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UK Special Days/Holidays/Occasions 4 pages worksheet
Lesson about holidays/special occasions in the UK (most of it can be applied internationally).
1st page - pre-teaches some vocabulary used on the second page through a matching exercise.
2nd page - matching UK holidays/occasions to their descriptions (with gap fill for the pre-taught words in 1st page).
3rd page - Challenging reading text adapted from http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/ on the topic of April Fools´ day.
4th page - includes glossary, true or false and discussion questions relating to 3rd page.
Other holidays mentioned are:
1. Shrove Tuesday
2. Saint Valentine´s Day
3. Mothering Sunday
4. Guy Fawkes Night
5. Fathers´ Day
6. Easter Sunday
7. Boxing Day
8. May Day
9. Halloween
10. Hogmany/New Years Eve
11. Saint Andrew´s Day
12. Saint Patrick´s Day
13. Armistice Day
14. Christmas Eve
15. April Fools´ Day
16. Christmas Day
17. Good Friday
18. Burns Night
Level:advanced Age: 8-17
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