Unit 4 celebrations

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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?

_________________________________________ .

Activity 2- Reading

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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 OFARREZO

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?!!!

1) Do Ayten and Ali have many eggs?



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___________________________________ 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 ANY\MANY ANY\MUCH ANY

SENTENCES

QUESTION ANY\MANY ANY\MUCH 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-nine10-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)

HALLOWEENMany 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.

EASTERMany 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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HIDIRELLEZIn 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 2Listen 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- WritingLook at the pictures and label them

_______________ ______________ _____________

Now draw:



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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 - SpeakingOrganize 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 - WritingLook at the pictures and match them with the given wordsTrousers – dress – jacket- pyjamas – gloves – t-shirt – shirt – skirt – hat – shoes – shorts – scoks – scraf

________ _______ _________ ____________ _________

_______ ________ __________ __________ ________

______________ ___________ ________Activity 17- Listening 3



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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._______



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Unit 4 celebrations