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Listening:                      Grammar-in-Context






Printable seven-page lesson: Welcome to Iceland! Welcome to Iceland!W
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Welcome to Iceland!
Part 1: Listen & Understand

Listen to the article about Iceland, and then answer the questions below (click 'Let's Go' to check your answers.)

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Part 2: Grammar-in-Context

Read the article and choose the correct words to complete the sentences (click 'Let's Go' to check your answers.)
Welcome to Iceland!
Welcome to my home, the second largest island in Europe, and one of the most fascinating places in the world.  Welcome to Iceland!  The first people to (1) ____ in Iceland arrived there from Northern Europe about 1,200 (2) ____.  First Norway and then Denmark controlled Iceland for (3) ____ until its independence (4) ____ 1918.  At one time it (5) ____ one of the poorest countries in the world, but it is now one of the richest.  Fishing is a very important part of its economy.  The population is only about 320,000 and most of its people (6) ____ a language called Icelandic.  Many Icelanders also speak English very (7) ____.  Reykjavik, the capital city, is home to about two-thirds of the people of Iceland, while about 19,000 people in the country are foreign (8) ____.  The climate (9) ____.  The July high temperature is usually only around 10 degrees Celsius, (10) ____ in winter about 3 or 4 degrees below zero.  Iceland is known for its (11) ____ beautiful glaciers - these are large mountains of ice and snow that you can see in both summer and winter.  (12) ____ also many active volcanos, with the last major eruption of fire and rocks and smoke in 2011.  This is Iceland, my home!

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