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 “Great Britain” means the same as “England” does.

 There is only one city in Great Britain with the population over 1 mln people.

 The flag of the UK is called “Union John”.

The flag of the UK is made of the flags of England, Ireland and Wales.

 The British national anthem is “God Save the Queen / King”.

The national emblem of England is ...

The national emblem of Wales is ...

The national emblem of Scotland is ...

The national emblem of Ireland is ...

 Trooping the Colour is the official ceremony which occurs on the day of State Opening of Parliament.

The red poppy is the symbol of ...

St. Patrick’s Day is a national day and an official bank holiday in ...

 The UK is an absolute monarchy.

The head of the UK is the President.

The Constitution of the UK isn't a single document.

British Parliament consists of two Houses.

The main function of ... is to legislate.

The members of the House of Commons are elected by their political parties.

The Prime Minister is appointed by the monarch.

All the prominent Prime Ministers of the XXth century were representatives of the Conservative party.

The aim of the modern reforms in the House of Lords is to...      

The Germanic tribes were ....

The English language is built on the basis of the ...

 The Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes were ... tribes.

The Germanic tribes occupied the land, but the place-names remained Celtic.

The name of London originates from two ... words.

During Christianization lots of Latin words denoting fruit and vegetables came into English.

This month is named after the god with two faces.

This day is named after the goddess of spring and beauty.

The Norman Conquest happened in the ... century.

 The words state, government, court, parliament are .... borrowings.

The names of these cities (towns) are connected with the names of rivers.

The native element of the English language consists of the Indo-European and Germanic elements.

 The words boy, girl, always, woman  belong to the ... element.

 The Welsh language is the oldest of the British languages.

There is a bilingual policy in the UK.

These are Latin borrowings:

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are named after .... mythology gods.

The name of this month means "opening", "birth", "blossom".

Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language.

Modern English is based on ... dialect.

The removal of Great Britain from the European Union is called ...

The word "avon" means ...

.... is the dying language in the UK.

Great Britain's exit from the EU caused the appearance of lots of ....

"England" means ...

The capital of Wales is ...

Pupil, lesson, library, science, pen, pencil are ... borrowings.

Formation of the English national language started in ... century.

Piano, opera, operetta, sonata, ballerina, concert, prima donna are ... borrowings.