The United States of America

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The USA

Match the items to the pictures.
  • the White House
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • the Grand Canyon
  • the bald eagle
  • American football
  • the Statue of Liberty

Pairwork

What do you know about the items from the previous activity? Discuss with your partner.

In American football, each team has 11 players.

Quiz Time!

Take the quiz. Use the Internet to help you.

The national flower of the US is ...

  • the tulip.
  • the sunflower.
  • the rose.

If someone says Aloha! to you, you are probably in ...

  • Hawaii.
  • Alaska.
  • Florida.

UCLA is ...

  • a tennis tournament.
  • a university in California.
  • a football league.

An American coin that is worth 10 cents is called ...

  • a nickel.
  • a penny.
  • a dime.

The Big Apple is a nickname for ...

  • Los Angeles.
  • New York City.
  • Miami.

The Statue of Liberty is a gift from ...

  • the Spanish people.
  • the Dutch people.
  • the French people.

The first president of the United States was ...

  • Thomas Jefferson.
  • George Washington.
  • Abraham Lincoln.
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Famous Americans

        • Ernest Heming­way
        • Selena Gomez
        • Bradley Cooper
        • Edgar Allan Poe
        • Serena Williams
        • Neil Armstrong
        • F. Scott Fitzgerald
        • Michael Jordan
        • Steven Spielberg
        • Taylor Swift
        • Jennifer Lawrence
        • Mark Twain
        • Tom Ford
        • Leonardo DiCaprio
        • Jennifer Aniston

        Go Online

        What did/do the people from the “Other” category do for a living? Use the Internet to help you.
        • Jay-Z
        • Lana Del Rey
        • Bruno Mars
        • Halsey
        1. Elizabeth Grant – 
        2. Ashley Frangipane – 
        1. Shawn Carter – 
        2. Peter Gene Hernan­dez – 
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        Now You!

        Work in pairs or small groups.
        1. What are the items mentioned in the stars and how are they connected with the US? Discuss with your partner(s) in English. Use the Internet to help you.
        1. Categorise the items in the stars and give a title to each group. Add your own ideas to each group. You can create a mind map or list the groups in your notebook.
        2. Choose one or more items from one of the groups and search for information about it/them. Create a poster or a presentation in English. Add pictures to the presentation.
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