8/9/2019 Festivals Around the Year Reading Matching
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Match the festivals to the pictures. Then read the
definitions
about some of them and write the name of the festival on the
line.
People celebrate the arrival of spring by
outdoor events on the first day of May:
May Day
The official US holiday that celebrates the‘nation’s birth’ with
firewors! outdoor meals!
flags and speeches: Independence Day
The day of love and romance in "ebruary! when
people give cards! letters! flowers or small
presents to each other: Valentine’s Day
The tradition! giving cards and presents
to fathers! began in #merica in the $%th
century: Father’s Day
The national holiday in &reland! when people
celebrate the national saint of the country
traditionally wearing a shamroc: St Patrick’s
Day
# special day in "ebruary! when a small animal
comes out of its hole after its winter sleep and
sees its own shadow! goes bac down its hole!
there will be si' more wees of winter: (roundhog)ay
# night in the end of *ctober! when people
once believed that ghosts could be seen. +ow!it is the time to
have parties and play ‘tric or
treat’: Halloween
*ne of the most important holiday for many
#mericans by remembering the early days of
Pilgrims in #merica with a traditional dinner:
Thaksgiving
# popular carnival in the US# held in +ew
*rleans during the wee before the first
day of ,ent: Mardi Gras
The first day of the new year when
people often mae resolutions: New
ear’s Day
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- Mardi (ras
$ hristmas
/ 0alloween
1 olumbus )ay
2 St Patric’s )ay
3 &ndependence )ay
4 Mother’s )ay
5 Thansgiving
6 7aster
-% +ew 8ear’s )ay
-- #pril "ool’s )ay
-$ +ew 8ear’s 7ve
-/ 9alentine’s )ay
-1 "ather’s )ay
-2 (roundhog )ay
-3 May )ay
Match the festivals to the pictures. Then read the
definitions
about some of them and write the name of the festival on
theline.
a.People celebrate the arrival of spring
by outdoor events on the first day of
May:
b.The official US holiday that celebrates the
‘nation’s birth’ with firewors! outdoor meals!
flags and speeches:
e. The day of love and romance in "ebruary!
when people give cards! letters! flowers or
small presents to each other:
d. The tradition! giving cards and
presents to fathers! began in #merica in
the $%th century:
g. The national holiday in &reland! when people
celebrate the national saint of the country
traditionally wearing a shamroc:
h. # special day in "ebruary! when a small
animal comes out of its hole after its winter
sleep and sees its own shadow! goes bac down
its hole! there will be si' more wees of winter:
i. # night in the end of *ctober! when people
once believed that ghosts could be seen. +ow!
it is the time to have parties and play ‘tric or
treat’:
;. *ne of the most important holiday for many
#mericans by remembering the early days of
Pilgrims in #merica with a traditional dinner:
c. # popular carnival in the US# held in
+ew *rleans during the wee before the
first day of ,ent:
f. The first day of the new year when
people often mae resolutions:
- Mardi (ras
$ hristmas
/ 0alloween
1 olumbus )ay
2 St Patric’s )ay
3 &ndependence )ay
4 Mother’s )ay
5 Thansgiving
6 7aster
-% +ew 8ear’s )ay
-- #pril "ool’s )ay
-$ +ew 8ear’s 7ve
-/ 9alentine’s )ay
-1 "ather’s )ay
-2 (roundhog )ay
-3 May )ay
