Popular holidays

1.

Before you start…
What’s your favourite season? Why?
What are you wearing now?
What clothes do you wear in cold/hot
weather?

2.

3.

dress up

4.

to have street parade

5.

to set off fireworks

6.

to light bonfires

7.

to decorate the house

8.

to exchange gifts

9.

to have a family dinner

10.

to cook special food

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cook
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bonfires
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fireworks
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12.

Think of popular celebrations in
your country. Which of the
activities do you do?
to cook special food
to decorate the house
to exchange gifts
to have a family dinner
to dress up
to light bonfires
to set off fireworks
to have street parades
On Victory Day we
have street parades.
We also set
off fireworks.
New Year
Christmas
Birthday
Easter
Maslenitsa
Victory Day
Women’s Day
Knowledge Day

13.

Read the dictionary entry. When is harvest time in your country?

14.

Reading. Look at the title of the text and the first sentence in each
paragraph. What do you expect to read? Read and check.
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on
and
in
and

15.

on
turkey
cranberry sauce
pumpkin
dessert

16.

and
wheat
in
Holi
to run free

17.

is
variety of bananas
cookery competition
the Philippines

18.

and
Korean rice cakes
Chuseok

19.

How do people celebrate these festivals?
to cook special food
to decorate the house
to exchange gifts
to have a family dinner
to dress up
to light bonfires
to set off fireworks

20.

Look at the highlighted words in the text. Which is a verb/noun?
a noun
a verb
Use your dictionary to mark the words below V (verb), N (noun) or B (both).
Then make sentences with the words marked B.
1. summer
2. water
3. light
4. fire
5. paint
N
B
B
B
B
6. street
7. play
8. dress
9. watch
10.cook
N
B
B
B
B

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22.

Speaking. You have a radio show. Choose a celebration from the text and
make notes. Present it to the class. Record yourselves.
Hello and welcome to World
Fiesta. Today we are looking
at harvest festivals. Chuseok
is a popular festival in Korea.
On this day, children dress up
and people make sweet rice
cakes with fresh fruit.