New Year
New Year is my favourite holiday. It is one of our family traditions to celebrate it at home. Every year on New Year's Eve we have a wonderful party.We start to prepare for this holiday beforehand. I always make a lot of greeting cards for my nearest and dearest. I don't buy them in the shop, I always make them myself. I like to paint funny greeting pictures on them. Everybody likes to get presents. So do I. My parents always give me very interesting presents. They try to find out what I dream about. It's very exciting to find these wonderful presents under our Christmas tree. I always help my mum about the house. We cook and set our holiday table together. We usually make a lot of tasty dishes. When the clock strikes 12 o'clock we wish each other "Happy New Year". Then we watch fantastic musical shows on TV, sing, dance and go out to watch fireworks. It's great! I always remember our New Year nights.
True / False:
1) My family and I don’t like to celebrate New Year.
2) We celebrate New Year at home.
3) I don’t like to make greeting cards for my nearest and dearest.
4) My parents give me interesting presents.
5) They put presents into the stockings.
6) I help my mother about the house.
7) It is a family tradition to wish each other “Happy New Year”
1) My family and I don’t like to celebrate New Year.
2) We celebrate New Year at home.
3) I don’t like to make greeting cards for my nearest and dearest.
4) My parents give me interesting presents.
5) They put presents into the stockings.
6) I help my mother about the house.
7) It is a family tradition to wish each other “Happy New Year”
Holidays
There are a lot of holidays in England.One of them is April fool’s Day.
April fool’s Day or all Fool's Day is on the first of April.
The fun of the holiday is to play silly but harmless jokes on family
members and friends. The victim of these jokes is called an April fool.
This holiday first appeared in France
when the French began to use the Gregorian calendar,
some people continued to use the old calendar
and to celebrate New Year's Day on the1st of April.
These people were called April fools.
Playing jokes on this day became popular first
in France and then in many other countries.
Today, April fool’s jokes are played mostly
by children, who enjoy the holiday very much.
True / False
1. April fool’s day is on the 3rd of October.
2. The fun of the holiday is to play jokes.
3. It first appeared in England.
4. We enjoy this holiday very much.
Fill the gaps with the right word
1. Another popular holiday in Britain is_________________________.
2. It takes place___________________________________________.
3. The main symbol of it is___________with a candle inside it and scary face cut out of it. They say that such pumpkin doesn’t let bad spirits inside the house.
4. People wear the Halloween___________, usually they are monsters terrible creatures from books and films.
Guess and find words:
1. fool
2. holiday
3. october
4. candle
5. april
6. spirits
7. scary
8. halloween
9. pumpkin
10. jokes
Put the questions and give the short answers
Example: There is a cup on the table
Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
1. There are three sweets in the box. (Yes,……..)
________________________________________________________
2. There are a lot of apples on the table. (No,…….)
________________________________________________________
3. There are ten people in the house. (Yes, ……)
________________________________________________________
4. There is a banana in your bag. (No, …….)
________________________________________________________
5. There is a present in the bag. (Yes, …..)
________________________________________________________
Example: There is a cup on the table
Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
1. There are three sweets in the box. (Yes,……..)
________________________________________________________
2. There are a lot of apples on the table. (No,…….)
________________________________________________________
3. There are ten people in the house. (Yes, ……)
________________________________________________________
4. There is a banana in your bag. (No, …….)
________________________________________________________
5. There is a present in the bag. (Yes, …..)
________________________________________________________
Listen to the text and say if the sentences are true or false
1. There are lots of holidays in England.
2. People usually work on holidays.
3. All English people celebrate New Year on the 25th of December.
4. The shops are open.
5. Santa puts presents into the children's stockings.
6. For Christmas dinner people have chicken.
1. There are lots of holidays in England.
2. People usually work on holidays.
3. All English people celebrate New Year on the 25th of December.
4. The shops are open.
5. Santa puts presents into the children's stockings.
6. For Christmas dinner people have chicken.
