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                       Flags of English-speaking countries                                  stripes     flag




                    A     Look at the flags a-e below. Do you recognise them? Match them
                       to the people 1-5. Then listen, read and check your answers.







                                                                               c
                  a                               b                                          Ireland

                                                                                             My name is Sinead
                                                                                             and I’m from Ireland.
                                                                                             I speak English and
                                                                                             Irish. The Irish  lag
                                                     UK                                      has got three stripes:
                                                                             1               one green, one white
                                                    I’
                                                    I’m Brian. I live in
                                                               e in
                                                              v
                                                     m Brian. I li
                        d                           London. London is the                    and one orange.
                                                    capital city of the UK.
                                                    My country’s  lag is
                                                    red, white and blue.                       South Africa
                                                                                               My name is D
                                                                                                           ais
                                                                                               My name is Daisy.  .
                                                                                                             y
                                                                                               I live in South Africa.
                                                                                               My country’s  lag has
                e                     © MM Publications                                        got six colours: red,
                                                  2                                            white, green, yellow,
                                                                                               black and blue.
                          Canada
                            I’m Justin. I’m Canadian
                            and I live in Montreal.
                            I speak English and
                            French. My country’s  lag                                             5
                            is red and white.                                          Australia

                                                                                       My name’s Mike. I live in
                                                                                       Canberra, Australia. It’s the
                                                  3                                    capital city. My country’s  lag
                                                                                       is red, white and blue, and it’s

                    B  Read again. Look at the                          4              also got white stars.
                       information below and match.
                       1.  the capital of the UK
                       2. the languages the                              P
                                                                                        CT
                                                                             RO
                                                                                    JE
                         Irish girl speaks                               PROJECT
                       3.  the languages the boy                             Make a poster!
                         from Montreal speaks                                Draw your country’s flag and complete
                       4. the capital of Australia                           the paragraph below.


                        a.  English and French                            My name is                                             .
                        b. London                                         I live in                                              and
                        c.  English and Irish                             I speak                                             .
                        d. Canberra                                       This is my country’s fl  ag.
                                                                              It’s                                                     .

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