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In the world of English

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

(a)  

2.

How many seasons are there in a year?

(a)  

3.

When do the English celebrate Christmas? (напиши месяц)

(a)  

4.

 When do the Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day? (напиши месяц)

(a)  

5.

  1. Расположите страны Соединённого Королевства в порядке увеличения их территории (от 1 до 4 )

1.England

2. Scotland

3.Wales

4. Northern Ireland



(a)  

6.

Расположите дни недели в соответствующем порядке (по английским правилам) (от 1 до 4)

1.Thursday

2.Tuesday

3. Friday

4.Sunday

(a)  

7.

It is one of the most popular kinds of sport. Both boys and girls, men and women go in for this sport. It is very beautiful. You can hear wonderful music and watch skating and dancing sportsmen. What sport is it?

(пишем с маленькой буквы)

(a)  

8.

This ball game is very popular not only in Great Britain, but all over the world. It is usually played by boys and men. Each team has 11 players: backs, halfbacks, outside, inside, centre forwards and one goalkeeper. In Great Britain every town has a professional team. In the UK there are both professional and amateur teams.

What sport is it?

(пишем с маленькой буквы)

(a)  

9.

Match parts of the UK with their capitals:

The capital of Wales

a)

Cardiff

b)

London

c)

Edinburgh

d)

Belfast

10.

Match parts of the UK with their capitals:

The capital of England

a)

Cardiff

b)

London

c)

Edinburgh

d)

Belfast

11.

In Trafalgar Square there is a monument to … .

a)
  1. Nelson

b)

Henry VIII

c)
  1. William the Conqueror

12.

Which is the symbol of the republic of  Ireland ?

a)
  1. The rose

b)
  1. The daffodil

c)
  1. The shamrock

13.

Which country is not a part of the UK?

a)

Scotland

b)

Wales

c)

Iceland

14.

He is an English politician. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, once during World War II, and again in the early 1950s.

a)
Margaret Thatcher
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Clement Attlee
d)
Tony Blair
15.

He is an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.

a)
Harold Lloyd
b)
Laurel and Hardy
c)
Buster Keaton
d)
W.C. Fields
e)
Charlie Chaplin
16.

She is English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

a)
Agatha Christie
b)
Arthur Conan Doyle
c)
Dan Brown
d)
J.K. Rowling
17.

English singer, songwriter, musician and political activist. He gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles.

a)
John Lennon
b)
George Harrison
c)
Paul McCartney
d)
Ringo Starr
18.

Britain's national drink is

a)

juice

b)
tea
c)
coffee
d)
water
19.

  1. The kilt is…



(a)  

20.

In Scotland, what vegetable was traditionally carved into a jack-o’-lantern?

a)
turnip
b)
carrot
c)
potato
d)
pumpkin
21.

Who said “When a man is tired of London he is tired of life”?

a)
Samuel Johnson
b)
George Orwell
c)
Virginia Woolf
d)
Charles Dickens
22.

Which birds, according to the legend, protect the Tower of London?

(a)  

23.

Which museum is situated at 221B Baker Street?

a)
Baker Street Museum
b)
Sherlock Holmes Museum
c)
London Transport Museum
d)
British Museum
24.

What colour is traditional London taxi?

a)
Green
b)
Black
c)
Red
d)
Yellow
25.

What is the London Eye?

a)

а giant ferris wheel in London.

b)
A famous London bridge.
c)
A type of traditional British dish.
d)
A historical landmark in Paris.
26.

Money in the UK is…

a)

Pound

b)

Euro

c)

Dollar

d)

Yen

27.

What happened in the summer of 1666 in London?

a)
The Plague of London
b)
The English Civil War
c)
The Restoration of the Monarchy
d)
The Great Fire of London.
28.

It has been a fortress, a palace, a zoo, a treasury:

a)
Windsor Castle
b)
Tower of London
c)
Edinburgh Castle
d)
Buckingham Palace
29.

This is a ball game. It is played outdoors by teams of 15 players. They use an oval ball which is carried by a player. The players of the other team try to stop the man and take the ball from him. This game is usually played by men only

(a)  

30.

This ball game is very popular both in Great Britain and in Russia. It is usually played by two players, sometimes four at a table. They hit a small ball with a racket over a net. This game is played in nearly all schools. It is played by both boys and girls. The game can be played outdoors and indoors too

(a)