Frances Foster

Val Wilson

COME ALONG
To

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Classe terza • Culture and Civilization

 Table of contents

Test your knowledge 3

A look at Great Britain 4
Great Britain on the map 5
Cities in Great Britain 6
The Union Jack 8
More flags 9
Symbols of Great Britain 10
Let’s celebrate in Great Britain 11
Welcome to England 12
The city of London 13
Getting around London 15
A day in Hyde Park 16
Welcome to Scotland 17
Kilts and bagpipes 18
Welcome to Wales 19
Welcome to Cymru 20
A postcard from 21

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1. Colora soltanto le cose che sono caratteristiche della Gran Bretagna.

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 A LOOK AT GREAT BRITAIN

EDINBURGH

CARDIFF
LONDON

Facts about Great Britain

Name: Great Britain
Language: English
Territorial division: Great Britain includes England, Scotland, Wales
Capital: London
Population: England - 46 million people
Scotland - 45 million people
Wales - 43 million people
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GREAT BRITAIN ON THE MAP

1. Colora Great Britain sulla cartina del mondo.

Great Britain
is in Europe!

2. Colora i tre paesi che formano Great Britain usando la legenda.

Scrivi i nomi dei paesi.

CODE:

ENGLAND - green
WALES - blue
SCOTLAND - red

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 CITIES IN GREAT BRITAIN
1. Osserva la cartina a pagina 4 e scrivi i nomi delle capitali
di questi paesi.

........................ ........................ ........................

2. Cerca i nomi di queste città.

M A N C H E S T E R M N H Y
n
4 Glasgow O B H B R I G T O L G R T V
n Oxford X N I F C D S W A N S E A L
n Swansea F P N A B E R D E E N C D T
O L V B V S W E R T Y U I O
n Dover R E E P F V G T Y H J K I U
n Aberdeen D W R L I V E R P O O L G F
n Liverpool F Q N K D E L O N D O N D B
B A E Q C D C A R D I F F I
n Edinburgh H G S R F I D V F T G H Y R
n London U L S T R N B R I S T O L M
n Cardiff Y A J D Y B S A E R T G Y I
B S I O U U Y O R K F V G N
n Manchester A G B V F R G H B A T H R G
n Cambridge T O A E P G R T Y U J H B H
n Birmingham U W N R U H S C D F V G T A
N U C A M B R I D G E D E M
n Inverness
n Bristol
n Bath
n York
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3. Collega le città ai paesi.

Glasgow ENGLAND Liverpool

Oxford Swansea

Edinburgh SCOTLAND Dover

London Manchester

Cardiff WALES Aberdeen

4. Colora True oppure False.

a. Manchester is in Scotland. TRUE FALSE
b. London is in England. TRUE FALSE
c. Cardiff is in Wales. TRUE FALSE London
d. Edinburgh is in England. TRUE FALSE is the capital
of both England
e. Swansea is in Scotland. TRUE FALSE and
Great Britain.

5. Trova i nomi di tre altre città

che non appaiono negli esercizi precedenti.

ENGLAND SCOTLAND WALES

……………. …………….. ………………

……………. …………….. ………………

……………. …………….. ………………

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 THE UNION JACK
1. Leggi e colora la bandiera di Great Britain.

2 2
The Union Jack is a flag. 1
1
It is the national flag 1 2
of Britain. 2
It is red, white and blue. 1
1
2
CODE: 2 1
1
1 = red 1
2 = blue 2 2

2. Cerchia le risposte giuste. 3. Disegna e colora la bandiera

italiana e completa la frase.

1. The Union Jack is a

a. river
b. flag
c. city

2. The Union Jack is the flag of

a. Britain
b. France
c. Italy

3. The Union Jack is

a. red, white and green
b. white, blue and red The Italian flag is ...................,
c. red, white and yellow

........................... and .......... .

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MORE FLAGS
Three flags make up the Union Jack.
1. Leggi, colora e completa. It is the national flag of the United
Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales,
Northern Ireland).

1
2 1

1
2 1 1
2 1
1 1
2

1
You can see the flag You can see the flag You can see the flag
of Scotland. of England. of Ireland.
It is white and ……… It is white and ……… It is …… and ……, too.

CODE:
Ricordati
1 = red che Great Britain
2 = blue
3 = green comprende: England,
Scotland, Wales.

The flag of Wales is not a part of the

Union Jack. It is red, white and green.
There is a red dragon with wings on it.

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 SYMBOLS OF GREAT BRITAIN

1. Abbina i simboli alle descrizioni. Completa con i nomi dei paesi e colora.

The symbol of England

is the rose.
It is red.
LEEK • WALES

The symbol of Scotland

is the thistle.
It is violet and green.
ROSE • ...............

The symbol of Wales

is the leek.
It is green and white.
THISTLE • ...........

2. Impara questa rima e colora i fiori. Il simbolo di Ireland

è il “shamrock”.

Roses are red.

Violets are blue.
Sugar is sweet
and so are you. Colour
the shamrock
green!

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LET’S CELEBRATE
IN GREAT BRITAIN
1. Colloca le parole sotto i disegni e colora.

Easter March / April May

October January

December April

February November

• CHRISTMAS • NEW YEAR’S DAY • ST. VALENTINE’S DAY

4 • EASTER • HALLOWEEN • GUY FAWKES NIGHT
• MAY DAY • APRIL FOOL’S DAY
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 WELCOME TO ENGLAND
1. Colloca sotto i disegni le parole elencate e colora.

bowler hat

double-
––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––
decker bus

tea

–––––––––––––––
fish –––––––––––––––
and chips

crown

––––––––––––––– rain –––––––––––––––

2. Leggi e completa il fumetto.

Hello,
I’m Timothy.
I come from England.
I am English.
I speak English.

...........
..... ........ Francesco Ricci
..... ........ ........ Italy.
..... ........ Italian.
..... ........ Italian.

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THE CITY OF LONDON

1. Leggi e completa le frasi con “north, south, east” oppure “west”;
dopodiché, numera i luoghi sulla cartina.

MAP
OF LONDON

REGENTS PARK

BRITISH MUSEUM

ST. PAUL

CATHEDRAL

TOWER OF LONDON

HYDE PARK
TOWER BRIDGE

BUCKINGHAM
WESTMINSTER
HARRODS PALACE
ABBEY

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 1 Buckingham Palace is 5 The British Museum is
in the ………….. of London. in the ………….. of London.
The Queen lives There are many paintings
in Buckingham Palace. in the British Museum.

2 Regents Park is in the 6 Tower Bridge is in the

……..……… of London. ………………. of London.
London Zoo is in Regents Park. Tower Bridge opens and closes.

3 The Tower of London is 7 Westminster Abbey is

in the ……………. of London. in the ……………. of London.
The Crown Jewels are It is a very big church.
in the Tower of London.

4 Harrods is in the ……………… 8 Hyde Park is in the …………….

of London. of London.
You can buy many things Speaker’s Corner is in Hyde Park.
at Harrods.

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GETTING AROUND LONDON

1. Leggi e completa il cruciverba con le parole sottolineate
1. There are many bicycles 5. There are big cars
in Hyde Park. and small cars in London.
2. There are many aeroplanes 6. The taxis are
at Heathrow Airport. usually black.
3. The underground is fast. 7. There are many boats
It is also called the tube. on the River Thames.
4. A double-decker bus 8. Many trains use the
is big and red. Channel Tunnel.
1 5
3
8
4

7
2

2. Adesso numera i disegni.

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 A DAY IN HYDE PARK
1. Leggi e scrivi il nome del lago.

Hyde Park is a big park in London.

It has got a lake in the middle
of the park. The name of the lake
is the Serpentine.

2. Scrivi sotto i disegni le attività che si possono fare a Hyde Park

e colora soltanto le cose che ami fare.

In Hyde Park you can …

n ride your bicycle
n
4 have a picnic
n rollerskate
n row a boat
n play football
n fly a kite
n go jogging
n feed the birds

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WELCOME TO SCOTLAND
1. Colora Scotland sulla cartina e scrivi
il nome della capitale.

Scotland is to the north of England.

There are many mountains,
lakes and hills in Scotland.
The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh.

2. Disegnati e completa il dialogo con Alan, un bambino scozzese.

Hello,
my name is Alan.
I come from Scotland.
I am Scottish.
I speak English.

Hello, my name
is …………….............….
I come from ………….....
I am ……….................…
I speak ……...............

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 KILTS AND BAGPIPES
1. Leggi e colora i “kilt” seguendo il codice.
In Scotland boys and men
wear kilts.

Kilts are short skirts with pleats.

They are made of tartan. Tartan
is a kind of woollen cloth with
square patterns.

A clan is a family or a group of

families. Each clan has got a
tartan with different colours.

COLOUR CODE:
1. blue 2. yellow
3. green 4. red

2. Leggi e colora le “bagpipes”.

The traditional musical instrument

of Scotland is the BAGPIPES.
A person who plays the bagpipes
is called a piper.

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WELCOME TO WALES
1. Colora Wales sulla cartina e scrivi il nome della capitale.

Wales is to the west of England.

It is a very small country. Cardiff
is the capital of Wales. It is an
important port.

I’m King Arthur!

I’m Welsh.
2. Scopri cos’è una sword. Look at this big sword.
Collega e colora. It’s magical!
Hello,
my name
is Alice.
I come
from Wales.
I am Welsh.
1
I speak 1
English. 2
3 2

3
4
4
5
5

6
7 6

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 WELCOME TO CYMRU
1. Fai lo spelling di questi luoghi in Welsh. ABERYSTWYTH

The people in Wales speak

English and Welsh. Welsh is GWYDDGRUG LLANYSTUMDWY
a difficult language. The Welsh
name for the country is CYMRU.
ABERGAVENNY RHOSLLANNERCHRUGOG

PWLLHELI

Soltanto le persone
che parlano “Welsh”
sanno pronunciare
i nomi di questi luoghi!

2. Scopri il nome dell’attuale Prince of Wales. Colora tutte le X e le O.

Ricordati
che il Prince O P
of Wales
è anche l’erede X R X I O
al trono della
Gran Bretagna. N O C O E
X C X H O
A O X O X
X R X L O
X O E O S
The Prince of Wales is

P….........… C ….........…
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A POSTCARD FROM...
1. Scegli uno dei luoghi che hai studiato e illustralo sulla cartolina.
Completa la cartolina seguendo le indicazioni.

A POSTCARD FROM …………………. (1)

Dear (2) …………………….. ,

I’m in (3) …………………..................….. with my STAMP

(4) ……………….....................…. . The weather is …………………………………

name and surname
(5) …………………. It is (6) …….................……..

and (7) ……………. Every day I (8) ………………. …………………………………

with my new friends. address

I wish you were here!

…………………………………
See you soon, town / country

(9) …………………….

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