So many countries, so many customs

Цель:

активизация страноведческого материала по теме “Countries and Customs”.

Задачи:

- повторение лексики по теме;

- развитие навыков говорения, письма и чтения;

- развитие умения работать в парах и группах;

- расширение кругозора учащихся

What is a “CUSTOM”?

custom-   1. something people do that  is traditional or usual (ex: customs and traditions)

1a. something a particular person regularly does.

 Put the words into the right category:

places of interest

parts of the city

exhibition, road, street, tower, shop, park, square, hospital, airport, museum, bridge, church, railway station, monument .

So many countries, so many customs

What is a “CUSTOM”?

custom - 1. something people do that

is traditional or usual

( ex : customs and traditions )

1a. something a particular

person regularly does.

(from Macmillan Dictionary)

Put the words into the right category:

• places of interest
• parts of the city

exhibition, road, street, tower, shop, park, square, hospital, airport, museum, bridge, church, railway station, monument

Places of interest

Places of interest

Parts of the city

Parts of the city

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch your nose

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch your toes;

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground,

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around,

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground,

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, reach up high

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, wink one eye,

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, slap your knees,

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, sit down please.

Match each country with its flag.

Russia

Great Britain

Canada

Australia

The USA

New Zealand

What countries do these places belong to?

St Paul’s Cathedral

Tower Bridge

The Red Square

The Statue of Liberty

Manhattan

The Winter Palace

Washington

Yuri Dolgoruky

Match the questions with the answers.

1. Where is Russia situated? A) The Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the

Pacific Ocean.

2. What is the longest river in Russia? B) The Kremlin is certainly the heart of Moscow.

3. What seas and oceans wash Russia? C) The birch tree is the symbol of Russia. It can be found

everywhere. Russian people know and love it very

much.

4. Who founded the capital of Russia? When? D) Russia is situated on two continents: Europe and Asia.

5. What is the heart of Moscow? E) Moscow was founded by Yuri Dolgoruky at the top of

the hill looking over the Moskva River.

6. What places of interest can we visit in Moscow? F) The Volga is the longest river in Europe.

7. What can you say about the birch tree? G) Red Square, the Kremlin, the Bolshoy Theatre, the

Tretyakov Gallery, the monument to Alexander Pushkin.

Match the questions with the answers.

1. When did England become a great country? A) It started on the 2 nd of September 1666.

The fire burnt for four days. More than 250

thousand people lost their homes.

2. When did William the Conqueror come B) Trafalgar Square is in the centre of London.

to England from France? In the middle of the square stands a tall

column. It is a monument to Admiral Nelson.

3.When was the great fire of London? C) Queen Elizabeth the Second lives in

What do you remember about it? Buckingham Palace.

4.What places of interest can we visit in London? D) In 1066 William the Conqueror and his

people came to England from France.

5.What square is in the centre of London? E) The large clock in the clock tower of

What is situated in the middle of this square? the Houses of Parliament is called Big Ben.

You can hear the sound of Big Ben every hour.

6.What is the most famous clock of Great Britain? F) At the beginning of the 11 th century England

was already a great country.

7.What is the name of the Queen? G) Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, the

Where does she live? Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square,

the Tower of London, the National Gallery.

Good luck!