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 Vocabulary

NEST TULIPS DAFFODIL BLOSSOM

SHAMROCK LADYBUG BUTTERFLY BUNNY

RAINBOW SUN-KISSED EASTER EGGS SHOWERS

ST.PATRICK'S DAY WOMEN'S DAY EASTER EARTH DAY

SPRING CLEANING TO PLANT TO RECYCLE TO HATCH

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Match the descriptions with
pictures
1.a nectar-feeding insect with brightly colored wings

2. place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs

3. one of oldest festivals, celebrating the resurrection of

Jesus Christ

4. a spring-flowering plant with boldly colored cup-shaped

flowers

5. plant-eating animal with long ears and a short tail

6. to tidy (a home or room) thoroughly

7. egg opening and producing a young animal

8. made warm or brown by the sun

9. a plant with bright yellow flowers with a long

trumpet-shaped center

10. to place a seed in the ground so that it can grow

11. a plant with three leaves, used as the national emblem

of Ireland

12. a brief and usually light fall of rain, hail, sleet, or snow

13. period of producing flowers or masses of flowers

14. an arch of colors in the sky caused by the refraction

of the sun's light by rain

15. to convert (waste) into reusable material

16. day of solidarity of women in the struggle for equal rights

and emancipation

17. a hard-boiled egg that is dyed and often decorated

18. an event held in the spring to encourage people to take

care of the environment

19. small and usually quite round insect and often has small
black dots on it

20. cultural and religious holiday celebrated in honor of

the patron saint of Ireland
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Choose the best option to complete
the text. Then say true or false
Women’s Day began in the early 1900s. 1__________Before that time, women had mainly
worked at home. They cared for their families. Or they helped on family farms. But in the
1900s, women in these countries were starting to enter paid work. They worked mostly in
cloth factories.
2__________ And the working conditions were very poor. These factories were not very
safe. And the workers had to work long hours. At this time trade unions were developing.
These groups worked to protect the rights of all workers. 3__________
Women also joined these protests. They protested the poor treatment of women factory
workers. The Social Political Party formed a women’s national committee. This group called
for the party to give one day each year to women. 4__________
In the year 1910, Women’s Day celebrations became more popular. Many women joined
the protests in the USA. Some of these women to the International Conference of Socialist
Women in Copenhagen in Denmark. They planned to suggest that Women’s Day become
an international event.
Other women fought for a right to vote. 5__________She proposed that women throughout
the world should unite for their rights. They should do this on a particular day each year.
Many countries celebrated the International Women’s Day on March the 8th, 1911.
Over the time, women have gained many rights, they gained the right to vote. And they
gained many other rights too.
6__________In some places, like Russia, no one has to work. In others places, like China,
only women get a day off. Even in places where Women’s Day is not a holiday, people still
celebrate. In Chile and Albania, men may give women small presents, like flowers or
chocolate.

A) One of these activists was Clara Zetkin.

B) It was a time of great social crisis in Europe and the United States.
C) The workers on these factories worked for low pay.
D) National Woman’s Day began the following year, in 1909.
E) They organized mass strikes – the workers stopped working for some time.
F) Women’s Day is an official holiday in many countries.

1) Before 1990 women worked on farms.

2) The factories had good conditions.
3) Women in New York went on strike because of low pay and terrible conditions
in the factories where they worked.
4) The International Conference of Socialist Women was in Copenhagen in Denmark.
5) Clara Zetkin fought for a right to work.
6) Over the time, women haven’t gained many rights.
7) In Chile and Albania Women’s Day is an official holiday. 4
 Listen to and say true or false

T F

1.St. Patrick's day is on the same day

every year

2. Saint Patrick was a patron of Scotland

3. This holiday theme colour is orange

4. People don't celebrate this day in the

US

5. The Chicago River is dyed especially

for this day.

6. The symbol of St. Patrick's day is a

three-leaf clover

7. You need to catch a leprechaun to

get its gold

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 Spring idioms
a) to be nervous or/and excited about
1. to spring to mind something

2. spring fever b) trying to achieve something impossible

c) change in mood or behavior which is

3. to put all your eggs
in one basket
4. the grass is greener
on the other side
5. bad egg
experienced with the start or spring
d) when something appears suddenly in
your thoughts
e) wake up, get out of bed and start
your day

6. give the green light f) someone who does bad things

g) money saved for the future

7. chase the rainbow
h) other people always seem to be in a
8. rise and shine better situation than you, even if it's not true

9. to have butterflies in i) permission to start or continue something

one's stomach
j) put all of your resources in one place
10. nest egg (with a risk to lose everything)

1. ________________! It is your first day at school.

2. Say the word “Australia” and a vision of beaches and blue seas immediately
_________________.
3. I’m going on a date tonight and I _________________! I’ve liked Tommy for so long.
I hope he likes me too.
4. His boss finally ______ him _________________ to start the new project.
5. I really have _________________ this year and cannot wait until it's nice enough
outside to take the boat out on the lake.
6. By the time she turned 20 Maria had already saved a lot of money for her trip
abroad. She had a _________________.
7. Mr Tashina's financial adviser told him to be careful and not _________________ by
investing all his money on stocks.
8. I know you want to become an actor but I think you should stop ________________
and get an office job.
9. I sometimes think I'd be happier teaching in Spain. Oh well, ____________________!
10. He was dishonest, but he was the only _________________ in the group.
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Read the facts about St. Patrick's
Day and match the halves to make
sentences
St. Patrick’s Day is the national holiday of Ireland.

It’s also a popular in the United States, because there are a lot of Irish
immigrants.

It is celebrated on the 17th of March, the date when the saint died.

St. Patrick was born in the fourth century, and he brought Christianity to the
Irish.

The traditional foods are corned beef and cabbage.

On St Patrick’s day, people usually wear green clothes.

Leprechauns are mythical small Irish fairies who live in the forests.
They make shoes and they have lots of gold, but they are
unfriendly.

The traditional symbols are the shamrock, the harp and the leprechaun.

The shamrock, a three-leaf clover, has been associated with Ireland for
centuries and symbolized the arrival of spring. According to legend, St.
Patrick used the plant as a visual guide when explaining the Holy Trinity.

Irish flag is a tricolour. The green color represents the South of Ireland, and
orange represents the North. The white color represents peace between
them.

1.Leprechauns were a) bringing Christianity to Ireland

2.Shamrock is an old
3.The holiday is also celebrated
in the USA
4.St. Patrick's day is always
5.Saint Patrick is famous for
b) symbol of spring arrival
c) on the same date
d) because many Irish immigrants
live there
e) unfriendly shoemakers

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 Complete the text with following
words
pastime slope on decorating birth public skiing broken for referee

Easter is a very popular holiday in Great Britain. At Easter the British celebrate the idea of
the new 1_________ by giving each other chocolate Easter eggs, which are opened and eaten
on Easter Sunday. On Good Friday bakers sell hot cross buns. Easter Monday is a holiday and
many people travel to the seaside for the day or go and watch one of the many sporting
events as football or horse racing. Egg-rolling is a traditional Easter 2_________ which is still
popular in Northern England, Scotland and Wales. It takes place 3_________ Easter Sunday or
Monday, and consists of rolling coloured, hard-boiled eggs down a 4_________ until they are
cracked and 5_________ after which the players eat them.

At Easter, many Americans go to church. However, Easter in America is not the official
6_________ holiday you may be used to from other countries.
As in many other countries, the Easter Bunny hides colorful eggs and candy 7_________ the
children in the USA. The event of egg rolling is usually also celebrated in front of the White
House - without a hill, but with the US President as the 8_________ .
US families usually like to meet up for the traditional Easter Dinner. The feast is eaten either
at home or in a restaurant and usually consists of Easter ham or Easter lamb, hot cross buns
and boiled eggs (all the eggs that have been painted and hidden must be eaten afterward, of
course)
Another American Easter tradition is the festive Easter parades with their colorful
traditional costumes and flower-decorated hats.

In Canada, 9_________ Easter eggs is usually an activity done with children at school or
home. In 1975, the biggest Easter egg in the world or Ukranian 'Pysanka' was constructed, in
Edmonton, the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta.
One of the major parts of the celebrations of Easter in Canada is the pre-Lent winter carnival,
organized in Quebec City. Besides the carnival parade itself, the Winter Carnival features
special sporting events such as skating, 10_________ , and tobogganing.
People in Canada eat traditional Easter lunch, after offering prayers to the Almighty. The
popular dishes served on Easter in Canada are maple baked beans, potatoes nicoise, cape
breton sconces and apple tart. Easter symbols including 'Pussy Willows', Easter lilies and
bunnies find a prominent place in the traditions of the festival followed in the country.

Where would you like to celebrate Easter?

Why?

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 Earth Day
Fill in the gaps with the given words
One word
is odd.

pollution, logo, recycled
Paper, waste, collecting, recycling,

Recycling is taking used materials and A) ____________ and then turning it into
new, useful products. For example, most paper is made from trees, but if old
paper is recycled, less trees will be needed. Recycling uses less energy, and helps
to control B) ____________.
Three steps for recycling include C) ___________, sorting, and processing.
What materials can be D) __________? E) ___________, including newspapers,
magazines, cardboard, books, and envelopes can all be recycled into reusable
products.
Plastic is also a common recyclable product, including water, soda, and other
drink bottles; plastic bags, wrappers, and many more items.
Glass recycling also includes soda and other drink bottles, as well as jars, broken
pieces of glass, and many other glass products.
There is a special F) __________that shows the item can be recycled.

Write five tips on how we can save the

Earth

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 Interesting facts

to celebrate St. Patrick´s day
1) ___________ River is turned green every year
a) Colorado b) Missouri c) Chicago

2) It wasn't until March 8, ___________, when, during International Women's Year,

the United Nations celebrated it as an official holiday
a) 1975 b)1780 c) 1860

3) The first day of spring in the Southern Hemisphere is the first day of ___________
in the Northern Hemisphere.
a) winter b) fall c) summer

4) According to the legend St. Patrick drove ___________ out of Ireland

a) dragons b) snakes c) mice

5) For the Japanese, the opening of the ___________ blossom, Japan’s national
flower, in March or April signals the start of spring.
a) cherry b) apple c) apricot

6) The first day of spring, the vernal equinox, has ___________ hours of daylight and
of darkness.
a) 6 b)10 c) 12

7) ___________ are most common in spring and least common in winter.

a) Tornadoes b) Earthquakes c) Wildfires

8) Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every ___________.

a) minute b) hour c) day

9) Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to power a normal light bulb
for about ___________ hours.
a) five b) two c) four

10) Only 1% of the world's water supply is ___________, 97% are the oceans and 2%
is frozen (for now).
a) capable b) usable c) reasonable

11) The Easter Bunny legend began in ___________

a) Great Britain b) Germany c) China

12) The act of painting eggs originates from a ___________ tradition

a) Ukrainian b) Polish c) Austrian 10
 Write 3 words for each
category
Spring
weather

Earth Day
words

Spring
activities

Easter
symbols

Holidays
in spring

Clothes
for spring

Spring
flowers

Patrick's Day
words

Spring
animals
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Write about your favourite
spring holiday or day

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 Hop movie
Order the events
a) Fred sends EB to sleep in the garage. 1
b) EB says he’s special and pups candies. 2
c) EB eats a carrot. 3
d) Fred puts EB in a box and throws him. 4
e) EB practices the drums in a video game. 5

Match to make a sentence

A) EB performed and Hoff
B) EB is hiding from Pink Berets
because if they find him
C) Fred decides he want to be
the Easter bunny so
D) Fred has some competition
because
E) The Pink Berets catch Fred
and
F) Fred is accused of
G) EB is worried about his friend
so
1 Carlos,the chick, wants to be an
Easter bunny
2 said he loved it
3 take him to Easter Island
4 he starts practicing
5 they'll take him back to Easter Island
6 he decides to go to Island yo help him
7 killing EB

Answer the questions

E.B. is about to become the Easter Bunny but he is not interested.
What does he want to do?
_____________________________________________________________________________

Why does Fred put faces when his sister eats the candy?
_____________________________________________________________________________

What does Fred want to do?

_____________________________________________________________________________

How does the movie end?

_____________________________________________________________________________

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 Keys
Match the description with pictures:
1. butterfly 9. daffodil 17. Easter egg
2. nest 10. to plant 18. Earth day
3. Easter 11. shamrock 19. ladybug
4. tulips 12. shower 20. St.Patrick's day
5. bunny 13. blossom
6. spring cleaning 14. rainbow
7. to hatch 15. to recycle
8. sun-kissed 16. Women's day

Choose the best option. Say true or false 1.b 2. c 3 e 4. d 5. a 6. f

1.F 2.F 3. T, 4.T 5.F 6.F 7.F
Listen and say true or false 1.T 2.F 3.F 4.F 5.T 6.T 7.T

Spring idioms 1.d 2.c 3.j 4.h 5.f 6.i 7.b 8.e 9.a 10.g

1. Rise and Shine! It is your first day at school

2. Say the word “Australia” and a vision of beaches and blue seas immediately spring to mind.
3. I’m going on a date tonight and I have butterflies in my stomach! I’ve liked Tommy for so
long. I hope he likes me too.
4. His boss finally gave him the green light to start the new project.
5. I really have spring fever this year and cannot wait until it's nice enough outside to take the
boat out on the lake.
6. By the time she turned 20 Maria had already saved a lot of money for her trip abroad. She
had a nest egg.
7. Mr Tashina's financial adviser told him to be careful and not to put all his eggs in one basket
by investing all his money on stocks.
8. I know you want to become an actor but I think you should stop chasing rainbows and get
an office job.
9. I sometimes think I'd be happier teaching in Spain. Oh well, the grass is always greener on the
other side!
10. He was dishonest, but he was the only bad egg in the group.
St. Patrick's day 1.e 2.b 3.d 4.c 5. a

Complete the text with following words 1. birth 2.pastime 3.on 4. slope 5. broken 6. public
7. for 8. referee 9.decorating 10. skiing
Earth day A) waste B) pollution C) collecting D) recycled E) Paper F) logo
Possible tips: We can recycle waste. We can protect animals and plants. We can use more of
solar, wind and water power to produce energy. We can reduce the use of plastic.

Interesting facts 1.c 2.a 3.b 4.b 5.a 6.c 7.a 8.b 9.c 10.b 11.b 12. a

Write 3 words for each category Free answer

Write about your favourite spring holiday Free answer

Hop movie Events 1.c 2.a 3.e 4.d 5.b
Sentences match A-2 B-5 C-4 D-1 E-3 F-7 G-6
Questions Free answer 14
 HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN SPRING WHAT THINGS ABOUT SPRING
ARRIVES? DO YOU LIKE MOST AND LEAST?

WHAT HAPPENS IN SPRING IN YOUR DO YOU ALWAYS DO SPRING

COUNTRY? CLEANING?

ARE THERE ANY SPECIAL EVENTS THAT

WHAT COUNTRIES CELEBRATE ST.
TAKE PLACE IN SPRING
PATRICK'S DAY?
IN YOUR COUNTRY?

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ST. HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE EASTER IN

PATRICK'S DAY? YOUR COUNTRY?

WHAT CLOTHES DO YOU LIKE TO WHAT IS THE WEATHER TYPICALLY LIKE

WEAR WHEN SPRING ARRIVES? DURING THE SPRING?

HAVE YOU EVER PLANTED A GARDEN? WHAT HOLIDAYS DO YOU CELEBRATE

TELL WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLANT DURING THE SPRING? WHICH IS YOUR
AND WHY. FAVORITE SPRING HOLIDAY?

WHAT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DO YOU WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO

ENJOY DOING IN THE SPRING? ON EASTER DAY?