Holidays in the UK

Grade 8

That's a good video to watch and discuss holidays in the UK

QUESTIONS

1.    What festivals do British people celebrate with the rest of Europe?

2.    When do people in Britain remember Guy Fawkes and his plot to blow up the king and the house of parliament?

3.    What do British people burn every November 5^th?

4.    How are the models called?

5.    How do children make them?

6.    There are lots of fireworks on this day, aren’t there?

7.    When is Pancake Day celebrated?

8.    What do ‘pancake races’ mean?

9.    What do people eat on Pancake Day?

10.When is a very romantic day celebrated and how it is called?

11.Do people sign cards?

12.When is the Festival of ghosts and witches celebrated? And how is it called?

13.What do people do on this day?

14.People put up lots of decorations on Christmas, don’t they?

15.Where do a lot of families go in the morning?

16.What do they have after church?

17.What do they eat?

18.What do people put inside of crackers?

19.Christmas dinner is finished with a traditional Christmas pudding, isn’t it?

20.What do people put in it?

21.How is New Year’s Eve called in Scotland?

22.What do people sing at midnight?

23.Where is there always a really big party in London?

ANSWERS

1. Christmas and Easter

2. 5^th November

3. A model of Guy Fawkes

4. Guys

5. Out of old clothes

6. Yes, there are

7. In February

8. People throw pancakes in the air and race at the same time

9. Pancakes

10. St. Valentine’s Day, February 14^th

11. No, they don't

12. October 31^st, Halloween

13. People often have parties and children dress up as witches

14. Yes, they do.

15. To church

16. A special Christmas dinner

17. Roast turkey, stuffing roast potatoes and Brussels sprouts

18. A little present and a joke

19. Yes, it is.

20. A silver coin to bring good luck

21. Hogmanay

22. Auld Lang Syne

23. In Trafalgar Square