Great britain

1. Objectives: to introduce the new tense form,
to practice vocabulary, to develop listening,
reading and speaking skills, to develop skills
on the topic, to widen student’s outlook
• .

2. The United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland

3. The United Kingdom
of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland is
situated on the
British Isles. They lie
to the north-west of
Europe. The British
Isles are separated
from the continent
by the narrow strait
of water which is
called the English
Channel.

4. There are a lot of
rivers in GB, but
they are not very
long. The Severn
is the longest
river, while the
Thames is the
deepest and the
most important
one.

5. Thanks to the
Gulf Stream the
climate of Great
Britain is mild.
The weather is
often foggy and
rainy. Summer
is not very hot
and winter is
not very cold.

6. The surface of the
British Isles varies
very much.
The north of
Scotland is
mountainous and is
called the
Highlands, while
the south, which has
beautiful valleys
and plains, is called
the Lowlands.

7. The United
Kingdom
consists of
four parts:
England,
Scotland,
Wales and
Northern
Ireland.

8. The capital
of England is
London

9. Wales
has
Cardiff

10. The main
city of
Northern
Ireland is
Belfast

11. Scotland
has
Edinburgh

12. Objectives: to introduce the new tense form,
to practice vocabulary, to develop listening,
reading and speaking skills, to develop skills
on the topic, to widen student’s outlook
• .

13. am
S is V(the third form)
are
e.g. Great Britain is washed by the seas
on all sides.

14. was
S V(the third form)
were
e.g.Great Britain was known as
England for many centuries.

16. have
S been V(the third form)
has
e.g. That place has been visited by thousand of
people today.

19. Make interrogative and negative sentences from
the following:
- Many schools have been constructed this
year.
- The new project has been finished
already.
- Our library has been turned into a
shopping centre.
- The problem has been discussed already.
- The letters have been posted.

20. Make this sentences passive:
- They have published her new book
recently.
- The town council has just opened our local
museum.
- Their house looks very neat after they
have painted it.
- The room looks nice. Somebody has
cleaned it.
- They have opened a new theatre in the
city.

21. Your homework is to do ex.6, p.113 in
writing and to make up as many
questions as possible using Present
Perfect Passive from ex. 9, p.114.