HOLIDAYS
a poem
NEW WORDS
THANKSGIVING DAY. CHRISTMAS.
NEW YEAR. ST. VALENTINE’S DAY.
Answer the questions
ST.PATRICK’S DAY. HALLOWE’EN
Finish the sentences
DO YOU KNOW?
T E S T
Check Yourself!
GOOD-BYE. SEE YOU SOON.
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Holidays. A poem

1. HOLIDAYS

2. a poem

Mama loves
coffee
Papa loves tea
I love my
teachers
And my teachers
love me

3. NEW WORDS

Divide the words into 3 categories:
Thanksgiving Day, roast turkey,trick, pumpkin pie, knock, New Year,
dress up, celebrate, decorate, St. Patrick’s Day, sweet potatoes,
Christmas, give, St. Valentine’s Day, pudding, sign, Hallowe’en,
sweets, chocolate.
Holidays
CELEBRATIONS
Special activities
Special food

4. THANKSGIVING DAY. CHRISTMAS.

READ
In November in America there is a great holiday
–Thanksgiving Day.
Families come together for the day.They
decorate the houses with autumn fruits and
flowers and eat traditional American food:roast
turkey, pumpkin pie and sweet potatoes.
2.On the 25-th of December there is the
greatest holiday in England- Christmas. People
give each other presents and send Christmas
cards. Presents for children are there in the
stockings.
The traditional English dinner on Christmas Day
is roast turkey and Christmas pudding.
TRUE OR FALSE
1. Thanksgiving Day is in December.
2. They usually eat meat and porridge on
Thanksgiving Day.
3. They decorate the houses with a New Year Tree on
this day.
4. Christmas is on the 23-rd of December.
5.The traditional English dinner on Christmas is roast
turkey and pudding.

5. NEW YEAR. ST. VALENTINE’S DAY.

It is fun to see the New
year in.
People celebrate this
holiday on December,31.
People decorate the New
Year Tree. There is a lot of
dancing
and eating.
The 14-th of February is
St.Valentine’s Day.
People buy or make
Valentine cards and
send them to people
they love. They don’t
sign their cards- you
must guess who sent
the cards to you.

6. Answer the questions

1 .When do people celebrate
the New Year?
2. What do they decorate?
3. What do people do on
St.Valentine’s Day?
4. Why don’t they sign the
cards on St. Valentine’s Day?

7. ST.PATRICK’S DAY. HALLOWE’EN

The 17-th of March is a
national holiday in
Ireland-St.Patrick’s
Day.People send greeting
cards.
On that day people wear
green because it is one of
the national colours of
Ireland and the sign of
spring.
On the 31-st of October in Great Britain
there is a nice holiday for children –
Halloween.
People put pumpkins on the windowsills. They draw eyes,noses and mouths
on the pumpkins and put candles into
them.
Children dress up in funny clothes. They
go from house to house and say”Trick or
treat”.
People give then sweets, fruit, cakes,
cookies or money.

8. Finish the sentences

1.A national holiday in Ireland is…
2.People wear green on this
holiday because…
3.A nice holiday for children
Halloween is on…
4. They go from house to house
and say…

9. DO YOU KNOW?

What holidays do people in
our country celebrate on..
What holidays do English
people celebrate on…
January, 1
February, 14
March, 17
• August, 30
• October, 25
• December, 16
• October, 31
• March, 22
• November
• January, 7
• December, 25
• December, 31

10. T E S T

TEST
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
On this day people usually visit
their friends. There is a lot of
dancing and eating.
On this day people send cards
to their friends, parents and
relatives.
People put trees in their rooms and
decorate them with toys.
People send cards to people they
love. They shouldn’t write their
names on the cards.
Those who get them must guess
who sent them.
On this day children put pumpkins
on the window-sills and dress as
ghosts on this day.
It’ a national holiday in Ireland.
People wear green because it’s the
national colour of this country.
This is a great holiday in America.
People decorate the houses with
autumn fruits and flowers and eat
traditional American food: roast
turkey and pumpkin pie.
a) St. Patrick’s Day
b) Halloween
c) New Year’s Day
d) St.Valentine’s Day
e) Christmas
f) Thanksgiving Day

11. Check Yourself!

1. C
2. E
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. F

12. GOOD-BYE. SEE YOU SOON.

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