for outstanding achievements in various fields of film production?

18. What are the most popular team sports in the United States?

19. Who were the first men to fly over the North Pole?

20. What British English words have the same meaning like the American ones: movies, elevator, automobile, fall, icebox

21. What monument in Washington is called “the pencil”?

22. In what country was the Statue of Liberty made?

23. When did New York get its name?

Keys:

1. Spain, France, the Netherlands, England

3. A group of English religious people who founded a colony in 1620

4. George Washington became president in 1789.

5. It commemorates the centenary of the American Declaration of Independence.

6. Thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field

7. The White House

8. The Stars and Stripes

10. The Potomac River

11. Alaska. Rhode Island

12. The bald eagle

14. The Senate and the House of Representatives which are together called the Congress

18. Basketball, American football, baseball

19. Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennet in 1926

20. Pictures, lift, car, autumn, refrigerator

21. The tall column set up to commemorate George Washington

III. What do you know about Canada, Australia and New Zealand?

1. When did Canada become independent?

2. How many Canadians speak English and French?

3. The British queen is also the queen of Canada. What official is the real head of the Canadian government?

4. Who were the first Europeans to discover Australia?

5. Australia`s most popular state was given its name by a British explorer. Who was he?

6. What was the name of the Australian continent when Cook explored its eastern coast?

7. An English rabbit nearly ruined Australia. Do you know how it happened?

8. Captain Abel Tasman discovered the island now named Tasmania. Who discovered New Zealand? When?

9. What are the aboriginal people of New Zealand called?

10. Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is the second largest city in the country. What is the first largest city in New Zealand?

11. New Zealand is the only place in the world for the birds which are among the smallest of the flightless birds. What do you call those birds?

12. What type of footwear suggests the capital of New Zealand?

Keys:

1. On July 1, 1867

2. About one-third of the Canadians speak French and over two-thirds speak English.

3. The prime minister

5. Captain James Cook

7. In 1859 a man lost rabbits. They multiplied and spread so rapidly that they became very dangerous for agriculture of Australia.

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викторину “Do you know Great Britain?”

1. How many parts are there in Great Britain?
2. What river is the capital situated on?
3. Who is the head of the country?
4. What is the home of the Queen?
5. What is the double-decker?
6. What is Big Ben?
7. What is the symbol of England?
8. Where did the detective Sherlock Holmes live?
9. What is the most famous lake in Scotland?
10. Why is the city Bath called so?
11. Who is the most famous woman-writer of detective stories?
12. What books of English writers do you know?
13. What is the oldest part of London?
14. What is the symbol of Scotland?
15. What is the symbol of Wales?
16. What is the Scottish national costume?
17. What is the national instrument of Scots?
18. When do British people celebrate Christmas?
19. Who wrote about Winnie the Pooh?
20. Who is the writer of “Mary Poppins”?
21. Who is the author of books about Harry Potter?
22. Can you guess:

1. He was English. He was born in 1564. He was a writer and actor. (W. Shakespeare)
2. He was born in London. Then he lived in the USA. He was a film actor (Ch. Chaplin)
3. He conquered Great Britain. He was a king. He built the Tower of London (William the Conqueror)

23. Put these holidays in the correct order:

a) New Year’s Day,
b) April Fool’s Day,
c) St. Valentine’s Day,
d) Christmas

Викторина для 8 — 9 классов “ Do you know the USA?”

1. What is the name of the Dutch settlement which became New York City?
2. Which country presented the USA with the statue of Liberty? What was the occasion?
3. In which famous place do people in New York City celebrate New Year’s Day?
4. Which American rock-and-roll star lived in Memphis, Tennessee?
5. What monument in Washington D.C. dedicated to an American President is nicknamed “The Pencil”?
6. What is the name of the famous collection of museums in Washington?
7. Explain the symbolism of the stars and stripes on the US flag.
8. On what river is the capital of the USA situated?
9. Where does the President of the USA live and work?
10. Which is the biggest state in the USA?
11. Who was the 1st President of the USA?
12. What do the Americans celebrate on the 4th of July?
13. In which city is Hollywood?
14. What street in New York is called “The Great White Way”?
15. What is the highest building in Washington?
16. Who was the 1st President lived in the White House?
17. What is the largest city in the USA?
18. In which state do the highest trees in the world grow? What are they called?
19. Which is the smallest state in the USA?
20. Who is the President killed by Oswald?
21. The first colonists started the tradition of a) Halloween, b) Independence Day, c) Thanksgiving Day, d) Memorial Day.
22. Who was the 42d President: a) Clinton, b) Kennedy, c)Johnson, d) Washington

Викторина для учащихся 10-11 классов “Do you know Australia?”

1. What kind of state is Australia?
2. Who is the Head of Government?
3. Who is the Head of the State?
4. What colour is the flag of Australia?
5. Which are the national colours?
6. Where is the seat of the state government located?
7. How many chambers are there in the Australian Parliament?
8. Which city was the capital of Australia till 1917?
9. What are the languages in Australia?
10. What animals can be seen on Australia’s coat-of-arms?
11. Which is the hottest month of Australia?
12. Which is the highest point in Australia?
13. Which is the longest river in Australia?
14. What are the largest cities of Australia?
15. When was the first white settlement founded in Australia?
16. Who sailed to Botany Bay first?
17. When did the constitution come into effect?
18. When did the first shipload of free immigrants arrive?
19. Who was the first European settles in Australia?
20. Who discovered Australia?
21. What is the official name of Australia?
22. When do the Australians celebrate Australia’s Day?
23. What does the name Canberra mean in the Aborigine language?
24. What can one find in Sydney and in London?
25. Who proposed the name of Australia?
26. How Canberra is often called?
27. Who was Melbourne?
28. Who was Brisbane?
29. In whose honour did they call the city of Sydney?
30. Who was Adelaide?
31. How do the Australians call their natural countryside?
32. When did the last full-blood Tasmanian Aborigine die?
33. What is the Pav?
34. Why do most children in Australia study through correspondence courses?
35. What is the largest sandstone monolith in the world?

ЦЕЛЬ УРОКА – формирование языковой компетенции

1. Совершенствование лексических навыков

2. Совершенствование навыка аудирования

3. Совершенствование навыка чтения с полным пониманием.

4. Совершенствование навыка аналитического мышления.

Данный урок-лекция основывается на ранее изученной теме “Varieties of English” блока №8 УМК“MATRIX”, intermediate (Kathy Gude, Michel Duckworth
Издательство Oxford University Press, 2002 г.) и служит образцом для создания собственных проектных работ учащимися. В конце урока учащимся предлагается выбрать тему для работы над проектом ‘VARIETIES OF ENGLISH’

Сообщение темы и цели урока.

Лекция с демонстрацией слайдов.

Выполнение задания на перевод с австралийского на русский.

Аудирование песни на австралийском языке.

Socio-Historical Linguistic Context

Australian English began diverging from British English shortly after the foundation of the Australian penal colony of New South Wales in 1788. British convicts sent there, (including Cockneys from London), came mostly from large English cities. They were joined by free settlers, military personnel and administrators, often with their families. However, a large part of the convict body were Irish, with at least 25% directly from Ireland. There were other populations of convicts from non-English speaking areas of Britain, such as the Welsh and Scots.

Already in 1827 Peter Cunningham, in his book Two Years in New South Wales , reported that native-born white Australians of the time spoke with a distinctive accent and vocabulary, with a strong Cockney influence.

The transportation of convicts to Australia ended in 1868, but immigration of free settlers from Britain, Ireland and elsewhere continued. Thus, the former Australian English began as a mixture of Cockney, Irish, Welsh and Scotish.

The American military personnel in World War II brought American influence; though most words were short-lived; and only okay , you guys , and gee have persisted. Since the 1950s the American influence on language in Australia has mostly come from pop culture, the mass media, computer software and the internet. Some words, such as freeway and truck , have even been naturalised so completely that few Australians recognise their origin.

American, British and Australian variants exist side-by-side; in many cases – freeway and motorway (used in New South Wales) for instance – regional, social and ethnic variation within Australia typically defines word usage. Words of Irish origin are used such as bum for «backside» (Irish bun ), tucker for «food», as well as one or two native English words whose meaning have changed under Irish influence, such as paddock for «field».

Variation and Changes

Three main varieties of Australian English are spoken according to linguists: broad , general and cultivated . They often, but not always, reflect the social class or educational background of the speaker.

Australian English is recognisable and familiar to English speakers around the world because it is used to identify Australian characters in non-Australian films and television programs.

The majority of Australians speak with the general Australian accent British words such as mobile (phone) predominate in most cases.

Australian English has some similarities to British Received Pronunciation, and is often mistaken for it.

There are no strong variations in accent and pronunciation across different states and territories.

Australian English has some peculiarities in pronunciation.

But surely, the most remarkable changes appeared to be in vocabulary.

In 1945 Sidney J. Baker published the book The Australian Language which was a milestone in the emergence of a separate Australian Standard.

Australian English has many words that some consider unique to the language. One of the best known is outback, , meaning a remote, sparsely populated area. Another is The bush meaning either a native forest or a country area in general.

1. Fair dinkum can mean “are you telling me the truth?”, “this is the truth!”, or “this is ridiculous!” depending on context — the disputed origin dates back to the gold rush in the 1850s, “dinkum” being derived from the Chinese word for “gold” or “real gold”: fair dinkum is the genuine article.
2. Extinct East Midlands dialect in England: dinkum means hard work or fair work
3. Dinky-di means true or devoted : a ‘dinky-di Aussie’ is a ‘true Australian

G’day is well known as a stereotypical Australian greeting — it is worth noting that G’day is not synonymous with the expression “Good Day”, and is never used as an expression for «farewell». Many of these terms have been adopted into British English via popular culture and family links.

Speaking about word-forming, we may say that Australian English has a unique set of diminutives formed by adding -o or -ie (- y ) to the ends of (often abbreviated) words. There does not appear to be any particular pattern to which of these suffixes is used.

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