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English-speaking countries

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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)

Task 1. Fill in the crossword using the information from Appendix 1.

 

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
Down                                  

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

  Across 1. European country whose capital is London. 5. African country whose capital is Nairobi. 7. Nation which is also a continent.  

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   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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