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Reading the 5th form (2nd term) v-1
1. Read the text and put the sentences into the correct order.
I like Christmas, Mother’s Day and St Valentine’s Day but my favourite holiday is the New Year. Usually my parents and I celebrate the New Year at home or at the cottage of my parents’ friend. But this New Year we celebrated at my grandparents’ house in the village. We had a lot of fun! We didn’t want to decorate the New Year tree in the house because we saw a nice fir-tree in the yard! My father and I decorated it with my old toys and garlands. At night my aunt, uncle and cousins came and we sang songs and danced around the New Year tree. Most of all everybody enjoyed playing snowballs. Then we gave presents to each other. My cousins got new bikes and I got a new mobile phone!
a) My father and I decorated the New Year tree in the yard.
b) As a present I got a mobile phone.
c) This New Year we celebrated in the village.
d) My favourite holiday is the New Year.
2. Choose the correct variant to complete the sentences.
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1) The holiday I like most of all is ... .
a) the New Year
b) Christmas
c) St Valentine’s Day
d) Mother’s Day |
2) This New Year we celebrated ... .
a) at home
b) in the village
c) at our friend’s place
d) at my aunt’s place |
3) Most of all we liked ... .
a) singing songs
b) dancing
c) decorating the New Year tree
d) playing snowballs |
4) My cousins got ... as presents.
a) bikes
b) mobile phones
c) toys
d) garlands |
3. Write short answers to the questions.
1) Where do my parents and I usually celebrate the New Year?
2) Where did we decorate the New Year tree?
3) Who came to celebrate the New Year with us at night?
4) What present did I get?
Reading the 5th form (2nd term) v-2
1. Read the text and put the sentences into the correct order.
My friend Molly lives in London. Last December she invited me to her country to celebrate Christmas. I was happy to go there because I didn’t know how the English celebrate this holiday. First of all I helped Molly to make Christmas cards and to decorate the Christmas tree. We prepared stockings for presents and put them near our beds. Molly’s mother cooked the traditional Christmas dinner. For Christmas dinner the English always have a roast turkey, some vegetables and a pudding. Molly’s mother showed me how to cook Christmas pudding. It was very tasty. I was happy
to celebrate Christmas with my friend. Before dinner everybody opened the presents. I got a nice doll for my collection and Molly got a dress.
a) Molly’s mother taught me to cook Christmas pudding.
b) I went to London to celebrate Christmas with my friend’s family.
c) We opened the presents and then had dinner.
d) Molly and I made Christmas cards and decorated the Christmas tree.
2. Choose the correct variant to complete the sentences.
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1) I ... how English people celebrate Christmas.
a) knew
b) wanted to know
c) liked
d) didn’t learn |
2) I helped Molly to make Christmas ... .
a) angels
b) cards
c) stockings
d) presents |
3) We prepared stockings for ... .
a) the Christmas tree
b) our beds
c) Christmas dinner
d) presents |
4) My Christmas present was ... .
a) a doll
b) a dress
c) a pudding
d) a stocking |
3. Write short answers to the questions.
1) Who invited me to London?
2) Where did Molly and I put the stockings?
3) What did Molly’s mother cook for Christmas dinner?
4) What present did Molly get?
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