Listening (Isabella)
Holidays
4. Listen to the interviews and choose the best answer.
a) Where does this news program
take place?
( ) in a city marketplace
( ) at a shopping mall
( ) at a local school
b) What holiday is the reporter
asking questions about?
( ) Carnival
( ) Christmas
( ) Easter
c) How does the young girl,
Elizabeth, celebrate this holiday
with her family?
( ) They visit close relatives.
( ) They go out to eat at a restaurant.
( ) They go to see a movie.
d) What does the young man,
Johnny, and his family eat on this
day?
( ) ham
( ) turkey
( ) chicken
e) Steven feels that this day is a
time when people ___.
( ) think of others without waiting
for a gift in return
( ) give gifts during an elaborate
dinner
( ) exchange gifts with friends,
family, and teachers
f) How does the “secret giving” work
in Steven’s family?
( ) the children leave presents under
their parents’ beds
( ) they put the gift in front to
somebody’s door, ring the doorbell,
and hide
( ) the parents hide the presents, and
the children need to find them
g) The final girl says that the best
thing about Christmas is ___.
( ) sleeping late every day
( ) receiving presents from classmates
( ) having a vacation from school

5. Listen to the interviews and choose the best answer.
a) Where does this news program
take place?
( ) in a city marketplace
( ) at a shopping mall
( ) at a local school
b) What holiday is the reporter
asking questions about?
( ) Carnival
( ) Christmas
( ) Easter
c) How does the young girl,
Elizabeth, celebrate this holiday
with her family?
( ) They visit close relatives.
( ) They go out to eat at a restaurant.
( ) They go to see a movie.
Listening (Nicole)
Holidays
d) What does the young man,
Johnny, and his family eat on this
day?
( ) ham
( ) turkey
( ) chicken
e) Steven feels that this day is a
time when people ___.
( ) think of others without waiting
for a gift in return
( ) give gifts during an elaborate
dinner
( ) exchange gifts with friends,
family, and teachers
f) How does the “secret giving” work
in Steven’s family?
( ) the children leave presents under
their parents’ beds
( ) they put the gift in front to
somebody’s door, ring the doorbell,
and hide
( ) the parents hide the presents, and
the children need to find them
g) The final girl says that the best
thing about Christmas is ___.
( ) sleeping late every day
( ) receiving presents from classmates
( ) having a vacation from school
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Holidays
6. The text below talks about an American holiday. In pairs, ask each other questions to complete
the text.

One of my favorite holidays is a) __________ in Boston,

Massachusetts. Every b) __________, Boston residents celebrate
Patriots’ Day on the third Monday of April. On this day, people
remember c) __________. Many towns have parades and
speeches. The second important event is d) __________. The
marathon happens every year on Patriots’ Day. The race
starts around 10:00 a.m. in e) __________ and ends in Boston.
Thousands of people watch f) __________. The third event is the
special Patriots’ Day baseball game. The Boston Red Sox play
a team from another town. The game starts around g)
__________ in Boston.
 Speaking (Nicole)

Holidays
6. The text below talks about an American holiday. In pairs, ask each other questions to complete
the text.

One of my favorite holidays is Patriots’ Day in a) __________.

Every year, Boston residents celebrate Patriots’ Day on b)
__________. On this day, people remember the beginning of the
American Revolutionary War. Many towns have c) __________.
The second important event is the Boston Marathon. The
marathon happens every year on Patriots’ Day. The race starts
around d) __________ in Hopkinton and ends in e) __________.
Thousands of people watch runners from all over the world.
The third event is f) __________. The Boston Red Sox play a team
from another town. The game starts around 11:00 a.m. in g)
__________.
Initial discussion

Festivals and events

1. Look at the pictures.

International Camel
What events are
Derby and Festival
these? Where do they
(Kenya, Africa)
take place?
Match the festival
names to the correct Eleuthera Pinneapple
pictures. Festival (Bahamas,
North America)
2. What are the people
in the photos doing? Holi, the Festival of
Colours (India, Asia)

Matakiri, the Maori

New Year (New
Zealand, Oceania)

Belize Birding
Festival (Belize,
Central America)
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Festivals and events

3. Look at the picture. What are these people doing?

4. Read the text below and discuss the following questions.

a) What are people doing in this picture of the Thai New Year?
b) Are they enjoying it?
c) Would you like to go to Songkran festival? Why?

This is the Sogkran festival in Thailand,

Asia, and people are having fun. This is
the New Year for Thai people. It usually
lasts three days. There are a lot of street
parties. People go outside and have big
water fights. During this festival, you can
throw water on your friends, your family…
everyone. It’s fantastic!

Look at these people. They are enjoying

Songkran. They have buckets of water and
they are throwing water on the people in
the streets. Is it OK? Yes, of course! It’s
Songkran!