1 Match the pictures with the words.

2 Can you find these words in the Word

search?
CELEBRATE, CLOCK, DANCES, DRINK,
CALENDAR 1 2 MIDNIGHT, NEW YEAR, PARTIES,
PEOPLE, SING, WISH

FIREWORKS P E O P L E S Z C R

D S C S M E P E L A
DANCE 3 4

J R I S C W L L O E
CLOVER
B N I N E E X P C Y

NEW 5 6 G N A N B I K R K W
YEAR’S EVE
J D G R K J T O M E
BALLOONS
M A A H S I W R U N

CHAMPAGNE 7 8 Q T B K M D W L A G

E T H G I N D I M P
HORSESHOE
M C E F I R G U L E
STREAMERS 9 10

MIDNIGHT
3 Complete the text with words from
Exercise 2. (There are two extra words
NOISEMAKER 11 12
that you do not need.)

NEW
YEAR’S DAY In England people go to ____________ and
____________ on New Year’s Eve.
PARTY 13 14
At____________ they ____________ a
toast to the ____________ and link arms
FIRECRACKER
to ____________ ‘Auld Lang Syne’. In
S
large towns and cities ____________
MASK 15 16 gather in the streets to “see new year come
in”. In London, thousands of people gather
PARTY to ____________ at Trafalgar Square.
HATS
1 CHAMPAGNE
Solution
2 DANCE
3 MIDNIGHT P E O P L E S + C R
D + + S + E + E L A
4 PARTY HATS + R I S C + L + O E
+ N I N E E + + C Y
5 STREAMERS G + A N B I + + K W
+ D + R K + T + + E
+ + A H S I W R + N
6 PARTY + T + + + + + + A +
E T H G I N D I M P
7 CALENDAR + + + + + + + + + +

8 NEW YEAR’S EVE (Over, Down, Direction)

CELEBRATE(9,1,SW)
9 FIREWORKS CLOCK(9,1,S)
DANCES(2,6,NE)
DRINK(1,2,SE)
10 NEW YEAR’S DAY MIDNIGHT(9,9,W)
NEWYEAR(10,7,N)
11 FIRECRACKERS PARTIES(10,9,NW)
PEOPLE(1,1,E)
12 NOISEMAKER SING(4,2,SW)
WISH(7,7,W)

13 CLOVER

14 BALLOONS In England people go to parties and dances

on New Year’s Eve. At midnight they drink
15 HORSESHOE
a toast to the New Year and link arms to
16 MASK sing ‘Auld Lang Syne’. In large towns and
cities people gather in the streets to “see
new year come in”. In London, thousands of
people gather to celebrate at Trafalgar
Square.