This document provides information about traditions and holidays in Great Britain. It lists common British holidays like Christmas, New Year's Day, Easter, and Guy Fawkes Day along with the dates they fall on. It also contains a true/false quiz about British traditions, asking about topics like whether British prefer to live in flats or houses, if theaters are open on Sundays, and what side of the road British cars keep to. The document seeks to educate about cultural traditions in Great Britain through various matching, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank questions.

1. Great Britain: a Country
of Traditions

2. The Holidays and Their Dates
matching
 Guy Fawkes Day
 Christmas
 New Yer’s Day
 Easter
 Halloween
 St.David’s Day
 May Day
 St. Valentine’s Day
 1 March
 1 May
 14 February
 April/ May
 1 January
 5 November
 25 December
 31 October

3. IV. What do You Know…
1. English families prefer to live…
a). In flats b). In own houses
2. On Sundays theatres and shops are…
a). Closed b). opened
3. British buses are…
a). Single-decked b). Double-decked
and yellow and red
4.The cars keep to the …
a) left of road b). Right of road
5. The most popular English game is…
a). Cricket b). Football
6. English people have tea …
a). For breakfast b). The whole day
and supper
7. The Englishmen have sentimental love for…
a). New things b). Old things
8. The traditional English house has…
a). Three floors b). Two floors
9. They have … in their houses.
a). A fireplace b). Central heating
10. In Great Britain the favourite topic to discuss is … .
a) hobby b). weather

4. V. Is It True or False:
 1.The New Year’s tree is a present from people of
America to people of Great Britain.
 2.The day after Christmas is New Year.
 3. For Christmas Dinner the English eat hamburgers.
 4.The Edinburgh Military Tattoo takes place 5 or 6
nights a week in August and September.
 5. The name of the British national flag is “The Stars
and Stripes”
 6. The Eisteddfod is a Welsh festival, devoted to
music and poetry.

5. Intellectual Game
 1. They show visitors the main places of interest in the Tower
of London.
 2. She ruled the country for the longest period of time in the
British history.
 3. The official residence of the Queen in London and in
Scotland.
 4. This ceremony is held in front of Buckingham Palace every
day.
 5.The second name of New Year Eve in Scotland.
 6. How do they call the first person to enter a house on New
Year’s Day.
 7.This holiday is celebrated on the fourth Sunday in March. In
the past the girls who worked in rich houses could go home to
see their parents.
 8. Little chicks, baby rabbits and spring-time flowers are the
emblems of this holiday.
 9.The tradition of marking the royal swans on the river Thames