English-speaking countries
Country
| Capital
(Language)
| Country
| Capital
(Language)
| the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
| London
(English)
| Botswana
| Gaborone (English, Setswana)
| The Republic of Ireland
| Dublin
(English)
| Cameroon
| Yaonde (English, French, African language groups)
| The United States of America
| Washington
(English)
| Kenya
| Nairobi (English, Kiswahili)
| New Zeland
| Wellington
(English, Maori)
| Liberia
| Monrovia (English, some 20 ethnic group languages)
| Malta
| Valletta (English, Maltese)
| Namibia
| Windhoek (English, Afrikaans, German, Oshivambo)
| Maldives
| Male
(Dhivehi (Maldivian), (also English in Government))
| Rwanda
| Kigali (Kinyarwanda, French, English)
| Australia
| Canberra
(English)
| Nigeria
| Abuja (English, Hausa, Yoruba, Fulani)
| India
| New Delhi
(English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Telugu and Urdu, and others)
| Bangladesh
| Dhaka (Bengali, English)
| Philippines
| Manila (Pilipino, English, Pampangan, Pangasinan, Igorot, Maranao)
| Lebanon
| Beirut (Arabic, French, Armenian, Assyrian, (also English))
| Kuwait
| Kuwait (Arabic (also English))
| Jamaica
| Kingston (English, Creole)
| Singapore
| Singapore (Chinese, Malay, Tamil and English)
| Malaysia
| Kuala Lumpur (Malay, Chinese, Tamil, (also English))
| Sri Lanka
| Colombo(Sinhala, Tamil, (also English in Government))
| Barbados
| Bridgetown (English)
| Jordan
| Amman (Arabic, (also English among upper-class))
| Grenada
| St. Georges (English and French)
| Falkland Islands
| Stanley (English)
| Puerto Rico
| San Juan (Spanish, English)
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Task 1. Fill in the crossword using the information above
2. Mr. Clinton's country.
3. See 6 down.
4. Where both English and French are spoken.
6. (with 3 down) Mr. Mandela's country
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1. European country, London is its capital. 5. African country, Nairobi is its capital.
7. Nation which is also a continent.
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SNAPSHOTS OF BRITAIN
FACT FILE
Flag
| Royal coat of arms
| | Government
| Parliamentary system and Constitutional monarchy
| Motto
| "Dieu et mon droit" (French)
"God and my right"
| | Legislature
| Parliament
| Anthem
| "God Save the Queen"
| | Upper House
| House of Lords
| Capital
| London
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| Lower House
| House of Commons
| Official languages
| English
| | Area
| 244,820 km² (79th)
94,526 sq mi
| Recognised regional languages
| Welsh, Irish, Ulster Scots, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish
| | Population (2007)
| 60,975,000
| Ethnic groups (2001)
| 92.1% White, 4.0% South Asian, 2.0% Black, 1.2% Mixed Race, 0.80% East Asian
| | Currency
| Pound sterling
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