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I. Find in the text the following words and word combinations, translate the sentences in which they are used and make up sentences with them

appoint; axis; be separated from; be situated; be subdivided into; be washed by; channel; complete; comprise; consist of; contain; county; daffodils; descendant; distribution; emblem; exceed; extend; flowing along; internal; latitude; leek; make up of; mountain; nation; neighbouring; poppy; population; rich in; shallow; shamrock; stretches over; symbol; thistle; tributary; total area of; tributary; urban.

II. Find English equivalents of the words and word combinations given below and make up sentences with them

архіпелаг; бути багатим; височина; гора; графство; державний герб; зона; канал; країна; край; мак; народ; нарцис; населення; нація; нащадок; океан; округ; острів; пагорб; порей; порт; притока; пролив; район; річка; розподіл; символ; столиця: сусідній; трилисник; широта.

III. Fill in prepositions, where necessary

1. England is separated … Scotland … the Cheviot Hills, running … east … west.

2. Geographically, the island … Great Britain is subdivided … two main regions.

3. … fact everything … the United Kingdom is rather small.

4. … the west Great Britain is sepa­rated … Ireland … the Irish Sea.

5. Some … plants and flowers have become symbols … the UK.

6. The British are the descendants … different peoples who settled … the British Isles … different times.

7. The distribution … the population is rather uneven and … 80 percent … the population is urban.

8. The Gulf Stream brings warm water and air … the Atlantic … the Gulf … Mexico.

9. There are a lot … lakes … Great Britain.

10. The island … Great Britain is washed … the Atlantic Ocean.

11. The thistle is the national emblem … Scotland and the Ed­inburgh International Festival.

12. The United Kingdom is one … the world's smaller countries, its population is … 57 million people.

13. The United Kingdom … Great Britain is an island lying … the western coast … Europe.

IV. Fill in articles where necessary

1. … England is separated from … Scotland by … Cheviot Hills, running from east to west.

2. … British Isles consist of … two large islands, … Great Britain and … Ireland.

3. … climate in Britain is generally mild and temperate because of … Gulf Stream.

4. … daffodils and … leek are … emblems of … Wales.

5. … distribution of … population on … British Isles is rather uneven.

6. … humid and mild climate is good for … plants and … flowers.

7. … island of … Great Britain is washed by … Atlantic Ocean.

8. There are two small parts of … British Isles.

9. … seas surrounding … Great Britain are shallow and rich in … fish.

10. … swiftest flowing river in … British Isles is … Spey.

11. … United Kingdom is made up of … four countries.

12. … United Kingdom is one of … world's smaller countries.

V. Complete the following sentences filling in appropriate words from the box

comprises; consist of; constitute; contain; densely; depending on; descendants; exceed; extends; humid and mild; included; inhabited by; is washed by; lying off; mild and temperate; most of; popu­lation; ranks; settled; subdivided into; symbols.

1. Although Britain is … populated, there are large areas which … fewer than 100 people per square kilometre.

2. Geographically, the island of Great Britain is … two main regions — Lowland Britain and Highland Britain.

3. Great Britain is an island … the western coast of Europe.

4. Lowland Britain … southern and eastern England, Highland Britain consists of Scotland, … Wales, the Pennines, and the Lake District.

5. The British are the … of different peoples who … on the British Isles at different times.

6. The British Isles … two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland.

7. The climate in Britain is generally … because of the Gulf Stream.

8. The … climate is good for plants and flowers and some of them have become … in the UK.

9. The island of Great Britain … the Atlantic Ocean in the northeast, north and northwest.

10. The Isle of Man is the largest island in Europe, and … either eighth or ninth in size among the islands in the world, … how Australia is classified.

11. The Pennine Chain … southward from the Cheviot Hills into the Midlands, a plain region with low hills and valleys.

12. There are only five cities with … over 500.000, although Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle also … this figure if neighbouring towns are … .

13. The UK is … the English, the Scottish, the Welsh, and the Northern Irish, who … the British nation.

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