Контрольные работы по английскому языку для 8-11 классов (стр. 4 )

10. There is a round table and five chairs in the middle of the room. 11. These are my postcards. 12. Jill goes to work by bus. 13. The Normans invaded Britain in 1066. 14. Columbus discovered America in 14She does her room every day. 16. They were at the disco last night. 17. He has just left. 18. He is cry­ing as he has cut his finger. 19. He had to spend a lot of money on education. 20. He had ironed all the linen by 5 o'clock yesterday. 21. This pair of trousers cost seven dollars. 22. The fax will be received in an hour. 23. The con­tract has been signed. 24. A new super­market is being built in our district. 25. His father wants him to become a student. 26. I'll buy a new toy-car for my son when I get the money.

TEST 2

Make up all possible types of questions on the basis of the given sentences a) general, b) alternative, c) disjunctive, d) special questions and e) questions to the subject.

1. The children are swimming in the river. 2. The work can be done in two

weeks. 3. You have to write letters. 4. There will be a new service-station here. 5. They lay in the sun for half an hour. 6.1 have some pets at home. 7. She did the work nicely last week. 8. You'll get a nice present for your birthday. 9. He is driving a new Ford today.10. The telegram was brought by
a stranger. 11. The lecture will be de­
livered by a visiting professor.

The Great London Fire

The old city of London had narrow, crooked streets with wooden houses. It was a dirty city. In 1665 75,000 Londoners died from Plague. On Sep­tember 2nd, 1666 a bakery in Pudding Lane near the London Bridge caught fire.

After a long summer the wooden houses were dry. A wind was blowing from the river. It blew the flames from house to house, and in the narrow streets the fire spread quickly.

The fire burned for four days. It destroyed 80% of the city. Nobody died in the fire.

The people of London built a new city. The houses were made of brick or stone, not wood. The new streets were straight and they were wider and cleaner too. Sir Christopher Wren rebuilt St Paul's Cathedral.

Exercise 1. Choose the right answer to the questions.

Why do you think the fire spread quickly?

a)  because the streets were dirty;

b)  because the wind was blowing;

c)  because the houses were made of wood;

d)  because the fire started in bakery;

e)  because the streets were narrow;

f)  because the houses were dry after a hot summer;

g)  because the streets were not straight.

Why wasn't there another fire after 1666?

a)  because the new city had wide streets;

b)  because Sir Christopher Wren built a new cathedral;

c)  because new houses were built of brick;

d)  because the streets were cleaner;

e)  because the fire destroyed 80% of the city;

f)  because the wind stopped blowing.

Exercise 2. What is wrong?

In August 1665 the old city of London caught fire. The fire started on London Bridge. The streets of old London were wide and straight, so the fire spread slowly. The wind was blowing to the river and blew the flames from house to house. The fire destroyed 80% of wooden houses. 75,000 Londoners died in the fire. Sir Charles Wren rebuilt the city and built a new St Paul's church.

Exercise 3. Think of things that can be made of:

brick plastic rubber

paper gold leather

tone wood glass

iron wool china

TEXT 2 Fast Food

Fast Food restaurants and cafes are very popular all over the world. But they aren't like ordinary restaurants.

There aren't waiters. You order your food at the counter and pay for it at the same time. You get your food in a bag or a box. There are no plates. There aren't any knives, forks and spoons. You eat with your fingers.

Drinks are all in paper or plastic cups. There are no saucers. You eat your meal. Then you throw all the bags, boxes and cups away. It's easy. It's cheap and it's fast.

Exercise 1. Find out which restaurant is that: fast food or ordinary.

1. You eat with a knife and a fork. 2, You get your hamburger in a bag or in a plastic box. 3. You get your food at the counter. 4. A waiter brings you food. 5. You drink from a paper cup. 6. You get your food on a plate. 7. You eat with your fingers. 8. You pay for your meal at the end. 9. You throw away the bags and the boxes. 10. You pay for your meal at the counter. 11. You drink from the ordinary cup. 12. You may take your food home.

Exercise 2. Write menu for the Fast Food and Ordinary restaurant. What is the difference?

TEXT 3 Three Centers of Power

There are three centers of power in London. Buckingham Palace is the centre of royal power. The Houses of Parliament are the centre of political power. Westminster Abbey is the centre of church power.

Buckingham Palace was built in 1703 by the Duke of Buckingham. King George III bought the palace in 1761. It is now the official home of Queen Elizabeth II and the British Royal Family. There are nearly six hundred rooms in the palace.

The two Houses of Parliament (the House of Lords and the House of Com­mons) are in the Westminster Palace. It was built between 1840 and 1860. It was designed by architect Sir Charles Barry. The original Palace of Westminster was the home for the Royal Family until the 16th century. Then it became the meeting place of the Parliament.

Westminster Abbey was a Norman church. The present building was started in 1245 by King Henry III. Westminster Abbey is a very important church. Nearly all the English Kings and Queens since William I were crowned in Westminster Abbey. In 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in the Abbey.

Exercise 1. Choose the correct variant.

1. Buckingham Palace was built by
King George III

Queen Elizabeth II

the Duke of Buckingham

2. Buckingham Palace is the official
home of

King George III

Queen Elizabeth II

the Duke of Buckingham

3. Sir Charles Barry designed and started to build the Houses of Parliament

in 1840

in the 16th century

in 1834

4. The Westminster home of

Sir Charles Barry the Royal Family the church

Westminster

5. The building of the
Abbey was started by
King William I King Henry III Queen Elizabeth II

Exercise 2. Think and answer about your country.

Where does your president live?

Which is the most important religious building in your city?

Where does the government meet?

Is there a river in the capital city of your country? What is it called?

TEXT 4

Who Are the British?

About 57 million people live in Britain. 94% of them are white from different European origin. The Saxons and Celts came from Southern Germany. The Normans came from Northern France. There is also a large population of Scandinavian origin. There is also Jewish community of 385,000 people. There have been non-European families living in Britain for more than 300 years. Most of non-European families came to Britain between 1950 and 1980.

Exercise 1. Answer the questions.

1.  Where did the Normans come from?

2.  How big is the British Jewish com­munity?

3.  Where did Celts come from?

4.  When did most non-European fami­lies come to Britain?

Exercise 2. Think and answer about your own country.

1. Is your country a multiracial com­munity?

2. Where did the different groups come from?

3. People of what nationalities live in your city?

I. Вы оказались в семье зарубежного сверстника. Расскажите о себе, о членах своей семьи, их занятиях и увлечениях.

1.  What is your full name?

2.  Where are you from?

3.  What town or city do you live in?

4.  How old are you?

5.  Where do you study?

6.  How large is your family?

7.  How old are your parents?

8.  What's your father's job?

9.  Why does he like (or dislike) his job?

10.  What does your mother do?

11.  How many brothers or sisters have you got?

12.  What are your brothers or sisters?

13.  Who does the housework in your family?

14. What kind of family feasts or tradi­tions have you got?

П. Вы заканчиваете 9 класс. Каковы ваши планы на будущее? Поделитесь ими с вашим сверстником.

1.  What kind of school have you studied in?

2.  What's the dream of your life?

3.  What did you want to be when you were a child?

4.  Why have you changed your mind?

5.  Why can't you start working in the job of your dream right now?

6.  What are you fond of?

7.  What was your favourite subject at school? Why?

8.  Where are you going to get further education?

9.  How many exams will you have to take to enter this university, college, etc.?

10. What kind of school have you chosen to get secondary education? Why?

III. У вас есть возможность совершить поездку в страну, язык которой вы изу-

чаете. Что бы вы хотели посетить в первую очередь и почему?

1.  Where is London situated?

2.  How many people live in London?

3.  How many historical parts does
London consist of? What are their names?

4.  What part of London is called "the heart of London"? Why?

5.  What is the name of "West End" associated with?

6.  What part of London is the Port of London situated in?

7.  What do you know about West­ minster Abbey?

8.  What can you see at the Tower of London at 10 o'clock p. m.?

9.  Where can you see Big Ben?

10.  What is the most famous cathedral in London?

11.  What can you see in Trafalgar Square?

12.  What streets of London do you know?

13.  Which are the largest and the most beautiful parks of London?

14.  What is the British Museum?

15.  What art galleries would you like to visit in London? Why?

15.  Where can you find wax portraits of famous world figures?

IV. Вы принимаете зарубежного гостя (сверстника) у себя. Покажите ему свой город (поселок) и расскажите о нем.

1.  What's the name of your native town?

2.  When was it founded? Is it ancient or young?

3.  What's the name of the river that flows across your town?

4.  How many people live in your town?

5.  What is its historical centre?

6.  What historical events of Russia is your town associated with?

7.  What kinds of industry are de­veloped in your town?

8.  What scientifical and educational centres are there in your town?

9.  How many theatres and cinemas are there in your town? What are they like?

10. What are cultural traditions of your town?

11.  What are the most interesting sights of your town?

12.  What prominent people is your town famous for?

V. Вам предстоит выполнять роль гида в экскурсии по школе. Расскажите о своем классе, об учителях и друзьях, о пред­метах, которые вы изучаете.

1.  What kind of school is yours? A comprehensive or specialized one? A lyceum or a gymnasium?

2.  Does it include primary school?

3.  How many years does primary school last?

4.  What age do children start schooling?

5.  How many years of secondary school are compulsory?

6.  How many days a week do pupils go to school?

7.  What form are you in?

8.  What subjects have you been studying this school year? Have you got any favourite subjects?

9.  What are your teachers like?

10. Who is the best pupil in your class?

11.  What's your school building like?

12.  Where can we find the Head-mas­ter's office, a gym, a cloak room, a canteen?

13.  Which floor is your classroom on?

14.  Where are physical training lessons held in autumn and spring?

VI. Расскажите своему зарубежному сверстнику о том, как вы проводите сво­бодное время, чем увлекаетесь, что кол­лекционируете, делаете своими руками (рисуете, мастерите, вяжете и т. д.).

1.  How much free time have you got a day?

2.  What is your hobby?

3.  What do you like to collect? Have you got a favourite collection of things?

4.  What kind of sports are you fond of?

5.  What kind of sports games do you like best of all? Are you a good player?

6.  How much time do you spend on watching TV?

7.  What are your favourite TV programmers?

8.  How often do you go to the theatre, or the cinema, or concerts?

9. Who is your favourite theatre ac­tor, cinema star and pop-singer?

10.  How often do you go for a walk? Whom with?

11.  What can you do with your own hands?

12.  What kind of housework do you help your parents with?

VII. Современную жизнь трудно пред­ставить без телевидения. Какое место оно занимает в вашей жизни (жизни ва­шей семьи)? Какие программы и передачи вы смотрите с интересом и почему?

1.  Why is television the most popular entertainment in people's home life today?

2.  How much time do you spend on watching TV every day? And your parents? And your brothers or sisters?

3.  What is your TV set made of? And your VCR?

4.  What is the quality of the colors on your TV set?

5.  How many TV channels have you got?

6.  What TV programmers do you watch to get information about current events both national and international, and about the latest achievements in science and culture?

7.  How often are educational programmers produced on television?

8.  What kind of films, concerts or variety shows are presented by entertainment programmers?

9.  What is your favorite TV programmer? Why?

10.  Why do you like (or dislike) adver­tisements intervals during TV programmers?

11.  What kind of advantage is thereabout watching video films?

VIII. Недавно мы отметили 850-летие Москвы. Вашим зарубежным сверстникам хочется побольше узнать о нашей сто­лице, почему мы любим ее и гордимся ею.

1.  When was Moscow first mentioned in the records?

2.  What was it like then?

3.  How much is the history of Moscow connected with the history of Russia?

4.  Who headed the liberation move­ment against the Tatars in the 14thcentury?

5.  When did Moscow become the capital of Russia?

6.  What happened to Moscow in 1812?

7.  What is Moscow now?

8.  Why can you call Moscow an an­cient city as well as a modern one?

9.  What part of Moscow is its oldest historical and architectural centre?

10.  When were the white walls of the Kremlin replaced by new redbrick walls and towers?

11.  How many cathedrals are there in the Kremlin?

12.  Where were the Russian Tzars crowned?

13.  What do you know about the Tzar - Bell and the Tzar-Cannon?

14.  What can you see in the Armory Chamber?

15.  What museums and art galleries is Moscow famous for?

16.  What world-known theatres of Moscow can you name?

17.  What is the Moscow Underground like?

18.  How much is Moscow being changed nowadays?

19.  What new buildings have appeared in the centre of Moscow recently?

20.  What is your favourite sight in Moscow?

IX. Расскажите вашему зарубежному сверстнику об одном из праздников или об одной из традиций нашего народа.

1.  What are national holidays in our country?

2.  What do they commemorate and celebrate?

3.  What are holidays of religious origin?

4.  When is Christmas celebrated in your country?

5.  Why is the New Year's holiday more popular than Christmas in our country?

6.  How do the Russians decorate their homes for the New Year's Day?

7.  What is New Year connected with for adults?

8.  What do people wish and give to each other on the New Year's Eve?

9.  Who do children wait for on the New Year's Day? Why?

10. Why is the New Year's Day consid­ered to be a family holiday?

X. Что вы знаете о странах, где гово­рят на языке, который вы изучаете? Расскажите об одной из них.

1.  What are the countries where the native speakers of English live?

2.  Where are they situated?

3.  What are their capitals?

4.  Where is English one of the official languages?

5.  Why is English used as a second language in some countries?

6.  Where is the USA situated?

7.  What rivers and lakes are there on the territory of the USA?

8.  When was the USA founded?

9.  How many states does the country include?

10.  What does the national flag of the USA symbolize?

11.  What document sets the basic form of the US government?

12.  Why is the USA called "the nation of immigrants"?

13. What are the big cities of the USA?

14.  What is the capital of the USA?

15.  What sights of the US capital can you name?

XI. Вы готовитесь к участию в кон­курсе «Столицы европейских государств». Поделитесь информацией об одной из сто­лиц (Лондоне, Париже, Мадриде и др.). Что бы вы хотели еще узнать об этом городе?

1.  When and by whom was London founded?

2.  When did it become the capital of England?

3.  What happened to London in 1666?

4.  What's the name of London's main architect?

5.  What world-known cathedral was designed by this architect?

6.  What is the crowning place of the kings and queens of England?

7.  Where are the Crown Jewels kept in London?

8.  Where is the famous speaker's corner situated in London?

9.  What are Downing Street, White­ hall, Fleet Street, Oxford Street and Piccadilly Circus famous for?

10.  Where can you climb to the Whis­pering Gallery?

11.  Where can you see plays by Shakespeare?

12.  What can you see at Madame Tussaud's?

XII. Ваш зарубежный сверстник инте­ресуется русской культурой. Расскажите ему об одном из русских писателей, ху­дожников, композиторов, театральных де­ятелей.

1.  Are you fond of painting?

2.  Have you got oil-paintings or water colours in your flat? What are they?

3.  What kind of painting do you prefer: classical or modern one? Why?

4.  What types of painting are exhibited at the Tretyakov Gallery?

6.  Where can you see old icons?

7.  Whose masterpieces of painting can you see at the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum?

8.  What Russian masters of portrait do you know?

9.  What is the name of the famous Russian landscape painter? Do you know any of his works?

10.  Who of the Russian painters is famous for his sea views? What pictures of his can you name?

11.  How often do you visit art exhi­bitions?

12.  Who is your favourite Russian painter? Why?

13.  Who of Russian painters would you like to tell your foreign friend about more in detail?

You can use the example given below. Example: A Russian painter — Vassili Surikov.

1.  What Russian painters do you know?

2.  Where and when was Vassili Surikov born?

3.  How did he got to St Petersburg to join the Academy?

4.  Where did he stop during his journey?

5.  What city impressed him and deter­ mined his way of life and work?

6.  What were the subjects of his works?

7.  What is Surikov masterpiece?

8.  What does he depict in this canvas?

9. What colours does Surikov use in this canvas?

10. How were all the Russian artists of his time influenced by Surikov?

XIII. Какое место в вашей жизни (в жиз­ни вашей семьи) занимает книга? Что предпочитаете читать вы (члены вашей семьи) и почему?

1.  Are you fond of reading?

2.  What types of fiction do you prefer?

3.  Why are you interested in science fiction?

4.  When do you read detective stories?

5.  What kind of information do you get from reference books and dictio­naries?

6.  What kind of books enjoy the greatest popularity among teenagers?

7.  Who reads most of all in your family?

8.  What are your mother's and your father's favourite books?

9.  Who enjoys reading poems in your family?

10.  How often do you take books from library?

10.  How many books are there in your home library? What are they?

11.  What kind of books do you go on buying for your home library? Why?

XIV. Вашему зарубежному сверстнику интересно узнать об одном из выдающих­ся деятелей нашей страны (ученом, изобре­тателе, спортсмене, музыканте и т. д.). Расскажите о нем.

1.  Can you think a day of life without modern achievements of science and technology?

2.  What makes our lives easier and more comfortable?

3.  What are the people who design new machines and products?

4.  Why are new inventions impossible without constant development of science?

5.  What contribution did Russian scientists and inventors make to the development of world science and technology?

6.  Whose names are world-known in the field of science and technology?

7.  What is the name of M. Lomonosov associated with?

8.  Who discovered the Periodic System of Elements?

9.  Who are the greatest physiologists?

10.  What did Pavlov invent?

11.  Why is Tsiolkovsky called the father of rocket-flying?

12.  What Russian scientist or inventor can you tell your foreign friend about more in detail?

You can use the example given below. Example: Academician Korolyov.

1.  What is academician Korolyov famous for?

2.  When and where was Sergei Pavlovitch Korolyov born?

3.  What industry did he work in from 1927?

4.  When did Korolyov graduate from the Moscow Bauman Higher Technical School?

5.  How old was Korolyov when he finished a flying school?

6.  Who had Korolyov met before he got interested in cosmonautics?

7.  How did he come to found modern space-rocketry engineering?

8.  Who designed the first Earth satellite in the world?

9.  When was this first Earth satellite put into orbit?

10.  Who was the first man to fly into space?

11.  What other spaceships were made under Korolyov's guidance?

12.  What progress is made in cosmonautics after Korolyov's death?

XV. Охрана окружающей среды волнует каждого, независимо от того, в какой стране человек живет. Почему? Что вы знаете о том, как решаются проблемы выживания на нашей планете?

1.  Why is the problem of protecting the nature so vital?

2.  What are advantages of industrial development?

3.  What is man's influence on the climate, natural resources and wildlife?

4.  Why is the ecological balance of the planet disturbed nowadays?

5.  What kind of pollution do you know?

6.  Why does the automobile cause one of pollution problems in big cities?

7.  Why is strict pollution control necessary to keep land, air and water clean?

8.  What does the Environmental movement do for protection of nature in every country?

9.  What international Environmental movement is well known all over the world?

10. What do you do yourself to keep your city or town clean and tidy?

XVI. У вашего зарубежного друга есть домашние животные. А у вас? Ему инте­ресно знать, как вы относитесь к брать­ям нашим меньшим.

1.  What animal have you got at home?

2.  What is its name?

3.  What does it look like?

4.  What race is it?

5.  What can it do? What does it like to do?

6.  What kind of competition did it take part in?

7.  What kind of award did it get for it?

8.  How many times a day do you feed it?

8.  What do you feed it with? What does it like to eat most of all?

10.  Where does it sleep?

11.  How often do you walk with it (if it is a dog)?

12.  Who of your family plays with it most of all?

13.  Why aren't you angry with it if it does any harm about your things?

XVII. Б 1996 году весь мир отметил 100-летие кинематографа. Вы любите этот вид искусства? Какие фильмы вы смотрите с удовольствием и почему?

1.  How often do you go to the cinema?

2.  What can you see in the programme at the cinema apart from a feature film?

3.  Why do you prefer colour films to black-and-white ones?

4.  How old is the cinema art?

5.  Who invented the cinema?

6.  Why do you prefer watching video films to going to the cinema?

7.  What kind of pleasure do you get from a comedy or a musical?

8.  How much do you like historical films? Why?

9.  How often do you watch detective films and thrillers?

10.  What is your favourite kind of films? Why?

11.  What film directors do you like? Why?

12.  What are your favourite Russian and foreign film stars?

13.  Can you name any films with your favourite stars in them?

XVIII. Ваши зарубежные гости обрати­ли внимание на то, что в домашних биб­лиотеках и книжных магазинах России много произведений зарубежных авторов. Каких английских (американских, немец­ких, французских и испанских) писате­лей вы знаете? Какие писатели вам осо­бенно нравятся и почему? Назовите их произведения. Выскажите свое мнение об одном из них.

1.  What English and American writers do you know?

2.  What English books did you read when you were a child?

3.  Why do children like "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Headless Horseman" by Thomas Mayne Reid, "The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe, "Red Chief" by O'Henry, novels and stories by Mark Twain and detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle?

4.  What English and American writers are popular among teenagers?

5.  Why do you enjoy reading "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, plays by
William Shakespeare and Bernard Show, novels by Charles Dickens and Jack
London and Oscar Wilde, stories by Ernest Hemingway and Somerset
Maugham, detective stories by Agatha Christie?

6.  Which of them have you read in English?

7.  What is the advantage of reading books in the original?

8.  What are your favourite English or American writers? Why?

9.  What characters from English books are you impressed by most of all?

10. What screen versions of English books have you seen at the cinema or on TV?

11.  How many English books have you got in your library?

12.  What other foreign writers are familiar to you? What are their booksthat you like very much?

13.  Where do you get books by foreign writers?

XIX. У вас есть друг. Что вы могли бы рассказать о нем своим зарубежным сверстникам? Что вам в нем нравится? Какие у вас общие интересы? Каким, на ваш взгляд, должен быть настоящий друг?

1.  How many friends have you got?

2.  Who is your best friend?

3.  When did you make friends with him (her)?

4.  How old is he (she) now?

5.  What is he (she) now?

6.  What is he (she) going to become?

7.  What does he (she) look like?

8.  What is he (she) fond of?

9.  Which of his (her) interests are close to yours?

10. How often do you share opinion about things?

11.  What kind of manners has he (she) got?

12.  Why do you find him (her) to be good-hearted, sincere and attentive?

13.  What do you know about his (her) family?

14.  Are you happy to have such a friend?

XX. Ваш зарубежный друг любит спорт и играет в хоккей. Каким видом спорта занимаетесь вы? Какова ваша оценка ро­ли спорта в жизни молодежи?

1.  Are you fond of sports?

2.  What is your favourite sport?

3.  Why is physical training an impor­tant part of life of many people?

4.  What can you tell your foreign friend about physical training at your school?

5.  What sports are popular in Russia?

6.  What are wide-spread winter and summer sports and activities?

7.  Why are people fond of outdoor sports and activities?

8.  Where can the young get necessary training?

9, Are sports supported by the govern­ment in your country?

10.  What sports facilities can you name?

11.  What are the best sports complexes in Moscow?

12.  What national and international matches and competitions take place in these complexes?

13.  What types of international compe­titions do Russian athletes and sports­ men take part in?

14.  Are you a sports fan?

15.  Where can you watch your favourite matches and competitions?

16.  How many gold medals did Russian sportsmen win at the last Olympic Games?

17.  What famous Russian athletes and sportsmen can you name?

Shops and Shopping

1.  Where do you go shopping for food?

2.  Where do you buy bread? And what about cakes?

3.  What can you buy at a dairy?

4.  Where do you go for a piece of beef?

5.  What kinds of meat can you name?

6.  What kinds of poultry do you know?

7.  What is the seller of fish called?

8.  What can you buy at a grocer's and at a greengrocer's?

9.  What do they sell at a chemist's?

10.  Where can you buy men's and ladies' clothes, shoes and hats?

11.  Why do people prefer ready-made clothes?

12.  Where can you have a suit or a costume made to measure?

13.  What is the seller of newspapers and magazines called?

14.  Where do you go for writing-paper or pencils and pens?

15.  What can you buy at a jeweller's?

16.  Where can you have your watch repaired?

English Meals

1.  What are the usual English meals?

2.  What are the meals in simpler English homes?

3.  Where do the English prefer to have their meals?

4.  What is the difference between En­glish and continental breakfast?

5.  What does lunch consist of?

6.  Where do businessmen usually have their lunch in big cities?

7.  Why can afternoon tea hardly be called a meal?

8.  What is "high tea" among the En­glish?

9.  What do the English have for dinner and supper?

10.  What is the chief meal of the day?

11.  What are traditional English dishes?

12.  What are their favourite drinks?
13- What do the foreigners think of English cuisine?

The British Monarchy

1.  What type of State is the United Kingdom?

2.  Who is its Head of State?

3.  What are the powers of the Queen?

4.  Who appoints all the Ministers?

5.  What is the Commonwealth?

6.  Who is the Head of Commonwealth?

7.  What is the role of British Parliament?

8.  What parts does British Parliament consist of?

9.  Which of them is elected?

10.  What are their roles in law-making?

11.  Who becomes Prime Minister?

12.  What is the Speaker?

13.  What is "Shadow Cabinet"?

14.  What are the main political parties in Great Britain?

15.  What is the role of the UK in world politics?

The UK and its Countries

1.  Where is the United Kingdom situated?

2.  What is Great Britain?

3.  What seas is the UK washed by?

4.  What is it separated by from the Continent?

5.  What are the main countries of the UK?

6.  What are the capitals of the UK main countries?

7.  How many people live in the UK?

8.  What other languages do the peoples of the UK speak apart from English?

9.  What is the flag of the UK?

10.  What are the symbols of the UK main countries?

11.  What mountains and rivers and lakes of Great Britain can you name?

12.  What can you tell about the climate in the UK?

13.  Why is the weather the favourite topic of conversation in the UK?

14.  What do you know about flora and fauna of Great Britain?

15.  What natural resources is Great Britain rich in?

16.  What are the most important industries of the UK?

17.  What are the largest cities of the UK?

Education in Great Britain

1.  Is the system of education uniform throughout Great Britain?

2.  What are free and fee-paying schools?

3.  What do you know about schools for children under 5 years of age?

4.  What age do children start schooling at?

5.  What are the three stages of educa­tion?

6.  How long does compulsory education last?

7.  What types of study groups are pu­pils divided into in the secondary school?

8.  What special subjects do they studyin each group?

9.  What general education subjects are obligatory for each group?

10.  What types of secondary schools can you name?

11.  What are comprehensive schools?

12.  What do you know about grammar schools and secondary modern schools?

13.  What is the sixth form? How long does it last?

14.  What are private schools for the privileged called?