Открытое мероприятие по английскому языку. «Блиц - турнир I know English»

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- группа делится на 2 команды;
- каждой команде по очереди задается вопрос;
- за правильный ответ команда получает 1 балл;
-если у команды нет ответа или ответ неправильный, у другой команды появляется возможность заработать 2 балла правильно ответив на этот вопрос;
- команде на обсуждение ответа дается от 30 секунд до 1 минуты в зависимости от сложности;
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1/The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists of...

a)England, Wales and Canada

b) England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
c)England, Wales and Ireland

d) England, Wales and Scotland

2/ What can be seen once a minute,
twice in a moment,
and never in thousand years?

3/What countries ...are parts of Great Britain.

a) England and Wales

b) England and Ireland

c) England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

d) England, Wales and Scotland

4/Which word is written incorrectly in a dictionary?

incorrectly

5/The highest mountain in Britain is...

a) Snowdon

b) Mount McKinley

c) Big Ben

d) Ben Nevis

6/The name Great Britain means...

a)larger Britain so we distinguish it from Brittany in France

b)that the British think Britain is great

c)that Britain is a large country

7/ Who was called the “Sweet Swan of Avon”?

8/ What city… is the capital of Scotland.

a) Aberdeen

b) Glasgow

c) Cardiff

d) Edinburgh

9/The United Kingdom is a/an...

a) federation

b) absolute monarchy

c) constitutional monarchy

d) republic

10 / The present sovereign is

a) Queen Elizabeth II

b) Queen Mary

c) Elizabeth I

d) Henry VIII

11 / Which theatre...was a well known place in which Shakespeare's theatre company performed many times.

a) London Theatre

b) The Globe Theatre

c) Shakespeare's Theatre

d) Grand Theatre

12/The Statue of Liberty in New York was a gift to the people of the USA from the people of

a) Ireland

b) France

c) Spain

d) England

13/ The more you take out of it, the bigger it becomes. What is it?

14/ 4th July commemorates the Declaration of Independence in...by 13 American colonies.

a)1789

b) 1787

c) 1792

d) 1776

15\ Hadrian's Wall was built

a)in Ireland

b)to separate the Romans from the warlike peoples of Scotland

c)from North to the South

d)around 130 AD but today there are no more any remains of it

16/ Northern Ireland is also called

a) North Ireland

b)West Britain

c) Albion

d) Ulster

15/ Name the verbs and nouns that have the same spelling.

Noun: INcrease "There's been an increase in the number of students."Verb: inCREASE "Numbers are increasing."

Noun: PROtest "There's a student protest today."Verb: proTEST "They're protesting against cuts."

Noun: INvite "I received an invite to her party."Verb: inVITE "They invited us to their house."

18/ Which is the largest English speaking country?

a) Canada

b) The USA

c) The UK

d) Australia

19/ What is the national flower of Wales?

a) Shamrock

b) Daffodil

c) Red rose

d) Thistle

20/ How many people speak English as their mother tongue?

a) 3,8 billion

b) 830 million

c) 380 million

d) 83 million

21/ Who was the first president of the USA?

a) George Washington

b) Theodore Roosevelt

c) Abraham Lincoln

d) Thomas Jefferson

22\ It only increases and never decreases. What is it?

23/ Which part of the UK has a dragon on their flag?

a) England

b) Wales

c) Scotland

d) Northern Ireland

24/ We kill and we give life.
We either poison or fruit – you choose. What we are?

25/When was the English Channel Tunnel opened?

a)1978

b)1994

c)2001

d)2008

26/ The head of the English government is

a) The King

b) The Queen

c) The Prime Minister

d) The speaker of the house of Commons

27/ Who makes moves while being seated ?

28/Where can you see the tombs of many British Kings and queens other famous people?

a) In Westminster Abbey

b) In St. Paul’s Cathedral

c) Whitehall

d) In the British Museum

29/Jeans are clothes worn by

a) Cowboys in the wild west

b) Actors in America

c) Levi Strauss people

d) People all over the world

30/ How many states are there in the United States of America?

a)53

b) 49

c) 50

d) 52

31/Sir Christopher Wren built

a) St. Paul Cathedral

b) Westminster abbey

c) The Tower of London

d) The National Gallery

32\ What was the most famous single of the 20th century?

a) Rolling Stones (Another brick in the wall )

b) The Beatles (Yesterday)

c) Pink Floyd (With you were here)

d) Queen (The show must go on)