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First published online 23.04.09

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 Macmillan Polska 2009

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Student’s Worksheet

Let’s do some sightseeing?

A. Name the places / buildings shown in the pictures and say where they are located:

B.  Put the names of holidays in the right places and write the name of countries where the 

celebrations take place:

IndependenceDay,BurnsNight,Thanksgiving,StAndrew’sDay,StDavid’sDay,Halloween,

GroundhogDay,StGeorges’sDay,BonfireNight,StPatrick’sDay

Date

Holiday

Country

1. January 25th 
2. February 2nd 
3. March 1st 
4. March 17th 
5. April 23rd 
6. July 4th 
7. October 31st 
8. November 5th 
9. November (last Thursday)

10. November 30th 

C. Match the fl ags with the names of countries:

The United Kingdom          England          The United States of America          Scotland

First published online 23.04.09

©

 Macmillan Polska 2009

PHOTOCOPIABLE

Teacher’s Notes

Let’s do some sightseeing? 

by B. Skulski

Type  of  activity:  individual  work,  pair  work 

(follow-up)

Focus: to revise vocabulary from the fifteenth 

of  the  Gimnazjum  Exam  topics  -  “Elementy 

wiedzy o świecie i krajach anglojęzycznych”

Level/age group: gimnazjum, grade 3

Time: 45 minutes

Preparation:  Copy  the  worksheet  (one  per 

student)

Lead-in: 

 

Ask the students the following questions:

1. Have you ever been to Australia, the USA, the 

United Kingdom, South Africa?

2. What do you think about those countries?

3. Can  you  recommend  any  places  in  those 

countries which are worth visiting?

Answers:

1. students’answers
2. students’answers
3. students’answers

Procedure:   

Hand out the copies of the worksheet.

A.

Give your students 10 minutes to complete 

the activity. Check the answers:

Answers:

1. BigBenTower,London,England
2. OperaHouse,Sydney,Australia
3. Stonehenge,England
4. TheStatueofLiberty,NewYork,USA
5. TheBuckinghamPalace,London,England
6. TheGrandCanyon,USA
7. TheRadcliffeCamera,Oxford,England
8. AyersRock,Australia
9. TableMountain,CapeTown,SouthAfrica

10. TheWhiteHouse,Washington,USA

B.

Give your students 15 minutes to complete 

the activity. Check the answers:

Answers:

1. BurnsNight,Scotland
2. GroundhogDay,theUSA
3. StDavid’sDay,Wales
4. StPatrick’sDay,Ireland,theUSA
5. StGeorge’sDay,England
6. IndependenceDay,theUSA
7. Halloween,theUSA,theUK
8. BonfireNight,theUK
9. Thanksgiving,theUSA

10. StAndrew’sDay,Scotland

C.

Give your students 5 minutes to complete 

the activity. Check the answers:

Answers:

1. Scotland
2. England
3. TheUnitedKingdom
4. TheUnitedStatesofAmerica

Suggested follow-up: 

 

Put  the  students  into  pairs.  Student  A  claims 

that  Poles  should  copy  western  celebrations  

(St Valentine’s Day, Halloween), because Polish 

celebrations  are  not  interesting  for  young 

people. Student B claims that Polish culture is so 

rich in events and celebrations that Poles do not 

have to copy anything. Students exchange views 

and opinions.