The US
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Instructions: Match the columns according to the text.
1. The USA is on the North American .
2. It’s the world’s third-largest .
3. The USA is divided into 50 .
4. The country is bounded by two the Atlantic and the Pacific.
5. The are Canada and Mexico.
6. The is temperate in most of the US territory.
7. In Hawaii and Florida, however, it’s .
8. And Alaska has an climate.
9. The country has many . One of them is the Grand Canyon.
10. Around the San Andreas Fault, activity is very high.
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Getting started: Some facts about the US
Instructions: Read the following information about the US:
Official name: United States of America
Abbreviations: U.S. / U.S.A.
Capital: Washington, D. C.
Size: 9,529,063 km2 (plus approximately 10,360 km2 for outlying territories and other politically associated areas).
Population: 281.4 million
Borders, including countries: Canada (north), Atlantic Ocean (east), Mexico and Gulf of Mexico (south, Pacific Ocean (west).
US General Information
Instructions: Drag the words to the spaces to complete the information.
food
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name
beverages
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US Dollar
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language
Washington, D.C.
1. The official is United States of America.
2. The capital city is (District of Columbia).
3. It has an of 3,794, 066 sq m (9,826,630 km2).
4. It has a of 306.4 million.
5. The bordering are Mexico and Canada.
6. The official currency is the .
7. English is the official .
8. Some typical is hotdogs, hamburgers, French fries and pizza.
9. Some popular are soft drinks and iced tea.
Names of people, animals or things
Let’s study nouns.
Instructions: Look at the following information about Nouns:
What is a noun?
A noun is = a person
- an animal
- an object
- a place
There are many different kinds of nouns in English:
Common nouns such as cat, bowl, hand, tree, clock, etc.
Proper nouns are specific names of a person, country, city, corporation, or product such as IBM, Microsoft, Mr. David Green, Dr. Mary Jones, England, etc.
US General Information
Instructions: Drag the words to the spaces to complete the information.
book
bottle
boy
car
dog
house
man
movies
school
chair
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Capital or small letters?
Instructions: Write the following nouns with Capital or small letters:
- house .
- peter .
- london .
- table .
- cup .
- the u.s. .
- mexico .
- Dorothy .
- simpson . doneCheck
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Evaluation: The USA flag
Instructions: Choose the right options in the following text.
The flag / star of the United States consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes / lines of Red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle / square in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars / things arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows / lines of five stars. The fifty stars on the flag represent the fifty U.S. states / colonies and the thirteen stripes represent the original thirteen colonies that rebelled against the British Crown and became the first states in the Union.