Welcome to Great Britain. 1. England Capital LondonThames

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Welcome to Great Britain

1. England

Capital

London Thames

Palace of Westminster / house of Parliament

Buckingham Palace

London Dungeon

Madame Tussauds

Musicals

Cats Les Miserables

The Phantom of the Opera

Picadilly Circus

Greenwich

Old Trafford

Stonehenge

Hadrian’ Wall

2. Wales

• Dragon on flag of Wales: => Comes from the emblem of King Arthur and his

knights: a dragon resting on a shield and holding a cross

• Land of castles: there are so many of them• Longest place name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysil

iogogogoch• Eistedfodd:=> An event where people from all over the world

recite poetry, sing and dance together.

3. Scotland

• Clyde• Charles Mackintosh• Glasgow School of Art• Glasgow Cathedral• Botanic• Edinburgh castle • Palace of Holyroodhouse• Athens of the North• Loch Ness• Nessie• Great Glen• mountain range• Kincraig Highland Wildlife Park• Battle of Stirling• Wallace Monument• Melrose Abbey

4. Northern Ireland

True or false

1. False, Finn McCool2. False, mostly hexagonal but some with four,

five, seven and eight sides3. False, 18454. True5. False, in Mill Bay6. False, two churches7. False, Pleasure Grounds and the Walled Garden 8. False, the home of the Cole family, Earls of

Enniskillen

Sunday Bloody Sunday

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