Eng@home - Countries and flags

English around the world

Europe, America, Oceania, Africa, Asia... English is spoken in all 5 continents!

It is the official language of 52 countries around the world.

Listen to this audio file to find out the names of the main English speaking countries and their capital cities.

English speaking countries: an interactive game

Click on this link and see if you remember the names, the capitals and the flags of some English speaking countries. It’s an interactive quiz : press the correct answer and continue ! Exercise 4 is a bit difficult: press “skip for now” if you can’t do it, or just try!

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1885402.html?AP_rand=1466946627

AUDIO CONTENT:

[English is the official language of 52 countries in all 5 continents. The main countries where English is spoken are the USA, GB, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. English is spoken in India and Madagascar too! GB consists of the UK and the Republic of Ireland; the UK includes Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland.

The capital city of England is London; The capital of the US is Washington DC; The capital city of Canada is Ottawa; The capital city of Australia is Camberra and The capital of New Zealand is Auckland.

You can speak English in all these beautiful places!

english speakin countries.MP3

Flags.mp3

Flags of five English-speaking countries (CM1)

Here are the countries of the CM1 flag page.

AUDIO CONTENT :

[First the United Kingdom, with its blue, white and red flag. This flag has a nickname: it's the Union Jack. A jack is a small flag used on ships.

Second comes the flag of Canada, a red maple leaf on a white and red background. Number three is the flag of the United States of America: the colours are the same as in the British and French flags, but here you can see stars and stripes. Its nickname, in fact, is the Stars and Stripes. There are 50 stars representing the 50 States of the USA. Number 4 is the flag of South Africa: its red and blue rectangles are separated by a green band, a horizontal "Y". Other colours are black, yellow and white. This flag is very young: it was designed in 1994.

Flag number five is the flag of Australia: it contains a small flag, the Union Jack because it was an English colony; the 5-star constellation is the Southern cross, a group of stars you can't see in Italy!

The sixth flag is YOUR flag... Annalisa, what have you got on your personal flag?

I've got a Kangaroo on my personal flag. The kangaroo is my favourite Australian animal, and remember that I'm from Australia!

Michele, what have you got on your personal flag?

My flag is light green and brown: green is my favourite colour, you know... And why brown? It's the colour of chocolate! I love chocolate...]