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Quiz VIII. Major English-speaking Countries and Their Capital Cities I. The British Isles

Gap-fill exercise

Complete each gap with a suitable word, then press "Check" to check your answers.

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1. The British is the name for the two large islands, Britain and Ireland, and all the many smaller offshore islands, including the Islands and the Isles lying off the north-west coast of .
2. Britain or just Britain, which is the eighth largest island in the world, is also the name for England, Wales and Scotland.
3. The capital of the United Kingdom, which is made up of the countries of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, is . The UK does not include the Isle of or the Islands, which are dependencies.
4. The capital of England, which is the largest country in , is London. England must not be confused with England, which is an area in the north-eastern that includes the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
5. The capital of Scotland, which is of England, is . People from Scotland, which still has a different legal system and a different education system from the rest of the , are called Scots or , and they do not like being called .
6. The capital of Wales, which is a country in the United Kingdom, of England, and is called in Welsh, is .
7. Ireland, which is the island to the west of Britain, is also the name of the country, whose capital city is . The official name for Ireland between 1937 and 1949, when it became an independent republic, was . The north of the island of Ireland is called Ireland. It is politically part of the United Kingdom, and its capital city is called .
8. There are older names for parts of the United Kingdom, but these are found mostly in literature. is the name the Romans gave to their province which covered most of Britain. was the original Roman name for England, their name for Scotland, for Wales and for Ireland.