Scotland History, Places and Language Exercises

Scotland: History, Places and Language Exercises

Put these sentences in the right order

a-2- Ten thousand English soldiers died at the Battle of Bannockburn.

b-5- Oil and gas in the North Sea began to bring money into Scotland.

c-3- Millions of people left Scotland and went to other countries.

d-1- The Romans built Hadrian's Wall across the north of England.

e-4- England and Scotland became Great Britain.

What did these people do? Match a number from A with a letter from B

1. 1 - Robert Adam ... made many beautiful buildings.
2. 2 - James Watt ... made a lot of steam engines.
3. 3 - Arthur Conan Doyle ... wrote stories about a detective.
4. 4 - Alexander Graham Bell ... made the first telephone.
5. 5 - David Livingstone ... was the first European to travel across Africa from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.

Which words are missing? For each sentence, tick a, b or c

1. Each Scottish ... has its own tartan. Clan
2. In the 1880s, ... was the richest man in the world. Sean Connery
3. ‘Scotch’ means ... . a mountain
4. Mary became Queen of Scotland in 1542, when she was six ... old. days
5. Every September, the best bagpipers in the world come to ... . Glasgow

Fill in the gaps using: hill, ships, gun, Mile, capital, biggest, festival, friendly, castle, tourists

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. When you arrive at the station, the castle is in front of you, high up on a hill. You can walk along the Royal Mile to the castle, and at one o'clock every day you can hear a gun. In August, there is a festival in Edinburgh. A lot of tourists come to enjoy the dancing and theatre. Glasgow is the biggest city in Scotland. In the past, people built ships here. Now, parts of Glasgow are poor, but the city is very friendly.

Places — Choose the best answer

1. The Royal Mile is a long street in Edinburgh.
2. Boats and planes leave Aberdeen every day for the oil and gas fields of the North Sea.
3. Glasgow is Scotland's biggest city.
4. The New Town in Edinburgh is about 150 years old.
5. Dundee is famous for marmalade.
6. Every year, thousands of tourists look for a very big animal in Loch Ness.
7. Saint Columba came to Iona in 563 and began to teach people about Christianity.
8. Inverness is a city in the Highlands.
9. Stirling has one of the biggest castles in Scotland.
10. The most important city for golf in Scotland is St Andrews.