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Form Unit 5

“My Favourite Celebrations”.

(“English-5. V.Kuzovlev, N.Lapa)

Teacher- Larisa Drobysheva, School 998, Moscow.

1/ Listen to the text. Write out the sentences with the correct information

according to the text.
1. a/.Every month there is a big Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square in London. b/ Every year there is a big Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square in London. 2.a/This is a present from Norway. b/ This is a present from American people. 3.a/ The shops are busy. b/ There are no people in the shops. 4.a/ People don`t like this holiday, they are not happy. b/ People are very glad and happy to celebrate this holiday.
2/ Read the text and write if the sentences are TRUE or FALSE.
СHRISTMAS. The 25 th of December is Christmas Day. It`s a happy holiday for many people in different countries. Some weeks before Christmas English people are very busy. They send greeting cards to their friends and relatives. People also buy Christmas trees and decorate them with toys, sweets, coloured balls and electric lights. The shops are busy too. People buy a lot of presents, food and drinks for the parties. On Christmas Eve people put their presents under the Christmas trees and children hang their stockings near the beds. At night father Frost comes. He has got a big bag with presents. He puts the presents into the children`s stockings. People open all the presents in the morning and they are happy! For Christmas lunch they usually eat roast turkeys, potatoes, green vegetables, tasty cakes and Christmas puddings. The day after Christmas is Boxing Day. People usually visit their relatives and friends. They do not work on that day.

Task.
1.The 25 th of December is Father Frost`s Day. 2. People put their presents in the big box. 3.People eat potatoes, green vegetables, roast turkeys, cakes and puddings. 4. They send greeting cards to the Father Frost. 5.The shops are very busy before Christmas. 6.People decorate Christmas trees with new books, balls, pens and pencils. 7. People open their presents in the evening. 8.The day after Christmas is May day. People always work .
3/ Words.

a/ Match the English word and the Russian equivalent
. Fireworks, to light, to wrap, a stocking, national, to raise (a flag) outside, to shout, strange, a ghost. Заворачивать, снаружи, зажигать, призрак, фейерверки, чулок, странный(незнакомый), национальный, поднимать, кричать.
b/ Translate from Russian into English.
Подарок-..., каждый-…, пудинг-….,яйцо-…, выбирать-…, от-до-…., огонёк-…, вешать-…, платить-…, внутри-…, падать-…, канун-…
4/ Grammar. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the correct form. Rewrite

the letter.
27 Green Street, Oxford, 03/01/16 Dear _______, Thank you for your _____________. I want to tell you about my preparations for New Year`s Day.

On the 31 st of December all the members of my __________ were very busy at home. We (prepare) for the New ___________party for the whole evening. My mother(cook) tasty food and my __________(help) her in the kitchen. My aunt Polly (clean) the rooms. My Granny and my Grandpa (wrap) presents. My sisters and I (decorate) the _____________ with
_______________lights. My ____ (paint) a nice poster! But our pets (do) nothing! The cat (sleep) on the sofa and our dog (sit) near us. And how did you prepare for your New Year`s Day? What were you doing all the evening? What presents have you got? Please, write soon. With the best wishes, _________________________________ Audio script. There are many holidays: Christmas, New Year`s Day, Women`s Day and others. British people like to celebrate Christmas and New Year`s Day best of all. They prepare for these holidays beforehand: buy presents and souvenirs, send greeting cards and have parties. They put their best clothes on and look really nice. Every year there is a big Christmas tree in the centre of London, in Trafalgar Square. This is a traditional present from Norway to the people of Great Britain. Londoners decorate this Christmas tree , streets and their houses too. In the evening before Christmas people like to come to Trafalgar Square to look at the tree. They are very happy.