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1. Say if it is true, false or there is no information in the text:

1) Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated every year in all parts of the UK.

2) The conspirators who devised the Gunpowder Plot belonged to the Protestant English aristocracy.

3) Guy Fawkes was the leader of the conspiratorial group.

4) The conspirators didn’t keep their secret well.

5) November 5th is a formal celebration and a day off in Great Britain.

6) Letting off fireworks and making bonfires have been not allowed since 1990.

7) To visit a firework display in London one has sometimes to buy a ticket.

8) Nowadays the ceremony called State Opening of Parliament is always held on November 5th.

2. Finish the sentences:

1) November 5th is called Guy Fawkes Night because…

2) The plot was discovered as…

3) Guy Fawkes Night became an annual celebration after…

4) November 5th is the most “noisy” festival of the year because of…

5) Northern Ireland has a lot of Catholic communities, that’s why…

3. Choose a statement to formulate the main idea of the text:

1) November 5th commemorates a historical event called the Gunpowder Plot and is celebrated annually in Britain with fireworks and the burning of effigies known as "guys."

2) Guy Fawkes Night or the Bonfire Night is a day of public thanksgiving in the UK which accompanies the opening of a new session of Parliament.

3) November 5th is an annual religious holiday observed in the UK to commemorate the repression of Catholics in England in the early 17th century.

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Учебное издание

Некрасова Ирина Михайловна

Данилова Лариса Александровна

Карпенко Наталья Викторовна

Раскина Елена Юрьевна