GreEn App lE

British
and A merican

Festivities
by Gina D.B. Clemen
K E Y T O T H E E X E R C I S E S A N D E X I T T E S T

CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2
Page 8 Exercise 1 Page 15 Exercise 1
a. T a. the United States and Great Britain
b. F - Christopher Columbus wanted b. Celtic
to reach the East by sailing to the c. All Hallows’ Eve
West. d. have a Halloween party at school
c. F - The King and Queen of Spain e. have a party on Halloween
gave Columbus three ships: the evening
Santa Maria , the Niña and the Pinta . f. go ‘trick-or-treating’
d. F - Columbus was an Italian
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navigator and explorer.
a. was
e. T
b. practised
f. F - Most Americans celebrate
c. made, dressed
Columbus Day with colourful
d. believed, came
parades.
e. became
g. T
f. took
Page 8 Exercise 2 g. gave
a. round h. wore
b. coast
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c. beach
a. alien
d. horizon
b. devil
a. coast c. Batman
b. horizon d. skeleton
c. round e. witch
d. beach
Page 18 Exercise 4
Page 11 Exercise 3 children, school, witch, people, buy,
Marco Polo, Magellan, Sir Francis afternoon, party, with, make,
Drake, Captain Cook, Columbus windows, Celtic
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CHAPTER 3 We built small houses and cultivated CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 8
crops.
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The harvest was very good this
a. a British a. Hogmanay, important a. between 1 January and 19 February
year.
b. Protestant, Catholics b. parties, balls b. has an animal’s name
Yesterday we invited the Indians to
c. Catholics, blow up c. favourite, Times Square c. wear new clothes with bright
a Thanksgiving dinner.
d. guard d. Big Ben colours
We thanked God for everything.
e. King’s soldiers, were hanged e. promises d. lucky money
Love from, ...
f. Britain, Guy f. office, calendars e. Chinatown in San Francisco
g. night f. dragon
CHAPTER 5 Page 57 Exercise 2
Page 24 Exercise 2 Page 68 Exercise 2
Page 43 Exercise 1
a. Who T R A F A L G A R J Z X O
a. two pagan festivals
b. When G N Y S N D L M V R B H L A C E G I K M O Q S U
b. the birthday of the sun
c. Who O F E H J B I G B E N I P W C Y B D F R A T H J
c. Yule
d. Where L A H N P R O T V X Z
d. Germany B Y D W F Y X O V I U M R
e. Why J L P I Z U T M B O P
e. designed in Britain in 1843 X L I K Y H E R B D P T Y
f. Where
f. St. Nicholas N E R S N Q B O S T U
g. What S F N N L O N D O N G I B
g. an American cartoonist Q N G D R A G O N H L
V N B J E Y R W M T P M U
Page 25 Exercise 3 O D N A Z B T N Y C X
A K U H A M S K R N W E S
newspaper, shirt, trousers, jumper, CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS D A W E V F U O G T H
hair, shoes F Y R U V I C P H E B S N
S R I R J Q K P W L P
FOOD P H G T C R H C S T N E O M O P Z C T L O B N D
CHAPTER 4 Page 44 Exercise 1 W L H M U C F I Y A P U K T R C L D G N H S P O
a. roast ham
Page 30 Exercise 1 b. roast turkey
a. T c. mince pies Page 57 Exercise 3 CHAPTER 9
b. T d. fruit cake going, party, dance, ring, street,
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c. F – The tradition started with the e. Christmas cookies end, make
a. cards, presents
Pilgrims in America. f. Christmas pudding CHAPTER 7 b. Roman
d. T
TREES c. mystery
e. F – Their first winter was very Page 61 Exercise 1 d. Hamlet
cold and they had little food. Page 48 Exercise 1 a. F – People have always celebrated e. settlers
f. F – Squanto helped the Pilgrims to a. g, h b. a c. c d. f e. b, d, (e) the New Year. f. printed
grow corn, hunt and live in the b. T g. unusual
wilderness. CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD c. F – In the United States many h. love, anyone
g. T families have ‘Open House’ on New
h. T Page 50 Exercise 1 Year’s Day. Page 77 Exercise 2
a. Great Britain d. T a. from
Page 30 Exercise 2 b. U.S.A. e. F – The Pasadena “Tournament of b. on
a. Mayflower-3; b. wilderness-1; c. Germany Roses” is an important parade. c. to
c. Pilgrims-5; d. harsh-2; e. Squanto-6; d. Mexico f. T d. of
f. crops-4; g. Plymouth-7. e. Lapland e. into
Page 31 Exercise 3 f. Italy Page 61 Exercise 2 f. in
Dear Grandmother, a. noisiest g. out
Page 52 Exercise 2 b. sunniest
I arrived in America one year ago. a. Christmas tree h. with
The winter was very cold and there c. youngest
b. Nativity scene d. richest Page 77 Exercise 3
was little food. c. teddy bear e. coldest send, person, love, guess, card,
Many people died. d. ornament f. best write, box, party, children, secret
In the spring some kind Indians e. rocking horse
helped us. Page 62 Exercise 3
f. Santa Claus 1f – 2a – 3e – 4c – 5d – 6b.
They became our good friends.

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CHAPTER 10 Friday at 6 p.m. Page 105 Exercise 3 Page 110 Exercise 2
My cousin met me at the airport. 1c - 2d - 3a - 4b. noise, steel drums, Calypso, meat,
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We went to his home and had costumes, parade, salted fish, dance,
a. T Page 106 Exercise 4
dinner. Then we painted Easter eggs float, prize
b. F – The Irish community in the a5 - b4 - c6 - d3 - e2 - f1 - g7 - h8.
and ate ice cream. a. steel drums, noise
United States is very big.
On Easter Day there was a big b. parade
c. T CHAPTER 14
Easter Egg Hunt in the park. c. prize, float
d. F – When Patrick was 16 years
I found fifteen eggs and I won first Page 110 Exercise 1 d. meat, salted fish
old he was captured and taken to
prize! a. F – The Notting Hill Carnival of e. Calypso
Ireland.
Later we went to see the Easter London is the second biggest f. costumes, dance
e. T
Bonnet Parade. It was fun! carnival in the world.
f. F – The shamrock is a symbol of Page 111 Exercise 3
We saw a lot of funny bonnets. One b. T
Ireland and the Irish. music: beautiful, loud, Calypso,
girl had a toy aeroplane on her c. T
g. T Soca.
bonnet! d. F – The first street festival was a
Page 82 Exercise 2 In the evening we went to church. costumes: beautiful, long, short,
great success.
colour, Irish, parades, by, alphabet, From ... colourful.
e. F – In Britain celebrations take
of, shamrock, slave, it, the, generous, food: delicious.
place in August when it is warmer.
is, by, serpents CHAPTER 12 parade: beautiful, loud, long, short,
f. T
colourful.
Green is the colour of the Irish. g. T
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Page 83 Exercise 3 a2 - b5 - c4 - d3 - e6 - f1.
a. British; b. American; c. French; Page 96 Exercise 2
d. Italian; e. Spanish; f. Chinese; a. yesterday, today; b. there;
g. Celtic; h. German; i. Dutch c. never; d. loudly; e. tomorrow;
f. slowly
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a. between 22 March and 25 April Page 103 Exercise 1
b. the pagan goddess of spring, Eostre a. is America’s birthday
c. symbols of pagan spring festivals b. belonged to Great Britain
d. in England during the Middle Ages c. wrote the Declaration of
e. traditional Easter egg hunt in every Independence
city and town d. proclaimed independence from
f. Easter Bonnet Parade Britain and democracy and justice
Page 90 Exercise 2 for all
a. Easter is a Christian festivity. e. the West
b. The pagan goddess of spring was f. pow-wow, a rodeo and tribal
Eostre. dances
c. In Britain and in the United States Page 104 Exercise 2 9
it is usual to send Easter cards. Y
d. Before Easter Day American and 1 H O T D O G
British children paint Easter eggs. 7 R 11
e. The President of the United States B 8 K 10 F
invites children to roll eggs on the 2 L I B E R T Y B E L L
lawn of the White House. U I O R A
f. In many American cities and towns 3 P I E C W I G
there is an Easter Bonnet Parade. Y N T 12
C A H
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L 4 C A L I F O R N I A
Dear ....., 5 T H I R T E E N N R
I arrived in New York City last
S
6 W E S T
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COMPREHENSION GRAMMAR

1. Are the following sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false 2. Fill in the gaps with the correct superlative. Use the adjective in
sentences. brackets.

T F a. California is the (sunny) .................. place in America.

a. Columbus Day is an American festivity and b. The most colourful costume won first prize because it was the
it is celebrated on 12 October. (good) .................. .
b. Halloween has ancient Indian origins. c. Summer is the (hot) .................. season of the year.
c. The fifth of December is Guy Fawkes’ Night in America. d. Jimmy was the (small) .................. child at the park.
d. The Pilgrims were the founders of America. They were e. Your cooking is bad but mine is the (bad) .................. .
the first to celebrate Thanksgiving. f. Susan is the (pretty) .................. girl in the class.
e. The word Christmas comes from the Roman words g. Alice and Edward are the (happy) .................. couple.
‘Cristes maesse’, Christ’s mass.
f. The modern Christmas tree originated in the 3. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple tense.
United States. At Halloween, the children (take) 1.................. their costumes to
g. In Scotland Hogmanay, or New Year’s Eve, is the most school; in the afternoon they (put) 2.................. them on and (have)
important celebration of the year. 3
.................. a Halloween party. Some children (wear) 4..................
h. In California the biggest and oldest New Year’s Day scary costumes. The best costume (win) 5.................. a prize. The
events are the ‘Tournament of Roses’ parade children (play) 6.................. games and (eat) 7.................. candied
and the Rose Bowl game. apples and pumpkin pie.
i. On the Chinese calendar every year has an insect’s name. In the evening children and teenagers (go) 8.................. “trick-or-
j. The custom of celebrating Valentine’s Day probably began treating.” People (give) 9.................. them sweets or money. The
with the Roman festival of Lupercalia on 15 February. children (be) 10.................. happy with the treats.
k. The Irish community in the United States is very small
but it celebrates St. Patrick’s Day on 17 March. 4. Write the nationality adjective for each country.

l. The word Easter probably comes from the pagan goddess France ...................
of spring, Eostre. Spain ...................
m. In Great Britain many people in costumes do Morris China ...................
dancing on Easter Day. Germany ...................
n. On 4 July, 1776 a group of American patriots wrote the United States of America ...................
the Declaration of Independence. Today the fourth of July Great Britain ...................
or Independence Day celebrates America’s birthday. Italy ...................
o. The Notting Hill Carnival of London is the biggest street Mexico ...................
festival in Europe. Holland ...................
Ireland ...................

5. What is your favourite festivity and why?

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1. a. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October.

b. It has ancient Celtic origins.
c. F – The fifth of November is Guy Fawkes’ night in Britain.
d. T
e. F – The word Christmas comes from Old English.
f. F – It originated in western Germany.
g. T
h. T
i. F – It has an animal’s name.
j. T
k. F – The Irish community in the United States is very big.
l. T
m.F – Many people in costumes do Morris dancing on May Day.
n. T
o. T
2. a. sunniest b. best c. hottest d. smallest e. worst f. prettiest
g. happiest
3. 1. took 2. put 3. had 4. wore 5. won 6. played 7. ate 8. went
9. gave 10. were
4. France – French
Spain – Spanish
China – Chinese
Germany – German
The United States of America – American
Great Britain – British
Italy – Italian
Mexico – Mexican
Holland – Dutch
Ireland – Irish
5. Open answer.

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