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English speaking countries questionnaire
1. ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
Find a map of the country and draw the silouette.
Could you situate your country in the world? In what hemisphere is it?
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What colours does the flag have? ___________________________
Draw the flag.
What is the capital of the country? ________________________
Situate the capital and two more cities (important ones) in the map.
What is the highest mountain? How many metres high is it?
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What is the longest river? ________________________________
What is the biggest lake? ________________________________
Situate and/or draw the mountain, river and lake in the map.
Use an atlas or consult the following webs to help you:
www.anglik.net/flags.htm or www.google.com (maps).
2. Look for information about the country and answer the following questions:
How many kilometres is the country from one point to the other?
How many people live in the country?
What is the climate in the country?
Have they got euro? Which is their coin?
What languages do they speak?
What is the typical food to eat there?
Can you find a typical animal and a typical tree or plant?
Which festivity do they celebrate more?
Find a song that reminds you of this country.
Find a book / a poem that reminds you of this country.
How do they celebrate Christmas? Tell us about a Christmas tradition in the country.
Find a curiosity about the country and tell us about it.
You can find information in books and in diferent webs. Check these ones:
www.alovelyworld.com/index.html
www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries
www.google.co.uk
www.wikipedia.org
Finally look for some photographs about touristic places in the country. It can be natural
parks, views, cities, monuments... Choose a minimum of three photographs and add them
to your work with a short sentence under each photograph.