HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAYS (A RECIPE)

A typical Easter recipe is "Hot cross buns" so here´s the recipe in case you are curious to know how to make them and have a go at trying.  Let us know if you do1
 

APRIL FOOL´S DAY (Listening and more..)

Click on this page to learn about April Fool´s Day. Please, since it´s a German page listen and read the text and do only the quiz exercise. The vocabulary exercise is for German students.

TYPICALLY BRITISH

As I promised last week here´s a picture of wonderful Cream Tea. If you have the chance don´t hesitate to try it. Simply Delicious ! Yummy yummy.

For more information click on this link

HALLOWEEN

Hi folks

In these days it will take place one of the most famous holidays in the English-speaking world and also in many countries around the world including Spain. Yes, you guessed it. It´s Halloween.

Let´s see how much you know or can find out about HALLOWEEN.

Try this quiz answering the questions using the links provided.

1. When is Halloween ?


2. Where is it celebrated?


3. What´s the origin: which people started celebrating it?


4. What vegetable is the symbol of this festival?
5. What do people and mostly children do at Halloween?
   

PART 2

Now let´s see if you are familiar with Halloween vocabulary. Match these pictures with their corresponding words. Good luck!

a. trick or treat b. jack-o-lantern c. witch d. ghost e. Halloween costumes

1) 2) 3)

4) 5)

HALLOWEEN QUIZ

Try to solve the quiz

1.- Which day of this week is Halloween?
2.- In  which countries is it originally celebrated?
3.- What do children wear for Halloween?
4.- Children go door to door saying: `Trick or t_____´and people give them c______, chocolates , cookies and sometimes money.
5.- The custom is to carve a p_______ and put a candle in it. It is called a `Jack-o _______
and it is used to decorate, but the origin of this custom is to use it to protect the people against g______ and spirits.

Send me the answers through a commentary.

Click on this link to read more about Halloween.

April Fool´s Day

PART 1

April Fool´s day is right here.

By the way What´s this "April Fool´s day"?

Which day of the calendar is it on? What happens on this day? Is there a similar day in our Spanish culture? What do people usually do?

Too many questions to answer at the same time. Well , see how well you manage to find out the answers.

Looking forward to your replies!
Try the quiz from this link

Now that you know all about April Fool´s day
Enjoy this April Fool´s day joke video. What is the joke about? Is it funny?
What´s a hoax?
Have you or anyone you know played any jokes on our "Spanish" Fool´s day?Use this link to tell me about the Left Hand Whoppers joke and the Smell-o-vision jokes
Try and let us know about it so that we all can have fun ! or search the Internet for any funny
jokes on this day

ST PATRICK´S DAY

How much do you know about this day?

Use this link to find out about St Patrick´s Day and do the quiz. If you find it very easy click on this link and you´ll find lots of activities and quizzes related to this important holiday in some English-speaking countries .

Valentine´s day: Treasure Hunt

See how much you know about Valentine´s day by clicking on this link (find holidays-valentine Treasurehunt pdf ) to do the following activity . Use the web pages to find the answers to the questions.

You can also click on this audio text about Valentine´s day to find out more. The exercises on this page are too difficult for you but the audio is good for listening practice.

Have a nice Valentine day!!!

CULTURE: THANKSGIVING

How much do you know about this feast?

Use the following link to answer these questions:

A) When is it?

B) Where is it celebrated?

C) What do people celebrate?

D) How do they celebrate?

E) What do they eat?

Do you need more help??? Click on this link

DICTATION

Now listen to this audio and complete the gaps

Each year, on the fourth................ of November, people in the United States .............................. Thanksgiving. They .............................. the Pilgrims, religious refugees .............................. .............................. from England in .............................. . They .............................. in a place that is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, where the Wampanoag Indians ...............................The Pilgrims .............................. food, but the English plants ...............................It was very difficult to ............................... The Indians helped .............................. to grow native plants like corn and pumpkin and to .............................. turkeys to eat. So in the Autumn of .............................. , the Pilgrims invited the Wampanoag for a big meal .............................. .............................. thank you.Today American .............................. get together and have a big meal with .............................. and .............................. like corn, .............................. .............................. , mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce, a jelly .............................. of red berries.Like the Pilgrims, they give .............................. for being alive and .............................. together with people they love.

Guy Fawkes

Apart from Halloween there exist some other less famous celebrations in England like this of Guy Fawkes.

See if you can learn the basics of his story . Read this text and complete it with the words provided.

fireworks, kill, gunpowder, Parliament, bonfires, plot, conspirator, 5th November, "guys"

Guy Fawkes day is on 1)__________. He was a Catholic 2)____________ in a Protestant country . In 1605 he tried to blow up the Houses of 3)___________ with some

4)____________ because he wanted to 5)______king James I and restore Catholicism . This day it takes place the anniversary of the gunpowder 6)______.

How do people celebrate?: throughout England, towns and villages they light very big 7) ________, display magnificent 8) f_________ and burn 9) g_______ to celebrate the fact that the attack on the Parliament and James I in 1605 was not successful.

You can check your answers clicking on this link

As you see, this celebration has a lot in common with two very famous Spanish festivals which take place in March and in June. 10) Do you know which are these two?

Happy Guy Fawkes Day!!!!!

April Fool´s Day Prank

Now that you know all about April Fool´s day

Enjoy this April Fool´s day joke video. What is the joke about? Is it funny?

What´s a hoax?

Have you or anyone you know played any jokes on our "Spanish" Fool´s day?

Use this link to tell me about the Left Hand Whoppers joke and the Smell-o-vision jokes

Try and let us know about it so that we all can have fun ! or search the Internet for any funny

jokes on this day