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Unit 4 Celebrations
Activity 1- Reading
Read the text about Children’s Day and answer the questions.
23rd April Children’s Festival
In Turkey, people celebrate this day as a
festival. The children gather from all over the
world under the motto of ”Love, friendship
and peace”.
On 23rd April 1920, Atatürk opened The Turkish
Grand National Assembly and he dedicated
23rd April to chidren. He thought the
educated children and youth make great
contributions to Turkey’s future.
Every year in Turkey, children celebrate
this day as a national holiday. They perform
different activities in their schools. Some
children visit the Parliament.
1)What is children’s day’s motto?
________________________________________.
2)What do children do on the 23rd of April?
__________________________________________.
3)Do children do some activities in their school?
_________________________________________ .

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Activity 2- Reading
Read the text about Santa Tecla and answer the questions:
SANTA TECLA FESTIVAL
Tarragona celebrates “Santa
Tecla Festival”. This festival is
a smaller version of the
Fieasta Mayor. The events
take place at the end of
September. The fireworks
take place on the 22nd of
September each year. Each
afternoon and evening,
mythical Catalan characters
dance their way through the
town. There are traditional
folkloric processions, for
example Bull, Dragon, Devil,
and Giant.
1. When Catalan people celebrate Santa Tecla Festival?
________________________________________
2. Does everyone celebrate Santa Tecla Festival all over the world?
_______________________________________
3. What kind of activities are there at the festival?
____________________________________________
Activity 3- Speaking
Look at the pictures and tell your friend:
Who are they? Where are they? What are they doing?...etc.

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SARACEN JOUST OF
ARREZO
Saracen Joust is an
ancient game of
chivalry. People
celebrate Saracen
Joust on the last
Saturday of June and
the first Sunday of
September.
Activity 4 - Reading and speaking
1. Do you have any national day?
GREAT UNION DAY
2. How do you celebrate your national
Romania celebrates “Unification” on day?
1st December - National Day. They
celebrate Great Union Day in
Romania with military parade in
Bucharest.

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Activity 5 – Writing and Speaking
Look the the pictures and label them
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Work in pairs and talk to your friends:
How do you celebrate Chirstmas?
Activity 6- Reading
Read the dialogue between Ayten and Ali and answer the following
questions.
Ayten: Oh, do we need many eggs for Christmas?
Ali: No,look! We have a lot of eggs. They are on the table.
Ayten: Oh, yeah.
Ali: Ali, write in the list. Well, we need some cheese.
Ayten: Oh, I like French fries. Let’s buy some potatoes. We have only two.
Ali: Ok, Ayten. Oh, we also need butter for the cake.
Ayten: Yeah. But we don’t need much butter. We have some here.
Ali: And? Oh! A cookbook, some knives. What else?
Ayten: A lipstick.
Ali: For the kitchen?!!!

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1) Do Ayten and Ali have many eggs?
___________________________________
2) How much cheese do they have?
___________________________________
3) Do they need any butter?
___________________________________
4) Does Ali need a lipstcik for the kitchen?
_________________________________________.
QUANTIFIERS
COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE BOTH
NOUNS NOUNS COUNTABLE
AND
UNCOUNTABLE
POSITIVE A FEW A LITTLE SOME
SENTENCES
NEGATIVE ANYMANY ANYMUCH ANY
SENTENCES
QUESTION ANYMANY ANYMUCH ANY
Exercises- Quantifiers
Fill in the gaps using “quantifiers”
1. There are __________people at the Halloween party.
2. We don’t have ____________drinks for Chirstmas.
3. Is there__________ milk for the cake?
4. A: Are there __________students at school?
B:No, there aren’t. It is holiday.
5. I have ____________money. So I will not buy any presents.
6. Look in the fridge, there are____________apples for the pie.

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Activity 7- Writing Complete the list of numbers and ordinal numbers.Then
check and repeat.
Numbers
1-one 2-two 3-three 4-four 5-five 6-six 7-seven 8-eight 9-nine
10-ten 11-eleven 12-twelve 13-………. 14-fourteen 15-fifteen 16-…….
17-……….. 18-………….. 19-……… 20-twenty 30-……….. 40-………..
50-……….. 60-……… 70-seventy 80-………… 90-……… 100-……..
Ordinal Numbers
1st first 2nd second 3rd third 4th fourth 5th fifth 6th sixth 7th______
8th____ 9th______ 10th______ 11th_______ 12th twelfth 13th_____
14th______ 15th fifteenth 16th______ 17th______ 18th_____19th______
20th twentieth 21st twenty-first 30th thirtieth 31st thirty-first
Write and repeat the dates.
1/1_____________ 14/2__________ 3/3 _____________
6/6 __________ 22/8 ___________ 31//10_______________
25/12_____________ 3/5 ___________ 2/12_______________
Example: We say the first of January,but we write 1st January
Activity 8- Speaking
1)What is your national day? Why is this day important for your country?
2)When is your birthday? How many people in your class have their birthday in
the same month?
Activity 9 - Listening 1
Ester calls her husband to talk about her birthday surprise for their
daughter. She studies in Arezzo. Listen to them and fill in the gaps.
1. Their daughter’s birthday is on______________________.
2. They want to go to ____________________________.

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3. Their flight is on ______________________________.
4. They are planning to come on ____________________
Activity 10- Writing
Label the things on the pictures. Use “a”, “an”, “some”
(bread, cake, carrot, cheese, chicken, onion, cucumber,
fish, tomato)
______________ ____________ _________ _______________
________ _________ ________ ___________ _________
Activity 11- Reading
Read the following texts about festivals and mark the statements
True(T) or False(F)
HALLOWEEN
Many people celebrate Halloween on 31st October. The typical activity is “trick-
or-treating”. People wear different costumes and they attend costume parties.
Also children visit houses and collect some candies. Moreover, they visit
haunted hauses. Many people decorate pumpkins.
EASTER
Many people celebrate Easter all around the world. Easter doesn’t fall on the
same day every year because of the calander. On Easter people paint eggs
and buy bunny chocolate for children. Also they go to church and attend
parades.

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HIDIRELLEZ
In Turkey, people celebrate “Hıdırellez” on the first Sunday of May. It represents
the arrival of spiring. People gather together on that day and celebrate it with
songs. They have a wish and write their wishes on a paper. Then they throw
that paper in water.
1. ____ They celebrate Easter on the same day every year.
2. _____ People all around the world celebrate Hıdırellez.
3. _____ Children visit haunted houses in Easter.
4. _____ People celebrate Halloween on 31st October.
5. _____ They decorate pumpkins on Halloween.
6._____ People make a wish on Hıdırellez and keep their wishes.
Activity 12- Listening 2
Listen to İrfan and Lloredana, and then fill in the chart.They are talking
about their festivals
IRFAN LLOREDANA
When do they celebrate
their festivals?
What do they do?
Who celebrates these
festivals?
Activity 13- Writing
Look at the pictures and label them
_______________ ______________ _____________

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Now draw:
A hunted house An Easter bunny A pumpkin
Activity 14 - Writing
Write a letter to your friend and explain what you are doing on Easter or
Halloween or Hıdırellez. 
Activity 15 - Speaking
Organize a costume party for Halloween and answer the questions:
Who comes?
Where do they come for the party?
Which houses do you visit?
What kind of clothes do they wear?
Activity 16 - Writing
Look at the pictures and match them with the given words
Trousers – dress – jacket- pyjamas – gloves – t-shirt – shirt – skirt – hat – shoes
– shorts – scoks – scraf
________ _______ _________ ____________ _________
_______ ________ __________ __________ ________
______________ ___________ ________

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Activity 17- Listening 3
Alicia wants to buy some presents for her nephew and niece. So she goes
to a clothes shop. Listen to Alicia and salesman talking, then write True(T)
or False(F) for the following sentences:
1. Alicia is buying some clothes for her son and daughter.______
2. They are 8 and 10 years old._______
3. Alicia wants a pink dress for her niece.________
4. She buys a red dress for her niece._______
5. She buys a pullover and trousers for her nephew.________
6. They are 230€ all._______