1a) What colours are the flags below? How are they related to the map? Flags: Wales, Scotland, old flag of Ireland, The Union Jack, England. 1b) Read the title of the text. What do you think the text is about? Listen and check. Which flag does the text describe?

1a) The flags are made up of different colours: Wales has green and white with a red dragon; Scotland has blue and white; the old flag of Ireland has white with a red diagonal cross; the Union Jack has red, white and blue; England has white with a red cross.

They are national flags connected with the countries that make up the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Union Jack combines symbols from several of these flags.

1b) The text is probably about the flag of the United Kingdom and the meaning of its design. It describes the Union Jack.