End of Course-Extraordinay Test
14 years ago
Thursday 7 May 2009
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Let's to learn about Ireland!
• Full country name: Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland (part of the UK)
• Population: 4.125.000
• Capital city: Dublin (Republic Ireland), Belfast (Nothern Ireland)
• Religion: Catholic
• National Holiday: St Patrick's Day (17th March)
• Government:
• Official languages: Irish and English
• Flag: green, white and orange
• Climate: maritime, a lot of precipitacions
• Major Rivers: Foyle, Mourne, Boyne, Slaney...
• Highest Point:
• An Irish saying:
• A common social custom: red hat, black jacket, white trousers
• Famous musicians/bands: The Corrs
• Symbols: Harp
• Landscape: Hills, rivers, sea... green landscapes
• Traditional values: cathedral, dolmens
• A popular drink: coffee
• Famous writer: George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney
• A Traditional dish: corned beef
• Sports: cycling
• Leisure/Hobbies: drinking
A TEST OF IRELAND!
1. Which of these statements is true?
a) Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.
b) Ireland is part of Scotland.
c) Ireland is an independent country. <---
2. Which colour is associated with Ireland?
a) green <---
b) red
c) blue
3. What is the approximate population of Ireland?
a) 4.3 million <---
b) 21.5 million
c) 43 million
4. Which two sports are both very popular in Ireland?
a) football and American football
b) football and Gaelic football <---
c) golf and baseball
5. What is ‘Guinness’?
a) a kind of beer
b) the capital of Ireland
c) a kind of Irish music
6. Which of these has not increased in Ireland since the 1990s?
a) the number of immigrants
b) foreign investment
c) the number of people leaving the country to live abroad
7. Which of these statements is true?
a) Irish people have a reputation for being talkative. <---
b) Ireland’s national day is called Saint Rafael’s Day.
c) It doesn’t rain very often in Ireland.
8. What is ‘Gaelic’?
a) a language <---
b) a kind of food
c) the capital of Ireland
• Population: 4.125.000
• Capital city: Dublin (Republic Ireland), Belfast (Nothern Ireland)
• Religion: Catholic
• National Holiday: St Patrick's Day (17th March)
• Government:
• Official languages: Irish and English
• Flag: green, white and orange
• Climate: maritime, a lot of precipitacions
• Major Rivers: Foyle, Mourne, Boyne, Slaney...
• Highest Point:
• An Irish saying:
• A common social custom: red hat, black jacket, white trousers
• Famous musicians/bands: The Corrs
• Symbols: Harp
• Landscape: Hills, rivers, sea... green landscapes
• Traditional values: cathedral, dolmens
• A popular drink: coffee
• Famous writer: George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney
• A Traditional dish: corned beef
• Sports: cycling
• Leisure/Hobbies: drinking
A TEST OF IRELAND!
1. Which of these statements is true?
a) Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.
b) Ireland is part of Scotland.
c) Ireland is an independent country. <---
2. Which colour is associated with Ireland?
a) green <---
b) red
c) blue
3. What is the approximate population of Ireland?
a) 4.3 million <---
b) 21.5 million
c) 43 million
4. Which two sports are both very popular in Ireland?
a) football and American football
b) football and Gaelic football <---
c) golf and baseball
5. What is ‘Guinness’?
a) a kind of beer
b) the capital of Ireland
c) a kind of Irish music
6. Which of these has not increased in Ireland since the 1990s?
a) the number of immigrants
b) foreign investment
c) the number of people leaving the country to live abroad
7. Which of these statements is true?
a) Irish people have a reputation for being talkative. <---
b) Ireland’s national day is called Saint Rafael’s Day.
c) It doesn’t rain very often in Ireland.
8. What is ‘Gaelic’?
a) a language <---
b) a kind of food
c) the capital of Ireland
Thursday 19 March 2009
Wednesday 28 January 2009
Thursday 15 January 2009
Activities
ACTIVITY 1: What are your New Year’s Resolutions?:
1. Peace in the world
2. Pass my exams
3. Funky academy
4. Travel to Russia on holidays
5. Happines for my friends and family.
ACTIVITY 2: LANGUAGES
Happy New year is a universal wish which is expressed in many languages. Can you fill in the table with some of them?
Dutch: Frohes neues Jahr
Finnish: hyvää uuttavuotta
French: bonne année
Gaelic:
German: Frohes neues Jahr
Greek: ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος
Italian: buon anno
Polish: szczęśliwego nowego roku
Portuguese: feliz ano novo
Russian: с новым годом
Spanish: Feliz Año Nuevo
Welsh:
1. Peace in the world
2. Pass my exams
3. Funky academy
4. Travel to Russia on holidays
5. Happines for my friends and family.
ACTIVITY 2: LANGUAGES
Happy New year is a universal wish which is expressed in many languages. Can you fill in the table with some of them?
Dutch: Frohes neues Jahr
Finnish: hyvää uuttavuotta
French: bonne année
Gaelic:
German: Frohes neues Jahr
Greek: ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος
Italian: buon anno
Polish: szczęśliwego nowego roku
Portuguese: feliz ano novo
Russian: с новым годом
Spanish: Feliz Año Nuevo
Welsh:
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