Брейн-ринг "Чи добре ти знаєш Великобританію?"

Мета: Повторити вивчений матеріал у вигляді гри. Повторити тему «Great Britain». Заохотити учнів до вивчення англійської мови, та підсилити інтерес до життя та історії країни, мова якої вивчається.

Учасники: 2 команди учнів по 5 чол. Члени журі (Думанецька М. Д., Шимрило О. І., Жураковська Н.І)

Обладнання:

• Мультимедійна презентація
• Мультимедійний проектор
• Секундомір

Хід заходу.

Доброго дня шановні вчителі, діти та шанувальники міжнародної мови.

Ми зібралися з вами тут для того, щоб повторити все, що ми знаємо про Великобританію. Згадаємо деякі факти з історії та географії. Повторимо основні відомості про цю країну, про свята та традиції, про відомих людей та про її столицю – Лондон. Представляю вашій увазі наше вельмишановне журі у складі:…

Змагатися сьогодні будуть кращі з кращих:

І команда

Шпачук А.,

Оленіна А.,

Оленіна В.,

Даличук Н.,

Солодуха І.

ІІ команда

Моргун А.,

Шиман О.,

Цертій Д.,

Рижко Д.,

Сімакова А

My dear friends, today we are going to talk about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. You have to answer my questions. Let’s start our game.

Good morning dear jury, our teams and guests. You’re welcome to the intellectual English contest “Brain – ring”. Our aim is to show students’ knowledge not only of English but Literature and Geography as well to widen outlook and encourage students to speak. Now I’d like to introduce our jury to you… I know they will judge our competition fairly.

Вчитель пояснює правила гри.

Раунд 1.

Geography of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1.               Where is Greenwich?

a) in England

b) in Scotland 

c) in Wales 

d) in Ireland

2. What lake does the famous Scottish monster live in?

a) Loch Erne 

b) Loch Lomond

c) Loch Ness 

d) Loch Dove

3. What is the longest river in Great Britain?

a) the Severn 

b) the Avon 

c) the Thames 

d) the Tyne

4. What is the name of the highest mountain in Wales?

a) Ben Nevis 

b) Snowdon

c) Scaffel Pike 

d) Alps

5. What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

a) Cardiff  

b) Dublin

c) Belfast 

d) London

6. What city in Britain has nickname “The Smoke”?

a) Edinburgh 

b) Cardiff

c) London 

d) Aberdeen

7. Great Britain is divided into… .

a) 2 parts

b) 3 parts 

c) 4 parts 

d) 5 parts

8. What natural resources bring the most profits to the British economy?

a) coal reserves

b) oil reserves

c) water reserves 

d) gold reserves

9. What is Britain famous for?

a) its rains 

b) its winds

c) its fogs 

d) its cold

10. What are the best English resorts?

a) Bristol and Southampton

b) Brighton and Bath

c) Leeds and Bradford 

d) Sunset Beach

History of England

1. Under what king did the Knights of the Round Table gather together?

a) Henry IV

b) Arthur 

c) Edward II 

d) William the Conqueror

2. What great historical event happened in 1066?

a) the Danish invention 

b) a bourgeois revolution

c) the battle of Hastings

d) the battle of Bosworth

3. The Romans first invaded Britain in …

a) the 5^th century AD 

b) the 5^th century BC

c) the 1^st century BC 

d) the 1^st century AD

4. London is more than …

a) one thousand years old

b) two thousand years old

c) three thousand years old 

d) four thousand years old

5. The Princess Diana was the wife of …

a) Prince John 

b) Prince Robert 

c) Prince Wilhelm

d) Prince Charles

6. What disaster did the whole England suffer from in the 14^th century?

a) Great Fire of London 

b) Great Plague in England 

c) Battle of Trafalgar 

d) Battle of Waterloo

7. The legend says that without them the Tower will fall. They are ….

a) the pigeons 

b) the cats 

c) the squirrels

d) the ravens

8. Where are the British kings crowned?

a) in Parliament Square 

b) in St. Paul’s Cathedral 

c) in Westminster Abbey 

d) in Canterbury Cathedral

9. What is the most famous place of pagans` sun worship in England?

a) a temple to the goddess Minerva in Bath

b) Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain

c) Dartmoor National park

d) Windsor Safari Park

10. A king was the founder of the British Navy. What was his name?

a) Edward 

b) George

c) Alfred

d) Richard

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Шевченко Анастасія (пісня «Emilia I am a big big girl» )

Раунд 2.

What do you know about London?

1. What is London residence of Queen Elizabeth II?

a) the Tower of London 

b) Winsdor Castle

c) Buckingham Palace 

d) Westminster Abbey

2. Where is Nelson’s Column situated?

a) in the Tower of London

b) in Trafalgar Square

c) in Piccadilly Circus 

d) in Parliament Square

3. Where is London zoo?

a) Hyde park 

b) St Jame`s park 

c) Central park

d) Regent’s park

4. Piccadilly Circus is the meeting point of ….

a) 4 streets 

b) 5 streets

c) 6 streets 

d) 7streets

5. The changing of the guard happens every day at

a) 12.30 a.m 

b) 12 o’clock

c) 11.30 a.m 

d) 10 o’clock

6. Where are the tombs of many British kings and queens and other famous people?

a) in the Tower of London 

b) on the cemetery

c) on the river bank

d) in Westminster Abbey

7. Covent Garden is now … .

a) a cinema

b) a tourist shopping centre

c) a fruit and vegetable garden 

d) a theatre

8. When was the Westminster Abbey founded?

a) in the 19^th century 

b) in the 10^th century

c) in the 11^th century 

d) in the 12^th century

9. Where can you see the wax models of famous people?

a) in Madam Tussaud`s Museum

b) in the British Museum

c) in the Westminster Abbey

d) in the Tower of London

10. Piccadilly Circus is the heart of London’s … .

a) East End 

b) City 

c) Westminster 

d) West End

The main things about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1. What is the symbol of the United Kingdom?

a) a bald eagle

b) Britannia

c) a rose 

d) a leek

2. What is the name of the British national flag?

a) the Union Jack 

b) the Saint Andrew’s Cross

c) the Saint David’s Cross 

d) the Stars and Stripes

3. What is the official religion in the United Kingdom?

a) Catholicism 

b) Orthodoxy 

c) Protestantism 

d) Judaism

4. What is the emblem of Scotland?

a) a daffodil

b) a thistle 

c) a dragon 

d) a red rose

5. What two animals can we see on British royal coat of arms?

a) the lion and the fox 

b) the lion and the elephant

c) the lion and the unicorn 

d) the lion and the wolf

6. What is the national anthem of Great Britain?

a) “God save the King” 

 b) “In God We Trust”

c) “Cod Save the Queen” 

d) Peace at any Price

7. What is the name – the patronymic and the surname of the present English Queen?

a) Catherine George Windsor 

b) Mary George Windsor

c) Ann George Windsor

d) Elisabeth George Windsor

8. What does the word “Albion”, the poetic name of Great Britain mean?

a) green 

b) red

c) white 

d) unknown

9. What kingdom of the United Kingdom has the depiction of a dragon on its flag?

a) Wales

b) England 

c) Scotland 

d) Northern Ireland

10. What is the most important airport in Great Britain?

a) Heathrow Airport 

b) Gatwick Airport

c) Stansted Airport 

d) Vnukovo Airport

Танок дівчат.

Раунд 3.

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Famous people in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1. An English write best-known for her novel Jane Eyre

a) Lewis Carroll 

b) Agatha Christie 

c) Charles Dickens

d) Charlotte Bronte

2. Who is the “Architect of London?”

a) Inigo Jones 

b) Edward Bailey

c) Christopher Wren 

d) Henry Tate

3. Who wrote “The Picture of Dorian Gray”

a) Mark Twain 

b) Oscar Wilde 

c) Edgar Poe 

d) Walter Scott

4. Who is the creator of the electronic motor?

a) Thomas Edison 

b) Isaac Newton 

c) James Watt

d) Michael Faraday

5. How many voyages around the world did James Cook make?

a) 3 

b) 4 

c) 2 

d) 5

6. Who wrote a very big musical work: “War Requiem?”

a) Arthur Sullivan

b) Benjamin Britten

c) Henry Wood 

d) Andrew Lloyd Webber

7. An English painter, who lived and created in 1775-1851

a) S.M.W Turner

b) William Hogarth

c) Thomas Gainsborough 

d) John Constable

8. What is the name of the poet who was called “The Father of English Poetry”?

a) Jonathan Swift

b) Geoffrey Chaucer

c) Walter Scott

d) Charles Dickens

9. Who wrote “Oliver Twist”?

a) Charles Dickens 

b) Robert Burns

c) William Shakespeare 

d) Robert Stevenson

10. Who was the British Prime Minister in 1979-1996?

a) Margaret Thatcher 

b) James Callaghan

c) Stanley Baldwin 

d) John Major

Holidays and traditions in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1. What is the most important festival of Welsh poetry and music?

a) the Edinburgh Festival 

b) the Rock festival in Liverpool

c) Eisteddfod 

d) Eurovision

2. What is the Scottish national costume for men?

a) the tuxedo 

b)the black uniform

c) the kilt 

d) the bearskin

3. What is the most popular drink in Britain?

a) apple juice 

b) tea

c) milk

d) coffee

4. What is the name for New Year’s Eve in Scotland?

a) Cocney

b) Hogmanay

c) Christmas 

d) the evening before New Year

5. What do children usually say at Halloween?

a) “trick or treat”

b) “sing or dance”

c) “give or take”

d) “cry or laugh”

6. Which holiday is usually celebrated on the 5^th of November in the UK?

a) Easter

b) Guy Fawkes Day

c) Halloween

d) New Year

7. What is a “bank holiday”?

a) the holiday on the bank of the river 

b) week-end

c) public holiday 

d) summer holiday

8. What is the traditional Christmas song called in Britain?

a) “Anthem”

b) “Auld Lang Syne” 

c) “Imagine” 

d) “Jingle Bells”

9. When is Halloween celebrated in the UK?

a) on 31^st October 

b) on 31^st November

c) on 31^st September

d) on 31^st January

10.Scottish surnames begin with…..

a) O` 

b) Mac or Mc 

c) de 

d) La

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What do you know about London?

1. What is London residence of Queen Elizabeth II?

a) the Tower of London 

b) Winsdor Castle

c) Buckingham Palace 

d) Westminster Abbey

2. Where is Nelson’s Column situated?

a) in the Tower of London

b) in Trafalgar Square

c) in Piccadilly Circus 

d) in Parliament Square

3. Where is London zoo?

a) Hyde park 

b) St Jame`s park 

c) Central park

d) Regent’s park

4. Piccadilly Circus is the meeting point of ….

a) 4 streets 

b) 5 streets

c) 6 streets 

d) 7streets

5. The changing of the guard happens every day at

a) 12.30 a.m 

b) 12 o’clock

c) 11.30 a.m 

d) 10 o’clock

6. Where are the tombs of many British kings and queens and other famous people?

a) in the Tower of London 

b) on the cemetery

c) on the river bank

d) in Westminster Abbey

7. Covent Garden is now … .

a) a cinema

b) a tourist shopping centre

c) a fruit and vegetable garden 

d) a theatre

8. When was the Westminster Abbey founded?

a) in the 19^th century 

b) in the 10^th century

c) in the 11^th century 

d) in the 12^th century

9. Where can you see the wax models of famous people?

a) in Madam Tussaud`s Museum

b) in the British Museum

c) in the Westminster Abbey

d) in the Tower of London

10. Piccadilly Circus is the heart of London’s … .

a) East End 

b) City 

c) Westminster 

d) West End

• Конкурс з глядачами «Чи вгадаєте ви мультфільм з саундреку чи пісні?»

1. Русалочка
2. Король Лев
3. Мадагаскар 2
4. Шрек
5. Монстры на каникулах
6. Тачки
7. Семейка Крудз
8. Шрек 2
9. Мадагаскар 3
10.        Холодное сердце
11.        Леднековый период 4
12.        Рапунцель
13.        Алладин
14.        Монстры на канікулах 2

Конкурс  «Намалюй історію»

You’ll listen to a shot story and your task is to draw what is the story about. Teams get paper and colored pencils

 ДЛЯ І команди

There is a big house in the middle of the picture. The house is yellow with red roof. There are two windows in the house and one door. To the left of the house there is a green tree. To the right of the house there are two flowers. One flower is red, the second flower is blue. Under the tree there is a black dog, on the tree there is a fat cat.

ДЛЯ ІІ команди

There is a big house in the middle of the picture. The house is green with blue roof. There is one window in the house and two doors. To the rightof the house there is a green tree. To the left of the house there is one flower. The flower is yellow. Under the tree there is a brown dog, on the tree there is a black cat.

Оленіна В. та Даличук Н. (пісня Color of the night )

Підсумки гри. Нагородження грамотами та призами.

Брейн – ринг

з англійської мови «Як добре ти знаєш Великобританію?»

(питання з таких категорій:

загальні питання,

історія,

географія,

політична система,

свята та традиції,

Лондон,

система освіти,

знаменитості)

Вчитель англійської мови

Оганісян А.А.