Superstitions

Good luck or Bad Luck?

1. Do these actions bring good or bad luck?

Discuss it with your partner and write G
(good) or B (bad)

1. walking on a crack in the pavement _______

2. putting a horseshoe above your door _______
3. finding a four-leaf clover _______
4. walking under a ladder _______
5. putting new shoes on a table _______
6. seeing three butterflies together _______
7. pulling out a lose eyelash _______
8. opening an umbrella indoors _______

2. Match the actions on the left with what they mean on the right

1. you break a mirror a) a visitor is coming

2. your ears are burning b) and have good health in the winter

3. a bee enters your home c) seven years bad luck

4. you dream about a lizard d) you are going on a journey

5. your right foot itches e) you have a secret enemy

6. you catch a falling leaf on the first f) you never see them again
day of autumn

7. you say goodbye to a friend on a

h) someone is talking about you
bridge
3. Cut these superstitions into cards. Let the students take one and talk what
they know about it. For more information you can watch a video lesson #

seeing a black cat Friday the 13th a horse-shoe 4 leaf clover

throwing salt over

seeing three
touching wood spilling salt your left s
butterflies together
shoulder

putting new shoes pulling out a loose

a rabbit’s foot walking under a ladder
on the table eyelash

opening an umbrella walking on a crack a bee enters your

breaking a mirror
indoors in the pavement home

you catch a falling

you dream about a your right foot you say goodbye to a
leaf on the first
lizard itches friend on a bridge
day of autumn
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Answers

1.

1. B
2. G
3. G
4. B
5. B
6. G
7. G
8. B
2.

1. – c
2. – h
3. – a
4. – e
5. – d
6. – b
7. – f