celebrations in US and UK

1. US and UK holidays and
celebrations

2. Christmas
• Gifts
• Have
dinner.
• Sing
carols
New year’s day
Fireworks
Have
drinks.

3. Halloween
• Costumes
• Ghosts and witches
• Pumpkins.
Independence Day
Parades
Flag

4. • Family meal.
•
• Turkey.
Thanksgiving day
Flowers chocolate
and cards.

5. Easter eggs
Saint Patrick's Day
Green cloth
Drink Guinness
(traditional drink
of Ireland).

6. Boxing Day
• Christmas
box
• watch sports
• play board
games
Pancake Day
Pancake Day
Lent
Pancake

7. Listening activity
Answer TRUE or FALSE
1. It is not one of the most famous holiday in
the world____
2.It is celebrated only in America.____
3 .It is a traditional day for lovers.___
4.Lovers send Valentine´s cards_____
5.Other tradition is to buy chocolate___

8. I.Put the sentences in order
1.IN THANKSGIVING/EAT/FAMILY MEAL/PEOPLE/HAVE
A/TURKEY
2.CELEBRATED/IN NEW YEAR´S EVE /FIREWORKS/HAVE
DRINKS/WITH
3.GIVE EACH OTHER/VALENTINE´S
DAY/IN/CHOCOLATE/FLOWERS/AND
4.GIFTS/CHRISTMAS/PUT/UNDER THE TREE/ON/PEOPLE
5.DECORATED/HALLOWEEN/IN/PEOPLE/WITCHES/WITH/GHOST
S/AND
6.SAIN PATRICK´S DAY/GREEN CLOTH/DRINKINK
GUINNES/CELEBRATED/WITH

9. II.Complete with the following words:
flowers,ghosts,flag,witches,chocolate,costumes,p
arades. green, easter egg, eat pancakes, guinnes, poor.
1.In Halloween people decorate their houses with paper
_____ and ____ and children use _______.
2. Common Valentine's Day gifts are _____ and ______.
3. Independence Day is celebrated with _____ and the
American _____ is displayed in many places.
4.People celebrated St. Patrick's Day wearing ___ cloth
and drinkink____.
5 .In Easter people give ______ _______ each other.
6. Boxing day was traditionally the day to open the _____
____.
7. Pancake Day is the last day before ___.People eat_____.

10. Meal, gifts,Fireworks,carols,drinks,turkey,dinner.
8.New year´s day is celebrated with ____and
people usually have ____.
9 . In Thanksgiving day people have a family ____.
They usually eat _____.
10. On Christmas families celebrated with _____.
They have a family dinner and sing _______.
III.Make 4 sentences describing a celebration
Example: Saint Patrick day is celebrated with green
cloth and drinking Guinness.

11. Activity: Match the celebration with the picture.
1. People give each other
colorful eggs.
2.People decorate with paper
witches and ghosts and
children wear costumes.
3.People have a family meal
and eat turkey.
4.People wear green cloth and
drink Guinness.
d)
a)
b)
c)

12. • 5. It is the last day Lent and
people eat pancakes.
• 6. Common gifts are flowers
and chocolate.
• 7. The American Flag is
displayed in many places.
• 8.It used to be the day to open
the Christmas box.
• 9 Families celebrated with gifts
and sing carols.
• 10.Fireworks and drinks are
very popular in this
celebration.
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)