Карточная игра "Believe me or not. Queen Elizabeth II"
материал по английскому языку (5, 6, 7 класс)

Created by Shevchenko Ekaterina and Deliu Miroslava

Created by Shevchenko Ekaterina and Deliu Miroslava

Rules of the game ‘Believe me or not. Queen Elizabeth II ’

Number of players: 3-10

Time: 10-30 minutes

Aim: to get the most number of cards

Procedure:

Each player takes a card from the pile and reads the statement aloud.

The player sitting next has to decide if the statement is true or false. If the player guesses correctly, he/she gets the card. The person with the most number of cards wins.

Note: If the player guesses that the statement is false and can say the correct answer he/she gets and extra card.

Variation

There can be only one leader, who reads the statement aloud.

The contents of the cards:

1. Queen Elizabeth`s zodiac sign is Taurus  T
2. She’s the only British Monarch ever to have celebrated a Sapphire Jubilee. (65 years of reign)  Т
3. Her father was king Edward VIII    F (George VI)
4. She`s married to Phillip, Duke of York  F (Duke of Edinburgh)
5. Queen Elizabeth II has 5 children F (4)
6. Queen`s husband sometimes calls her “cabbage”  T
7. She was trained to be a driver and mechanic.     T
8. During her reign (правление) she visited 40 countries. F (116)
9. In Queen Elizabeth II’s time as monarch, there have been 16 US Presidents, seven Popes in the Roman Catholic Church        T
10. Her favourite dog`s breed is bulldog.       F (corgi)
11. Her username in the Internet was “HME2”   T (“Her Majesty Elizabeth II”)
12. In her 65-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II has answered more than 3.5 million letters.       T
13. Queen has 2 birthdays. T (one is her real birthday in April, and an official is in June)
14. She can speak German.  F (French)
15. Her childish nickname was “Lilibet”  T
16. Queen didn`t go to school.       T (she was educated at home)
17. She met her future husband when she was 18.    F (she was 8)
18. Her official surname is Windsor-Mountbatten.  T
19. Her coronation was televised against her wish.  T
20. She has a special passport.    F (she has no passport)
21. Marcus Sarjeant tried to kill her in 1981.  T
22. She technically owns (владеет) all the dolphins in the UK.   T
23. She created a new dog`s breed.         T (Dorgi=corgi+dachshund)
24. She doesn`t like horses                              F
25. She has 2 godchildren (крестники)       F (30)
26. She drives her mini cooper from time to time.         F (Range rover or Jaguar)
27. She has made 2 official visits to the USA.                  F (5)
28. She exclusively wears “Ballet slippers”(pale pink) nail polish      T
29. She owns an apartment in Washington DC.                   F (New York)
30. Her handbag is used to signal her staff.                        T
31. She made a cameo with James Bond                          T
32. She wakes up to a guitarist every morning                  F (bagpiper)

Created by Shevchenko Ekaterina and Deliu Miroslava