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  • Listening 'The Commonwealth'
  • MNWeG
  • 17.12.2025
  • English
  • Listening
  • R (Regelstandard), E (Expertenstandard)
  • 6
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Listening 'The Commonwealth'
English Listening R, E 6

Why Queen Eliza­beth II was the queen of 15 coun­t­ries

https://www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=TbmoGe1zoDc
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Watch the video and work on the foll­wo­wing tasks.

part 1: 00:00 - 01:14

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On No­vem­ber 30, 2021, Bar­ba­dos…
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Who at­ten­ded the ce­rem­o­ny in Bar­ba­dos?
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Are the state­ments true or false?
true
false
After be­co­ming a re­pu­blic, Bar­ba­dos left the Com­mon­wealth.
The Queen was head of both the UK and 14 of the Bri­tish Em­pire's old co­lo­nies.
Prin­ce Charles spoke against the
 new re­pu­blic.
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In 1926, when Queen Eliza­beth II was born, the Bri­tish Em­pire ruled…
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Who at­ten­ded the ce­rem­o­ny of
in­de­pen­dence in India?
The Bri­tish Em­pire in 1921
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Listening 'The Commonwealth'
English Listening R, E 6
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Use the words in the box to com­ple­te the sen­ten­ces.




1. The Bri­tish Em­pire ruled over many   around the world.

2. In Bar­ba­dos, people were forced to work on  .

3. In South Afri­ca, the Bri­tish took mil­li­ons of ca­rats of  .

4. Many coun­t­ries began to fight for   after World War II.

5. The Bri­tish   wan­ted to stay im­portant, even after the Em­pire ended.

6. For­mer co­lo­nies later joi­ned a group cal­led the  .

Com­mon­wealth Flag

co­lo­nies – Com­mon­wealth – in­de­pen­dence – di­a­monds – sugar plan­ta­ti­ons – mon­ar­chy

part 3: 03:15 - end

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What did the Bri­tish Com­mon­wealth chan­ge its name to?
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Who must be head of the Com­mon­wealth?
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Why might some coun­t­ries want to join the Com­mon­wealth even if they were never
Bri­tish co­lo­nies?
It can be useful for countries to be part of this big political
organizatoin. They can gain to big diplomatic players like the
UK, India, Canada or the Crown itself.
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What does the video mean by “the mon­ar­chy can’t hide from its dark his­to­ry an­y­mo­re”?
It means that people today are talking more openly about
 the bad things that happened during the time of the British
 Empire — like slavery and colonialism. The royal family can no longer ignore or stay silent about this part of their history.
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