5. God Save the Queen
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Read the full version of the British National Anthem and fill in the gaps with just one word of those provided in the tables below. For each verse write the number in the space provided.
| VERSE 1 | 1. happy | 2. noble | 3. gracious | 4. long | 5. victorious |
God save our Queen,
live our Queen,
God save the Queen!
Send her ,
and glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the Queen!
| VERSE 2 | 1. frustate | 2. thee | 3. fix | 4. enemies | 5. fall |
O Lord our God arise,
Scatter her
And make them
Confound their politics,
their knavish tricks,
On our hopes we
God save us all!
| VERSE 3 | 1. reign | 2. pour | 3. voice | 4. may | 5. heart |
Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to
Long may she
she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with and
God save the Queen!
| VERSE 4 | 1. mercies | 2. brothers | 3. family | 4. land | 5. world |
Not in this alone,
But be God's known,
From shore to shore!
Lord make the nations see,
That men should be,
And form one
The wide over.
| VERSE 5 | 1. foe | 2. mother | 3. assassins | 4. friend | 5. sake |
From every latent
From the blow,
God save the Queen!
O'er her thine arm extend,
For Britain's defend,
Our prince, and
God save the Queen!
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There is no authorised version of the British National Anthem and additional verses have been added down the years. It has many historic versions. In general, on official occasions only the first or the second verses are sung and rarely the third one is used. In the video below you can listen to and read the lyrics of the first three verses. |
