THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

1) What is the Commonwealth logo?

2) How many nations are members of the Commonwealth? 54 countries

3) Name 5
a)

Australia

b) The Barbados

c)

e) UK

Canada

d) Ghana

4) How many people live in the Commonwealth? About 30 per cent of

the worlds people live
5) Which values does the Commonwealth promote?
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6) Is Ireland a Commonwealth country? yes

no

7) What are the Commonwealth Games called? The frendly games

8) When and where were the first Commonwealth Games held? In 1930 in Hamilton,
Canada
9) The Commonwealth Games are a multi-sports event. But which sports? (list them)
There are always athletics and swimming, rugby sevens, netball
and lawn bowls.
But there can be lots of other sports too,
like boxing, cycling, gymnastics, tennis,
triathlon and wrestling.
10) How often are the Commonwealth Games held? Every four years
11) Which city will organize the next Commonwealth games? Gold Coast,
Australia.
And when? In 2018
12) What happened on the Isle of Man in 2011? It was the place where the
Commonwealth youth games took place here.
Who was it addressed to? Competitors must be 18 years
or younger.
13) Which Commonwealth country is the best at cricket? Australia

14) DIVERSITY AND UNITY in the Commonwealth. Read these satements. Right
or wrong?
a) All country members share the same religion. Wrong
b) They all speak English. Right
c) They all support democracy. Right
15) When is Commonwealth Day? The second monday of March.
WRITING: A TASTE OF INDIA:
India is a country where the weather is tropical and there are three seasons. From October
to March is cool and dry, the temperature is 24-25 C. From April to May the weather is hot,
like 28-31C and dry too. From June to September the weather change a little bit because
it's very wet and it's called the Moonsoon season.
The landscape in India is very varied. In the north India there are a mountain ranges called
Himalaya. The highest peak is Mount Everest. In south Himalaya is a huge flat area where
there's a river called Ganges.
In India the religion is very important. Their religion is called Hinduism and it's followed for
the most people in the country. People belive in gods and goddesses who represent
diferents diferents qualities and powers suprems. One of the celebrations dedicated to gods
and godesses is Diwali. Is celebrated at the end of October and people decoret their
houses with typicals lights called divas. Here believe that where the rivers meet is sacred. A
sacred ritual is bathe in the river Ganges for the preregrims.
The food in India is very colorful because they use a lot of spices. They eat differents meals
depending the area which they live and the religion that they have. Also there are a lot of
vegetarians in India, here don't eat beef like musulmans don't eat pork. In India neither use
knives or forks because they eat with the right hand, is a thing about religion and culture.
They use a differents names to call food like daal is a name to call pulses, lenties... ghee is
a type of butter used in cooking, saffron is the most expensive spice in India and it's
considerated a symbol of hospitality. A tumeric yellow spice is used in curries to be lucky
and they use red chillies very hot too.