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  1. Answer the questions:

  1. Are there many holidays in Great Britain?

  2. What is a ‘bank holiday’?

  3. What is the most popular holiday in Britain?

  4. When Christmas is celebrated?

  5. What are traditional Christmas songs called in Britain?

  6. What do children leave at the foot of their beds and why?

  7. What do the British do on Boxing Day?

  8. What is the name of New Year’s Eve in Scotland?

  9. When is Guy Fawkes Night celebrated?

  10. What do you know about Guy Fawkes?

  1. When is it celebrated:

New Year’s Eve Easter Christmas Halloween Valentine’s day

  1. Match the related vocabulary with the occasions above.

  1. Christians remember the death and resurrection of Christ. Children eat chocolate eggs.________

  2. People celebrate and welcome it in at midnight at the end of the first winter months.__________

  3. Children dress up as ghosts and witches. They make lanterns from pumpkins.________________

  4. People send cards to (sometimes anonymous) or buy presents for the people them fancy.________

  5. Christians remember the birth of Christ, give and receive presents, eat and drink a lot.________

Marry Christmas!

  1. Match the days and the dates, the verbs and the nouns.

Orthodox Christmas 6th January wrap up carols

Christmas Day 26th December sing Christmas cards

Christmas Eve 7th January send shopping

Boxing Day 24th December do the crackers

Orthodox X-mas Eve 25th December pull presents

Decorate turkey

Eat Christmas tree

Watch twelve dishes

Cook the first star

Make ‘kutia’ dish

  1. Use the given words to complete sentences:

Birth end death independence Ukraine landing

  1. The new millennium was the anniversary of the _______ of Christ.

  2. The year 2005 is the 60th anniversary of the ___________ of the Second World War.

  3. The year 2008 is the 40th anniversary of man __________ on the Moon.

  4. 24th August is Independence day of ____________________.

  5. July 4th id the day the United States celebrate _____________________.

  6. On August 19th Elvis Presley fans commemorate the anniversary of his__________.

Happy birthday!

  1. Use the given words to complete sentences:

Speech dinner blow party cake present cards candles majority

  1. When I reached my ___________ my family said they were going to take me out to _________.

  2. They had secretly planned a surprise _____________ for me when I came.

  3. There were about 20 friends singing: ‘Happy birthday’ and I was given lots of __________.

  4. Then I was given a small _________ where I found some car keys. Mum and dad had bought me a car!

  5. My mum then brought out a ____________ with 21 candles of my majority!

  6. I was so emotional that I couldn’t ______________ them out!

  7. Then I managed to make a short ___________, thanking everyone for coming and we had fun.