Exercise 5. Say whether these sentences are true or false and explain why

Exercise 4. Write down the questions for these answers.

Exercise 3. Say, what each percentage means.

B. Read the years.

A. Read the numbers.

Exercise 2.

Exercise 1. Insert the right part of the world.

1. The United Kingdom is situated in … (cеверо-запад) coast of Europe.

2. The United Kingdom is washed by the Atlantic Ocean on … (север) and … (северо-запад) and the North Sea on … (восток).

3. Wales is a peninsula in … (юго-запад) of the island of Great Britain.

4. Scotland is located in … (север) of Great Britain.

5. Northern Ireland occupies … (северо-восток) part of the island of Ireland.

6. The capital of the country – London – is located in … (юго-восток) of England.

1,246,749

6,493,935

8,839,764

25,736,073

47,815,274

12,648,042

139,354,654

932,453,680

361,852,053

1. 50% of the territory

2. 83 % of the population

3. 9 % of the territory

4. 4.8 % of the population

5. 32 % of the territory

6. 9 % of the population

7. 5.2 % of the territory

1) The United Kingdom is situated on two large islands.

2) Great Britain includes over five hundred small islands.

3) The total area of Great Britain is 240,046 sq. kms.

4) The biggest cities of Great Britain are London, Bir­mingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, and Cardiff.

5) The largest part of Great Britain is England.

6) The capital of the country is London.

7) The official language is English.

8) The population of the U.K. is nearly 60 million people.

9) The population lives mostly in towns and cities and their suburbs.

10) Over 7 million people live in London.

11) The climate of Great Britain is mild.

12) There are many rivers in Great Britain.

13) The longest river in Great Britain is 350 kilometers long.

1. Great Britain is a federal republic.

2. Officially the head of state is the President.

3. The head of the state is the Queen, whose power is absolute.

4. The Queen never acts on the advice of the min­isters and Parliament.

5. The British Constitution was written in 1265.

6. The main principles of British legislation are expressed in "Magna Charta", "Habeas Corpus Act", "Bill of Rights", the Parliamentary Act.

7. British legislation provides written guarantees of individual political rights.

8. Parliament in Great Britain has existed since 1265.

9. Parliament in Great Britain is the youngest Parliament in the world.

10. Parliament consists of three Houses — the House of Kings, the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

11. The House of Lords consists of 10 peers.

12. Peers are elected by the people at a general election within 5 years of the last election.

13. The representatives of the House of Commons are appointed by The House of Lords.

14. The head of the government is the Prime Minister.

15. The Prime Minister is appointed by the Queen before the general election.

16. The Prime Minister doesn’t belong to any party.

17. The Prime Minister appoints the ministers to make up the government.

18. There is main political party in Great Britain - the Conservative Party.

19. The Conservative party came into being in the 19th century as a result of the evolution of the Tory party.

20. The Conservative party was founded in 1900.

21. The Labour Party won the election for the first time in 1945.

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