1. On this day people visit their mothers and give them flowers and small presents. Husbands and children help with the meals and washing up.
2. On this day people usually visit their friends. They try to be the first person to wish good luck to their friends in the new year. There is a lot of dancing and eating. At midnight everybody joins hands and sings a special song.
3. On this day people send cards to their friends, parents and relatives. People put trees in their rooms and decorate them with toys and coloured lights. On this day children get up early in the morning. They want to see a stocking full of small presents on their beds. A traditional dinner on this holiday is roast turkey, roast potatoes and pudding.
4. People send special cards to people they love. They shouldn't write their names on the cards. The person who gets the card must guess who sent it.
5. At this holiday schools close for two weeks. People give each other chocolate eggs. Sometimes parents hide eggs in the house or in the garden and children look for them.
6. On this day they say ghosts and witches come out. Children make lanterns out of pumpkins. Some people have parties and dress as witches and ghosts. It is celebrated on the 31st of October. Children walk from house to house and ask "Trick or treat?"
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2.Choose the right answer.
1. People visit their mothers and give them small flowers and small presents.
a) St. Valentine’s Day b) New Year c) Mother’s Day
2. There is a funny tradition connected with the New Year. This is the first visitor to enter the house.
a) Christmas b) Halloween c) the First Foot
3. When is Halloween?
a) October 31 b) October 5 c) November 5
4. When is Christmas in Britain?
a) January 7 b) January 25 c) December 25
5. When is Guy Fawkes Day?
a) October 5 b) September 25 c) November 5
6. When is the official Queen’s Birthday?
a) the second Saturday in June b) the second Saturday in July c) the 21st of April
7. When is New Year?
a) December 25 b) December 31 c) January 7
8. People send special cards to someone they love. They don’t sign their names.
a) St. Valentine’s Day b) New Year c) Mother’s Day
8.People celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. What holiday is it?
a) New Year b) Christmas c) the First Foot
9. People light fireworks and burn a guy on a bonfire.
a) Guy Fawkes Night b) Halloween c) Easter
10. People make fancy costumes and put them on.
a) Guy Fawkes Night b) Halloween c) Easter
11. People dye eggs and give presents to their relatives and friends.
a) St. Valentine’s Day b)Easter c) New Year
12. People decorate fir-trees with tinsels, lights, coloured balls.
a) St. Valentine’s Day b)Easter c) New Year
13. An official public holiday, not a Saturday or Sunday, when banks and most businesses are closed.
a) bank holiday b) New Year c) Mother’s Day
14. When is the Queen’s actual birthday?
a) the 1st of April b) the 21st of April c) the 21st of March
3.Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст.
Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами..
They are attracted instead to dramatic views of mountains and valleys.
PEACE
If you like this sort of tourism, Mountain View Camp is for you. You’ll have an ………….. vacation there.
FORGETTABLE
The Camp has a view over the ………..Hampson Valley.
IMPRESS
In the evening you can listen to………… Irish music played in the streets and in the pubs.
TRADITION
The…………… reason was that they were going to take a trip to the mountains.
TWO
There are many historic monuments in Edinburgh. One of them is an unusual monument to Walter Scott, a well-known…………. .
WRITE
Now she is a very………… journalist. Her life is busy and exciting.
SUCCESS
Our………… began when we were at school. After school, Natalie left Britain.
FRIEND
It was built in the 12th century but it still looks magnificent and very…………… .
IMPRESS
Dublin is a …………..and cosmopolitan city.
BEAUTY
Dublin is a green city. It is such a pleasure to walk there on a hot ………………….day.
SUN
4. Write a letter
You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend, Ben.
…My granny is such a kind person. She always brings us presents for everything we celebrate. And I love all her presents! For example, at Christmas she gave me the coolest computer game, it was something I had been dreaming of …
…What holidays do you celebrate with your family? What is your favourite holiday and why? What is the best present you’ve ever received? …
Write him a letter and answer his 3 questions.
Write 100–120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.
