III. Agree or disagree with the statements:

1. The power of the English monarchy increased during the Lancaster rule.

2. Henry VII built the foundations of a wealthy nation and a powerful monarchy.

3. Royal power was based on the growing classes of merchants and landed gentry.

4. English monarch became the supreme head of the Church in England, independent of Rome.

5. The monasteries were a large source of income for English monarchy.

6. The Golden Age of English history is considered to be in the reign of Elizabeth.

7. The discovery of America placed Spain at the centre of the trading routes.

8. The Queen encouraged English traders to settle abroad and created colonies.

9. The Elizabethan age is called the English Renaissance.

10. This period was poor in warriors, explorers, philosophers, poets, writers and actors.

IV. Answer the questions:

1. What monarch was declared the supreme head of the English church?

2. What was the power of Henry VII based on?

3. What was the main result of the Reformation?

4. Why the reign of Elizabeth I is considered to be the Golden Age of English history?

5. Why did Eliza­beth encourage English traders to settle abroad and created colonies?

V. Match the first part of the sentence (1-5) with the second one (a-e).

1	There were important developments	a	it gave him a large new source of income.
2	The Elizabethan age is also called	b	increased during the Tudor rule.
3	The discovery of America placed Britain	c	in portrait painting, music and sci­ence.
4	All church lands came under the King's control,	d	at the centre of the world's trading routes.
5	The power of the English monarchy	e	the English Renaissance.

VI. Make up a plan of the text.

VII. Retell the text in a written form (in English or Ukrainian). Text 45. Britain in the 20th century

I. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:

To coincide – співпадати, rivalry – суперництво, alliance – союз, unemployment – безробіття, to declare war – оголошувати війну, national wealth – національне багатство, to pre­vent – попередити.

II. Listen to the text: Britain in the 20th Century

The beginning of the 20th century coincided with the beginning of the decline of the British Empire. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa became dominions and drew up their consti­tutions. Britain was no longer the greatest world power. Germany was rapidly becoming the major economic power in Europe.

The rivalry between the great European powers led to the out­break of World War I in 1914. After four years of bitter fighting the war ended in victory for the Allied Powers of Britain, France, Italy and the USA. Germany was defeated. The destruction was terrible, there were more than 10 million killed.

The war was followed by a period of depression in economy. It was a period of great social unrest. Unemployment was high, wages low and there were numerous strikes. From 1930 to 1933 three million British people out of the total workforce of 14 million were unemployed.

Britain was soon involved into another war. After Hitler's inva­sion of Poland in 1939, Britain declared war on Germany. Led by Prime Minister Winston Churchill Britain fought against Germany in the alliance with the Soviet Union and the USA. Germany sur­rendered in May 1945. The war had cost Britain a quarter of its national wealth.

Between 1945 and 1965 more than 500 million people in former British colonies became self-governing. India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Burma became independent and joined the Commonwealth as free and equal members.

In the 1970s and 1980s Britain experienced new social problems connected with the arrival of immigrants. By 1990 there were 5 million immigrants in Britain. The government passed laws to pre­vent unequal treatment of immigrants, but also to control the number of immigrants coming to Britain.