First stop: FRANCE

THIRD TEST:

COUNTRY: France

CAPITAL CITY: Paris

LANGUAGE: French

INHABITANTS: France has a population of over 64 million inhabitants.

CURRENCY: Euro

3 BIGGEST CITIES: Paris, Marseille and Lyon are the three largest cities.

TYPICAL DISH: Onion Soup which in French is “Soupe à l'Oignon”

FLAG: The French flag is called the tricolor because it’s the union of three vertical bands of blue, white and red.

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Republic

PRESIDENT/KING’S NAME: Nicolas Sarkozy is the president of France.

3 NEWSPAPERS /PRICE: “France-Soir”, “Le Monde” and “Le Figaro” are the most influential newspapers in France, they all cost round 1 euro.

4 BASIC EXPRESSIONS: “Comment allez-vous?” (How are you?) “Comment vous appelez-vous?” (What’s your name?) “Bonjour” (Good morning) and “Quelle est ta nationalité?” (What is your nationality?)

3 ARTISTS (writers, painters, etc): Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas and Claude Monet are all world renowned French artists. The first three are writers and the others are painters from the impressionist movement.

3 MOST TOURISTIC PLACES:  The Louvre, The Eiffel tower and Euro Disneyland are the most visited tourist attractions in France and they all happen to be in Paris.

Jasmine