COLEGIO NACIONAL EMILIO CIFUENTES

THIRD TERM
TOPIC: SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE.
TEACHER: JULIÁN LIÉVANO.

TOPIC: CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVALS.

GOAL: PRACTICE LISTENING WITH SIMPLE PRESENT.

ACTIVITY
Read these questions from page 72 and write the answers in your notebooks or in this Word
file.

1. Look at the pictures and the words in exercise 1. Match the words that best connect
each picture.
Example: Halloween - 4
2. What other festivals do you Know? Write a list of them.
 February 8 to 17, 2018 - Rio de Janeiro Carnival, Brazil February 8 to 17, 2018 -
Rio de Janeiro Carnival, Brazil
 November 2, 2018 - Day of the Dead, Mexico
 December 31 - New Year's Eve in Times Square, New York, USA
 Lanquín Patron Saint's Day – Guatemala
 January Carnaval de Blancos y Negros (Black and White Carnival)
3. Listen to the descriptions of some celebrations and complete the chart in your
notebook. (The audio is attached in Classroom).

CELEBRATION PLACE TIME ACTIVITIES

On this date the

families put the flag
Independence day Colombia July 10th
outside their homes
Families dress up in
costumes and go
Halloween Many countries October 31th
trick-or-treating at
homes
Couples and friends
decide to go out to
Valentine`s Day United States of February 14th
restaurants to have a
America
special day out
 Easter is the time of
the year when
Christians remember
Easter Mexico Two weeks Christ's death and
celebrate his
resurrection, as
described in the New
Testament.

4. Listen the audio again and complete the sentences about celebrations with the words in
/ on. (You can use the image attached in Classroom to complete these sentences)
a. Independence Day IN Colombia is ON July 10th.
b. Halloween is IN October. It is ON October 31st.
c. Easter IN Mexico lasts two weeks.
d. IN the USA, people celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day ON February 14th.

NOTE: Remember to send this activity on time. Deadline, Tuesday, March 23rd at 6:00 pm.

THIS ACTIVITY WILL HAVE A MARK AT ENGLISH.