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MALTA

• Malta is an island in the Mediterranean Sea.

• It has a population of 400,000 people.

• Many Maltese people speak 2 languages – Maltese and English. Italian is also very popular.

• The capital city of Malta is Valletta.

• England is part of the United Kingdom (England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales).

• It has a population of 50, 000, 000 people.

• British people speak English. The other national languages are Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic.

• The capital city of England is London.

• Some famous English people are William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth II, Charles Dickens, David Beckham and Freddie Mercury.

  ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE

  Facts about the use of English worldwide

1. In more than (10, 20, 30) countries all around the world, most of the population speak English as their first language.

2. One out of every (5, 10, 15) people on earth can communicate in English.

3. More than (60, 70, 80) % of home pages on the Web are in English.

4. There are more than (6,000; 60, 000; 600,000) words in the English language.

5. What is the longest English word you know?

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WORD CLASSES

NOUN – the name of a person, place or object.

Example: Paul, Malta, Ball

ADJECTIVE - a word which describes the noun

Example: a TALL boy, the YELLOW ball

VERB - a word which shows that an action is going on

Example: walk, learn, sleep

ADVERB - a word which describes the verb

Example: He walks FAST. Tom USUALLY goes to work by bus.