UNITED KINGDOM

Location of the UK in Europe

The Union Jack

The UK flag

The flag of the United Kingdom (1801) is made by overlapping three other flags: St. Andrew´s Cross, for Scotland. St. George´s Cross, for England. St. Patrick´s Cross, for Ireland.When the first version of the flag was made, Wales was part of England and so they shared the same flag.Lately, Wales made its own flag.

THE QUEEN

RED

THE WEATHER

CASTLES

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States where English is the national language or the native language of the majority. States where English is an official language, but not the majority language.

eNGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

LONDON

PLACES TO VISIT

Mixture of new and old buildings

Walking around London

TEA

AMIABILITY

PUNCTUALITY

KILT

They drink tea the whole day, but mainly at 5 o´clock.

They are really kind."Mind your P´s and Q´s"

English people is really punctual. It is rude if you are not.

Scottish men wear skirts, they are called "kilt". The pattern in the kilt is called tartan. Every clan has got their own tartan.

Some curiosities

yUMMY, YUMMY!!

TIPYCAL ENGLISH FOOD

Badminton

Birdwatching

CROCKETT

criquet

British people like playing badminton, criquet, crockett, tennis, football... and even birdwatching is a sport. There is a strange competition called "Cheese rolling race".

SPORTS

Canciones para niños

Wheels on the bus

Itsy bitsy spider

Rainbow colours

Days of the week

Hello song

Finger family song

Head, shoulders, knees and toes

If you are happy

Old Macdonald

Five little monkeys

Dr. Foster

To market to market

Nursery Rhymes

Unas cuantas cosas más

Driving

Weights and measures

Temperature

Currency

Conducción

Pesos y medidas

Temperatura

Moneda

A few more things

Noddy

"nod" significa asentir con la cabeza, y de ahí viene Noddy

Wallace and Gromit

His real name is Rowan Atkinson

The Snowman

Mr. Bean

´Enjoy all of them´

English films

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Beatrix Potter, Mary Shelley, William Shakespeare, Agatha Chistie, Roald Dahl, J.K.Rowling, J.R. Tolkien, Charles Dickens, Johathan Swift, Arthur Conan Doyle...

Escritores

Writers

LEWIS CARROLL

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays.

James Matthew Barrie

Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist; she was best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. .

Beatrix Potter

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (UK: /ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft/; née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction.

Mary Shelley

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and medical doctor. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887

Arthur Conan Doyle

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish[1] satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin..Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729).

Johathan Swift

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, best known as the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.Tolkien has been popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature

J.R. Tolkien

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.His 1843 novella A Christmas Carol remains especially popular

Charles Dickens

Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot.[1] His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl was born in Wales to Norwegian immigrant parents. Some of his books are:MatildaCharlie and the Chocolate FactoryJames and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl

Gifs

She is best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series, which has won multiple awards and sold more than 500 million copies. Rowling has lived a "rags to riches" life in which she progressed from living on benefits to being named the world's first billionaire author by Forbes.The series of Harry Potter is the third most read book in the world.

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her sixty-six detective novels and fourteen short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

Agatha Christie

Some novels

William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.

William Shakespeare

The flag of Wales was adopted in 1959. Its name is "Ddraig Goch" (Red Dragon).

There are many red things in the UK

RED

• Double decker buses = autobuses de dos plantas
• Phone boxes = cabinas de teléfonos
• Postboxes = buzones de correos
• Poppies = amapolas
• Guards uniforms = uniformes de la guardia real
• Fire engine = camión de bomberos
• Royalmail van = furgoneta de correos
• The Tube

The Queen lives here

buckingham palace

It is one of the most famous towers in London. It is 96,3 metres tall. They clean it every 5 year.

Big Ben

Edinburgh Castle

Windsor Castle

Carnaerfon Castle

Belfast Castle

castles

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Rainbow = arcoiris

what´s the weather like?

Climate = climaRainy = wet = lluviosoCloudy = nubladoStormy = con tormentaFoggy = con nieblaWindy = con viento

SOMETIMES THE SUN SHINES!Sunny = soleadoWarm = templadoNice = agradable

THE UK IS VERY WET

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