Test Your Research Skills The UK Hit Singles Chart 4 For each pair of pop phenomena work out who has spent the most weeks inside the official Top 75 UK hit singles chart* Example questions... 1. a) Cliff Richard b) Elton John ___________________________________ 2. a) Simply Red b) Steps ___________________________________ 3. a) Spice Girls b) Take That ___________________________________ The worksheet also includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills The UK Hit Singles Chart 3 For each pair of pop phenomena work out who has spent the most weeks inside the official Top 75 UK hit singles chart* Example questions... 1. a) Queen b) The Shadows ___________________________________ 2. a) Prince b) Phil Collins (solo) ___________________________________ 3. a) The Beatles b) The Rolling Stones ___________________________________ The question sheet also includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills The UK Hit Singles Chart 2 For each pair of pop phenomena work out who has spent the most weeks inside the official Top 75 UK hit singles chart* Example questions... 1. a) Erasure b) Westlife ___________________________________ 2. a) Take That b) Boyzone ___________________________________ 3. a) John Lennon (solo) b) Paul McCartney (solo & Wings) ___________________________________ This worksheet also includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills The UK Hit Singles Chart 1 Some example music questions For each pair of pop phenomena work out who has spent the most weeks inside the official Top 75 UK hit singles chart* 1. a) ABBA b) The Bee Gees ___________________________________ 2. a) Ant & Dec b) Pulp ___________________________________ 3. a) Pet Shop Boys b) Status Quo ___________________________________ The worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills The Olympic Games 2 All these cities have hosted the summer Olympic Games – some more than once. Which countries are they in? The worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills The Olympic Games 1 Match the city with the year to show when and where the summer Olympic Games have been held, then write out the list in chronological order:

Test Your Reading Skills The Novels of Charles Dickens 2 These titles of Dickens’ novels have got a little mixed up! See if you can untangle them. . . Example questions... BLEAK EDWIN OLIVER COPPERFIELD THE PICKWICK CITIES HARD EXPECTATIONS NICKLEBY AND SON The worksheet also includes the answers.

Test Your Reading Skills The Novels of Charles Dickens 1 Complete the titles of these novels by Charles Dickens: Example questions... 1. B_______________ H _______________ 2. B _______________ R _______________ 3. D _______________ C _______________ 4. N _______________ N _______________ The worksheet also has an answer page.

City Quiz Series The Market Place, Derby, UK Example questions... 1. a) How much is a full English breakfast at Acropolis Restaurant? b) What do you get in a full English breakfast? 2. Complete the name of this hairdresser’s: Toni and __________. 3. Name three banks in the market place. 4. What is the next show at The Guildhall Theatre? How much would it cost for two adult tickets? The worksheet also includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Reading Skills Example questions... The Great British History Quiz! Tick below to say which is the correct answer: 1. When was the Battle of Hastings? a) 1492 b) 1066 c) 1812 d) Last Tuesday 2. How many wives did King Henry VIII have? a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) none - he was too shy to ever ask for a date 3. Who came to the throne after Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603? a)King Charles I b) King Ethelbert the Unready c) King James I d) King Ethelred the Unsteady The worksheet also includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Spelling Skills Seeing the sights in London Rearrange the words below to find twenty famous mainline stations in London: Examples... 1. TS CRANASP ________________________ 2. TWEORLOA ________________________ 3. IGNK’S SROSC ________________________ The worksheet also includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Rivers of the World Match the major city on the worksheet with the river that it stands on. The worksheet comes with an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Out of this World! 2 How much do you know about the solar system that we live in? Example questions... Fill in the gaps below: 1. ___________________ is the second planet from the sun. 2. ___________________ is the smallest planet in the solar system. 3. ___________________ was discovered in 1781 by William Herschel. The worksheet also includes a teach answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Out of this World! 1 Example questions... How much do you know about the solar system that we live in? Fill in the gaps below: 1. ___________________ is the closest planet to the sun. 2. ___________________ is the largest planet in the solar system. 3. ___________________ is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. This worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Odd Anagrams 1 – UK Cities Example questions : Unscramble the anagrams below to find the names of twenty cities in the UK: 1. LOB STIR _______________________________ 2. BRING HIM MA _______________________________ 3. NOT HATING M _______________________________ The worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Patience! Nonsense Quiz 1 (English jokes) Warning: this quiz does not make any sense! 1. Why did the chicken cross the road? 2. How many beans make five? 3. If I have twelve sweets and give Tom four, how many sweets does Tom have? 4. What is the capital of Australia? This wonderful quiz comes complete with a teacher answer sheet - trust me - you will really need it!

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Nationalities 2 Examples... Write the name of the country that each person comes from: 1. An American comes from _____________________________________. 2. An Austrian comes from _____________________________________. 3. A Briton comes from _____________________________________. 4. A Cambodian comes from _____________________________________. The worksheet also includes a teacher's answer sheet.

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Nationalities 1 Examples... Write the name of the country that each person comes from: 1. An Angolan comes from _____________________________________. 2. An Australian comes from _____________________________________. 3. A Brazilian comes from _____________________________________. The worksheets include a teacher answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Languages of the World 2 Write the principal language of each country (There is a long list on the worksheet!) The worksheet includes a teacher answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Languages of the World 1 Students match the country on the with its principal language. The worksheet includes an answer sheet.