Festivals

Mgr. Katarna Itokov

Today we will learn:

1. about holidays and festivals in Great Britain 2. new vocabulary about festivals 3. how to describe school holidays and customs at Christmas, New Year and Easter

Vyber sprvny tvar

przdniny
festival holiday

semester
main

term

tde
week
weekend

16/1 A typical year in Britain

School Holidays The school year always starts at the beginning of September. kolsk przdniny kolsk rok vdy zana na zaiatku septembra.

A typical year in Great Britain

There are six terms in the school year and three main holidays: the Christmas holidays two weeks the Easter holidays two weeks the summer holidays six weeks Je es semestrov v kolskom roku a tri hlavn przdniny: Vianon przdniny dva tdne Vekonon przdniny dva tdne letn przdniny es tdov

A typical year in Britain

There are also short holidays in October, February and May. These are for one week or ten days. Tam s tie krtke przdniny v oktbri, februri a mji. Tieto s 1 tde alebo 10 dn.

Answer the questions:

1. How many weeks holiday do British schoolchildren have? 2. Which holiday is the longest? 3. How long are holidays in February and October? 4. How many terms are there in the school year?

Answers to questions:
1. about 13 weeks (six in summer, two at Easter and two at Christmas, and three one week holidays) 2. summer holidays 3. one week or 10 days 4. six

turkey

chocolate eggs

presents

fireworks

decorations Auld Lang Syne tree

Dopl tabuku
Christmas New Year turkey Easter

chocolate eggs
presents fireworks

decorations
a tree Auld Lang Syne

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Christmas New Year turkey x Easter

chocolate eggs
presents fireworks x x

decorations
a tree Auld Lang Syne

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x x

Christmas

Families usually come together to celebrate it.

Christmas

Christmas is the biggest festival of the year.

Christmas

People put up decorations and decorate a Christmas tree.

Christmas

On Christmas Day (25 December), they open their presents and there is a traditional meal of turkey with vegetables followed by Christmas pudding.

Christmas

The next day (26 December) is a holiday too. We call it Boxing Day. On Boxing Day, people often visit friends or to to sport matches.

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Lets do the crossword

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Lets do the crossword

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Do you like Christmas?

1.Who is in the picture?

2.How is he dressed? 3.Can you find these things in the picture? a ball 5 a car 8 a sleigh 3 a house 7 a doll 1 books 9 presents 10 a train 6 a teddy bear 4 snowflakes 2

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1.This word starts with a "W."

What is it called?

It is the season of the year in which Christmas is celebrated.

WINTER

2. This word starts with an "H." It is the word for a time to celebrate. Christmas is one of these. What is it?

HOLIDAY

3. This word starts with an "S." It is a fluffy white form of water that sometimes falls in cold parts of the world during winter. What is it called?

SNOW

4. This word starts with a "P." Christmas is a time for giving. This is another word for a gift. What is this other word?

PRESENTS

5. This word starts with a "T." This is a symbol of Christmas. Some people put one of these in their house and decorate it with ornaments, lights and angels. What is it?

TREE

6. This word starts with an "N." This cold, far-away are is where Santa lives. What is it called?

NORTH POLE

New Year

At New Year a lot of people have a party to see in the new year.

New Year

At midnight, they usually join their hands and sing Auld Lang Syne.

New Year

New Year is an important festival in Scotland. In Edinburg there is a big street party with famous bands and fireworks.

Easter

We also celebrate Easter in Britain. The Easter holiday lasts four days from Good Friday to Easter Monday.

Easter

People eat sweet bread buns called hot-cross buns on Good Friday and on Easter Sunday people usually give chocolate Easter eggs.

Easter

In some towns, there are Easter egg hunts in the parks for children.

Answer the questions

1. What school holidays do you have in your country? 2. What festivals do you have? 3. Which is the biggest festival? 4. How long does it last? 5. How do you celebrate it?

Festival in winter
Poprehadzovan psmen: SATSRICHM

CHRISTMAS

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Festival in spring
Poprehadzovan psmen: RTSEAE
EASTER
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Time in the evening

Poprehadzovan psmen: IDINMHTG

MIDNIGHT

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