Контрольная работа по теме "Праздники"

Test «Holidays»

Exercise 1. Match the beginning and the end of the holiday phrase.

Exercise 2. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences

Historical, remember, independence, Christmas, celebrate, religious, work, dancing, national, official, during, food, drink

People in the United States (1) ____________ the Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in November. The fourth of July is also a (2) ____________  holiday. This is the day when Americans celebrate their (3) ____________ from Britain. In Britain people don’t really celebrate (4) ____________ events in this way. Here, the main holidays are (5) ____________  holidays, (6) ____________ and Easter. There are several one-day holidays (7) ____________  the year. These are (8) ____________  public holidays when people don’t go to (9) ____________. There are days when people (10) ____________  the dead or their parents. On many holidays there is usually a lot of (11) ____________  and  (12) ____________, and (13) ____________ often until the early hours in the morning.

Exercise 3. Write in on, in, at.

I get a lot of presents ____Christmas My birthday is ____ autumn. We celebrate Easter ____ April. School begins ____ September 1 st. I'm going to have a party ____ the weekend Do you play jokes ____ April Fool's Day?

Exercise 4. Match the names of the parties and their descriptions.

Exercise 5. Give short answers.

-Do you paint eggs at Easter?

-Was Easter in May last year?

-Did you play any jokes on April 1 st?

-Did you invite a lot of guests to your birthday party?

-Does your mum decorate the house for New Year?

-Do you like watching parades on TV?