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    Unusual British Festivals - Exercises PDF

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    The document describes several unusual British festivals and provides listening exercises to practice comprehension skills. The festivals involve activities like racing cheeses down hills, competitive pancake tossing, and judging ugly face competitions. One exercise matches festival activities like cooking special foods or dressing as characters. Another checks true/false understanding of festival details. A multiple choice section tests comprehension of specific festival traditions and events.

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    The document describes several unusual British festivals and provides listening exercises to practice comprehension skills. The festivals involve activities like racing cheeses down hills, competitive pancake tossing, and judging ugly face competitions. One exercise matches festival activities like cooking special foods or dressing as characters. Another checks true/false understanding of festival details. A multiple choice section tests comprehension of specific festival traditions and events.

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    The document describes several unusual British festivals and provides listening exercises to practice comprehension skills. The festivals involve activities like racing cheeses down hills, competitive pancake tossing, and judging ugly face competitions. One exercise matches festival activities like cooking special foods or dressing as characters. Another checks true/false understanding of festival details. A multiple choice section tests comprehension of specific festival traditions and events.

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    Unusual British Festivals - Exercises PDF

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    The document describes several unusual British festivals and provides listening exercises to practice comprehension skills. The festivals involve activities like racing cheeses down hills, competitive pancake tossing, and judging ugly face competitions. One exercise matches festival activities like cooking special foods or dressing as characters. Another checks true/false understanding of festival details. A multiple choice section tests comprehension of specific festival traditions and events.

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    Listening skills practice: Unusual British festivals exercises

    Listen to the presentation about unusual British festivals and do the exercises to practise and improve your
    listening skills.

    1. Preparation: matching
    Do this exercise before you listen. Match the two parts of the phrase to make common festival activities.
    Write af next to the numbers 16.
    1..

    follow

    a.

    a firework display

    2..

    cook and eat

    b.

    as a special character

    3..

    watch

    c.

    your house or street

    4..

    take part in a

    d.

    ancient traditions

    5..

    decorate

    e.

    competition

    6..

    dress up

    f.

    special food

    2. Check your understanding: true or false


    Do this exercise while you listen. Circle True or False for these sentences.
    1.

    Many of these festivals are actually races or competitions.

    True

    False

    2.

    The Burning of the Clavie brings good luck for the new year.

    True

    False

    3.

    On Shrove Tuesday in Scarborough people dance with ropes.

    True

    False

    4.

    Cheese rolling involves running away from a big, round cheese.

    True

    False

    5.

    Snail racing started in the UK.

    True

    False

    6.

    The competition to pull the ugliest face is an old tradition.

    True

    False

    7.

    The Burning of the Clocks festival marks the summer solstice.

    True

    False

    8.

    The Burning of the Clocks festival ends with people throwing water.

    True

    False

    3. Check your understanding: multiple choice


    Do this exercise while you listen. Circle the best phrase to complete these sentences.
    1.

    The Clavie is a whisky container / a wooden cross / a bonfire made of things people dont need .

    2.

    In the Up Helly Aa festival, they burn a wooden man / a Viking boat / a line in the grass .

    3.

    During a pancake race, you have to eat as many pancakes as possible / run as fast as possible
    while tossing a pancake in a pan / run and jump over the ropes without dropping the pancake .

    4.

    Nowadays, the people who win the cheese rolling competition are usually top athletes / people
    from the village / visitors from all over the world .

    5.

    The fastest snail in the Snail Racing is cooked with garlic and butter / rescued from the barbecue /
    given a prize of extra lettuce .

    6.

    Black pudding throwing is similar to pancake tossing / Olympic sports like javelin and shotput /
    bowling .

    7.

    To win the best gurner competition, one man had all his teeth removed / grew a really long beard
    / had a lot of facial piercings .

    8.

    The Burning of the Clocks festival is 2 years old / 20 years old / 200 years old .

    Which of these traditions would you like to take part in?


    Do they remind you of any other festivals that you know about?
    Id like to because
    Theres a festival in , where they

    Vocabulary Box

    Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson.

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