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1 Look at the map and complete the text. Then read the text again and put the correct numbers beside the symbols on the map.
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1Look at the map and complete the text. Then read the text again and put the correct numbers beside the symbols on the map. 84% of the United Kingdomʼs population live in England - almost 50 million people. Over 7 million of them live in ________, the capital city. St. George is the countryʼs patron saint, and his cross appears on the flag. His feast day is on April 23rd. The emblem of England is a rose (1). Englandʼs flag is a ____ cross on a ______ background. The population of Wales is around 3 million. The capital city is _______ . The flag is ______________ and _____________ with a ____ dragon. A dragon (2) is one emblem of Wales. Other emblems are the leek (3) and the daffodil (4). The patron saint of Wales is St. David and his feast day is on March 1st. London white red green/white Cardiff white/green red
Edinburgh white blue Dublin green white orange leek shamrock
daffodil thistle
bagpipes harp kilt
The United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) * Republic of Ireland is not part of the UK
5Complete the text with the information from exercise 4. England Scotland Wales red white blue
Hong Kong Leeds ‘Brit’ India Jamaica
C 2.45 C 2.45 three A D E C
Stonehenge Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament
Canterbury Cathedral The London Eye Buckingham Palace
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a uniform Friday 8.50 lots of different/about twelve eats lunch rugby practice meets his friends, Rick and Darren, and they go to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award meeting.