Викторина по страноведению
методическая разработка по английскому языку (8 класс)

Внеклассное мероприятие

По английскому языку

Класс: 8 (I и II группы)

ВИКТОРИНА (QUIZ)

Внеклассное праздничное мероприятие начинается с Презентация страноведческой      викторины

«Что ты знаешь о Лондоне?»

Далее викторина продолжается и возможны следующие варианты в её проведении: 1) вопросы задает учитель, а каждый ученик отвечает; кто наберет большее количество баллов, тот и победитель; 2) вопросы задает учитель, класс делится на команды и количество ответов идет в зачет команды; 3) на каждый этап выбирается ведущий из числа учеников; ученики разбиваются на двойки, вопрос задается определенному ученику, если тот, кому задали вопрос не отвечает, ему помогает его товарищ.

В 8А классе при проведении викторины класс был разделён на 4 команды. Выбраны были капитаны. Интересно, живо построена была работа в мини группах на время.

Т: Today we are going to have a quiz. We have finished the discussion of the topic “The United Kingdom of Great Britain” and I want you to answer some questions about this state. Be very attentive. I can’t say that all the questions are very simple. But I think that you know a lot about Great Britain. Let’s start.

/. General information

1. What is the official name of Britain? (The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.)
2. Where’s the United Kingdom situated? (On the British Isles.)
3. What parts does the United Kingdom consist of? (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.)
4. What is the capital of Britain? (London.)
5. What is the oldest part of London? (The City.)
6. What is the mostly working-class part of London? (The East End.)
7. What part of London is the symbol of wealth and culture? (The West End.)
8. What is the official part of London? (Westminster.)
9. What river is the British capital situated on? (On the Thames.)
10. What is the capital of Scotland? (Edinbourgh.)
11. What is the capital of Wales? (Cardiff.)
12. What is the capital of Northern Ireland? (Belfast.)
13. What is the symbol of England? (The red rose.)
14. What is the symbol of Scotland? (The thistle.)
15. What is the symbol of Wales? (The daffodil.)
16. What is the symbol of Northern Ireland? (The red hand and the shamrock.)

17. What is the national costume of Scotland? (The kilt.)
18. What is the national instrument of Scots? (The bagpipe.)

19. What is Edinburgh famous for? (For its music and theatre festivals.)
20. What is Wales called? (A “Land of Song”.)
21. When do British people celebrate Christmas? (On the 25th of December.)
22. What is the traditional Christmas meal in Britain? (Roast turkey and pudding.)
23. When did the Romans land on the British Isles? (2,000 years ago.)
24. What tribes invaded Britain in the 5th century? (The Anglo-Saxons.)
25. Who came to Britain from Denmark and Norway in the 9th century? (The Vikings.)

Geographical position

1 Where do the British Isles lie? (To the west of the continent of Europe.)

2. What is the western coast of the British Isles w'ashed by? (By the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea.)
3. What is the eastern coast of the British Isles w'ashed by? (By the North

Sea.)

4. What channel lies between Britain and the continent of Europe? (The English Channel.)
5. What are the largest islands of the British Isles? (Great Britain and Ireland.)
6. What mountains are there in England? (The Pennine Chain.)
7. What mountains are there in Scotland? (The Grampians.)
8. What mountains are there in Wales? (The Cambrian Mountains.)
9. What is the highest mountain peak in Wales? (Snowdon.)
10. What is the highest mountain peak in Britain? (Ben Nevis.)
11. What is the northern part of Scotland called? (The Highlands.)
12. What is the southern part of Scotland called? (The Lowlands.)
13. What is the longest river in Britain? (The Severn.)
14. Why do the British people often talk about the weather? (It is changeable.)
15. Where is it possible to see a lot of sheep and not many people? (In North Wales.)
16. What is the most famous forest in England?( Sherwood Forest.)

17. Who lived in Sherwood Forest? (According to the legend, Robin Hood and his Merry Men lived there.)
18. Why is it never too hot or too cold in Britain? (It is because of the sea.)
19. What is the mild and damp climate of the British Isles good for? (For agriculture: vegetable farming, sheep and cattle farming.)
20. What is the worst thing about the climate of the British Isles? (Frequent rain.)

21.What is the national costume of Scotland? (The kilt.)

22.What is the national instrument of Scots? (The bagpipe.)

23.What is Edinburgh famous for? (For its music and theatre festivals.)

24.What is Wales called? (A “Land of Song”.)

25.When do British people celebrate Christmas? (On the 25th of December.)

26. What is the traditional Christmas meal in Britain? (Roast turkey and pudding.)
27. When did the Romans land on the British Isles? (2,000 years ago.)
28. What tribes invaded Britain in the 5th century? (The Anglo-Saxons.)
29. Who came to Britain from Denmark and Norway in the 9th century? (The Vikings.)

IV. Places of interest

1. Where did most of the English Kings and Queens have their coronation ceremonies? (In Westminster Abbey.)
2. What is the London home of the Queen? (Buckingham Palace.)
3. Where does the Prime Minister of Great Britain live? (At 10, Downing Street.)
4. What is the official name of the parliament building? ( Westminster Palace.)
5. Where are famous people of Great Britain buried? (In Westminster Abbey.)
6. What was the Tower of London in the past? ( It was a fortress, a palace, a prison.)
7. What is the Tower of London now? (It is a museum.)
8. What birds live in the Tower of London? (Ravens.)
9. When was St. Paul’s Cathedral built? (In the late 17th and early 18th century.)
10. What is Hyde Park famous for? (For its Speaker’s Corner.)
11. What is there in the centre of Trafalgar Square? (Nelson’s Column.)

12. What is Big Ben? (The bell of the clock on the Houses of Parliament.)
13. What is the Madame Tussaud’s Museum famous for? (For its wax figures of famous people.)
14. What is Covent Garden in London? (The name of the Royal Opera House.)
15. What is Whitehall famous for? (For its government offices.)
16. What park is London Zoo in? (In Regent’s Park.)
17. What is Piccadilly Circus famous for? (For its theatres and cinemas.)
18. What does the Horse Guards mean? (The Queen’s cavalry.)
19. What is Scotland Yard? (The name of the police force in London.)
20. What is the home town of William Shakespeare? (Stradford-upon- Avon.)

IV. Famous people

1. Who printed the first English book? (William Caxton.)
2. What was Geoffrey Chaucer? (The greatest English writer of the 14th century.)
3. Who wrote the book called “Gulliver’s Travels”? (Jonathan Swift.)
4. Which famous English writer’s name is Charles? (Charles Dickens.)
5. Who wrote “Treasure Island”? (Robert Louis Stevenson.)
6. Who is known as the author of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”? (William Shakespeare.)
7. Who wrote “Twelfth Night”? (William Shakespeare.)
8. What was Jerome’s book which made him famous? (“Three Men in a Boat”.)
9. Who is known as the author of “Robinson Crusoe”? (Daniel Defoe.)
10. What kind of writer was Herbert George Wells? (The writer of science fiction.)
11. Who wrote “The Invisible Man”? (Herbert George Wells.)
12. Who is the creator of the characters of Doctor Watson and Sherlock Holmes? (Arthur Conan Doyle.)
13. Who wrote adventure stories about James Bond? (Ian Flemming.)
14. How many detective stories did Agatha Christie write? (75.)
15. Who was the father of the historical novel in the world literature? (Walter Scott.)
16. Where was Charlie Chaplin born? (In London.)
17. Who played the role of Scarlett in the screen version of “Gone with the Wind”? (Vivien Leigh, a British actress.)
18. What were the Beatles? (Pop singers and composers.)
19. Who led the parliamentary army during the Civil War in England? (Oliver Cromwell.)
20. Who defeated the French at the Battle of Trafalgar? (Admiral Nelson.)
21. Who was the architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral? (Christopher Wren.)
22. Who discovered penicillin? (Alexander Fleming.)
23. Whose portraits did Reynolds paint? (Portraits of the most famous people of his time.)

Подведение итогов.

Награждение победителей среди четырёх команд.