Rule Britannia
This is an area or a country
which is directly ruled by a
governor on behalf of (= for)
the British government and
representing the Crown.
What is a colony?
A record- breaking Royal lady:
9 children and 63 years on the
throne
Who is Queen Victoria?
Fill the gaps by using the words in brackets in the correct form:
We were asleep when our son ________________ (to come home).
We were asleep when our son _came home_ (to come home).
Put the sentence below into reported speech:
Jim says: "I'm a stuntman in the movie industry"
Jim says that he is a stuntman in the movie industry
Put the sentence below into the passive voice:
Tom should have paid the bill yesterday.
The bill should have been paid (by Tom) yesterday.
This famous battle secured
England’s global supremacy
at sea in 1805.
What is the Battle of Trafalger?
Complete the sentence, using the word(s) in brackets:
If my aunt ________________ (to give) me some money (which she will probably not do), I _______________ (to take out, my girlfriend) to dinner.
If my aunt _gave__ (to give) me some money (which she will probably not do), I _would take my girlfriend out_ (to take out, my girlfriend) to dinner.
Fill the gaps by using the words in brackets in the correct form:
It ________________ (to snow) since early this morning.
It __has been snowing_ (to snow) since early this morning.
Put the sentence below into reported speech:
Jim said to me: "I'm a stuntman in the movie industry and I've worked in the job for ten years without a serious accident."
Jim told me that he was a stuntman in the movie industry and that he had worked in the job for ten years without a serious accident.
Form the comparative and the superlative of these adjectives:
- bad
- far
- dangerous
bad - worse - (the) worst
far - farther - (the) farthest or: further - (the) furthest
dangerous - more dangerous - most dangerous
This inter-governmental
organisation of 54 member
states developed from the
British Empire. These nations
have close economic ties,
sporting associations and
complementary institutions.
What is the
Commonwealth
(of Nations)?
Complete the sentence, using the word(s) in brackets:
If I _________________ (to find) her address in time, I ______________________ (to send) her an invitation.
If I __had found__ (to find) her address in time, I _would have sent_ (to send) her an invitation.
Put in the words in brackets in the correct form and order:
I ______ (to wait) there for more than two hours when she ______ (to arrive, final).
I ___had been waiting___ there for more than two hours when she ___finally arrived___.
Put the sentence below into reported speech:
Jenny said: "Hurry up Jim, we're late!"
Jenny told Jim to hurry up because they were late.
Name all the words that are described by
- adjectives
- adverbs
adjectives are used to describe nouns
adverbs are used to describe verbs, adjectives, adverbs
Without this military
institution Britannia would
not have ruled the waves and
would not have been able to
get colonies and fight the
Dutch and the Spanish.
What is the
Royal Navy?
Complete the sentence, using the word(s) in brackets:
_______________ (to know) the troubles before, I _______________ (never, to go) to Paris.
_Had I known_ (to know) the troubles before, I _would never have gone_ (never, to go) to Paris.
Fill the gaps by using the words in brackets in the correct form:
Yesterday evening at 11.30 p.m. we _______________ (to dance) at the local disco.
Yesterday evening at 11.30 p.m. we _were dancing_ (to dance) at the local disco.
Put the sentence below into reported speech:
Jim said: "As a boy I was good at sports and I did some judo. I hope I'll be able to continue for a few more years."
Jim said that as a boy he had been good at sports and I had done some judo. He said he hoped he would be able to continue for a few more years.
Joker
Joker
This popular 19th century
saying about the British
Empire expressed that it was
so vast it spanned the world.
What is
‘The Empire on
which the sun
never sets’?
Complete the sentence, using the word(s) in brackets:
Unless it _______________ (to rain) last Wednesday, we _______________ (not, at home, to stay).
Unless it _had rained_ (to rain) last Wednesday, we _would not have stayed at home_ (not, at home, to stay).
Fill the gaps by using the words in brackets in the correct form:
_____________________________ (already, you, Mrs. Peters, to ring) to sort out the problem with the delivery?
_Have you already rung Mrs. Peters_ (already, you, Mrs. Peters, to ring) to sort out the problem with the delivery?
or:
_Have you rung Mrs. Peters already_ (already, you, Mrs. Peters, to ring) to sort out the problem with the delivery?
Put the sentence below into reported speech:
John suggested: "Let's go to the cinema first. Afterwards we could go shopping."
John suggested going to the cinema first and to go shopping afterwards. or: John suggested that we go to the cinema first and (that we go) shopping afterwards.
Name all mistakes in these sentences and correct them:
The percents of overweight childrens has been grew between 1976 to 2008 in the USA enormous.
The reason from that development is that people eating to much fast food.
The percentage of overweight children has enormously grown in the USA between 1976 to 2008.
The reason for that development is that people eat too much fast food.