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Unit Celebrations

Answer Key

Activity 1- Reading

Read the text about “Children’s Day” and answer the questions

1)What is children’s days’ motto?

The motto of children’s day is “Love, Friendship, and Peace”.

2)What do children do on the 23rd of April?

They perform different activities in their school or visit the Parliament.

3)Does children do some activities in their school?

Yes, they do.

Activity 2- Reading

Read the text about “Santa Tecla” and answer the question

1. When Catalan people celebrate Santa Tecla Festival?

They celebrate “Santa Tecla” at the end of September.

2. Does everyone celebrate Santa Tecla Festival all over the world?

No. Catalan people celebrate Santa Tecla Festival.

3. What kind of activities are there at the festival?

The fireworks and traditional folkloric procession

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Activity 3- Speaking

Look at the pictures and tell your friend

Who are they? Where are they? What are they doing?...etc.

Students’ own anwers.

Activity 4- Reading and speaking

1.Do you have any national day?

2.How do you celebrate your national day?

Students’ own answers

Activity 5 – Writing and Speaking

Look the the pictures and label them

Fireplace presents Christmas tree

__

Santa Claus Snowman Bells

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Reindeer Holly Candles Wreath

Work in pairs and talk to your friends

How do you celebrate the chirstmas?

Student’ own answer

Activity 6- Reading

Read the dialogue between “Ayten and Ali “ and answer the questions.

1)Do Ayten and Ali have many eggs?

No, they don’t.

2)How much cheese do they have?

They need some cheese.

3)Do they need any butter?

Yes, they need some.

4)Does Ali need a lipstcik for the kitchen?

No, he doesn’t.

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Exercise

Exercises- Quantifiers

Fill in the gaps using “quantifiers”

1. There are some people at the Halloween party.

2. We don’t have any drinks for Chirstmas.

3. Is there any milk for the cake?

4. A: Are there any students at school?

B:No, there aren’t. It is holiday.

5. I have some money. So I will not buy any presents.

6. Look at the fridge, there are some apples for the pie.

Activity 7- Writing Complete the list of numbers and ordinal numbers.Then check

and repeat.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

Ordinal Numbers

1st first 2nd second 3rd third 4th fourth 5th fifth 6th sixth 7th seventh

8th eighth 9th nineth 10th tenth 11th eleventh 12th twelfth 13th thirteenth

14th fourteenth 15th fifteenth 16th sixteenth 17th seventeenth 18th eighteenth

19th nineteenth

20th twentieth 21st twenty-first 30th thirtieth 31st thirty-first

Numbers

1-one 2-two 3-three 4-four 5-five 6-six 7-seven 8-eight 9-nine

10-ten 11-eleven 12-twelve 13- thirteen 14-fourteen 15-fifteen

16- sixteen 17-seventeen 18-eighteen 19-nineteen 20-twenty 30- thirty

40-forty 50-fifty 60-sixty 70-seventy 80-eighty 90-ninety 100- a hundred

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Write and repeat the dates.

14.

15.

16.


1)What is your national day? Why this day is important for your country?

2)When is your birthday?How many people in your class have their birthday in the same

month?


Activity 9 - Listening 1

Ester calls her husband to talk about her birthday surprise for her daughter. She

studies in Arezzo. Listen to them and fill in the gaps.

1.Their daughter’s birthday is on The 25th of April

2.They want to go to Arezzo

3.Their flight is on The 23rd of April

4.They are planning to come on The 28th of April

1/1 the first of January 14/2 the fourteenth of February

3/3 the third of March 6/6 the sixth of June

22/8 the twenty-second of August 31//10 the thirty-first of October

25/12 the twenty-fifth of December 3/5 the third of May

2/12 the second of December

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Activity 10- Writing

Label the things on the Picture. Use; a- an- some

(bread,cake,carrot,cheese,chicken,onion,cucumber,fish,tomato)

Some bread some cake a carrot some cheese

some chicken an onion a cucumber some fish a tomato

Activity 11- Reading

Read the following texts about festivals and mark the statements True(T) or

False(F)

1. F They celebrate Easter on the same day every year.

2. F People all around the world celebrate Hıdırellez.

3. T Children visit haunted houses in Easter.

4. T People celebrate Halloween on 31st October.

5. T They decorate pumpkins on Halloween.

6. F People make a wish on Hıdırellez and keep their wishes.

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Activity 12- Listening 2

Listen to İrfan and Lloredana, and then fill in the chart.They are talking about their

festivals

IRFAN LLOREDANA

When do they celebrate

their festivals?

after Ramadan and it

falls on the first day of

Shawwal.

On 15th February

What do they do?

They visit their parents

and relatives and

children collect some

candies and choclote

They get to the Cathedral

and pray.

Who celebrate these

festivals?

Muslims People in Arrezzo


Look at the pictures and label them

1) 2) 3)

A ghost costume party easter egg

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4) 5) 6)

Haunted house Easter bunny Decorated pumpkin


Write a letter to your friend and explain what you are doing in Easter\ Halloween

or Hıdırellez.

Students own answers


Organize a costume party for halloween

Who comes? Where do they come for the party?

Which houses do you visit? What kind of clothes do they wear?



Look at the pictures and match them with the given words

Trousers – dress – jacket- pyjamas – gloves – t-shirt – shirt – skirt – hat – shoes-

shorts- scoks-scraf

Dress Hat jacket shirt scraf

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gloves trousers pyjamas skirt socks

Shorts shoes t-shirt

Activity 17- Listening 3

Alicia wants to buy some presents for her nephew and niece. So she goes to a

clothes shop. Listen to Alicia and Salesman, then write True(T) or False(F)

1) Alicia is buying some clothes for her son and daughter. F

2) They are 8 and 10 years old. T

3) Alicia wants a pink dress for her niece T

4) She buys a red dress for her niece. F

5) She buys a pullover and trousers for her nephew. T

6) They are 230€ all F

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Unit Celebrations

Listening Transcripts

Listening 1.

A phone call

Ester: Hi, it is Ester.

Aytor: Hi darling, how is it going?

Ester: Yeah, everything is OK! I have some news for you.

Aytor: Yes, honey. What news again.

Ester: I have planned our visit to Arezzo. So we can make a surprise for our little baby.

Aytor: Are you kidding? It will cost a fortune and why are we going?

Esther: Ohh! You forgot. Her birthday is on the 25th of April and it will be a nice surprise.

Aytor: We can send her a present instead.

Ester: No, no. I want to be there. If you don’t come, I will go alone.

Aytor: So tell me about tickets.

Ester: Yes, our flight is on the 23rd of April, I have made a reservation for our tickets.

Aytor: So!

Ester: So, you need to buy them, before the 20th of April.

Aytor: How much?

Ester: They are cheap. 832 €.

Aytor: And when will we return?

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Ester: I haven’t made the reservation for return yet. But I suppose we will come back on

the 28th of April.

Aytor: OK! Please try to find a cheap one.

Ester: Don’t worry! I will.

Listening 2.1

Eid Al-Fitr

Nowadays, we are celebrating Eid Al-Fitr. Muslim people celebrate “Eid Al-Fitr” after

Ramadan and it falls on the first day of Shawwal. And the date changes every year. In

Ramadan some of the Muslims have a strict fast, we don’t eat or drink anything during

the day time and the fast lasts 30 days and after that we celebrate “Eid Al-Fitr” for three

days. We visit our parents and relatives. Also elderly people give some Money to the

children. Also children visit the houses and collect some candies and chocolate.

Listening 2.2

Maddona Del Conforto

Every year in Arezzo, people celebrate Maddona Del Conforto in 15th February. They got

to the Cathedral to pray. They also visit the Chapel inside the Cathedral where the small

image of Maddona Del Conforto is kept. Before they get into the Cathedral, people buy

candles and the pray. There is a legend about the image of Maddona Del Conforto. It

says in 18th century, there were some earthquakes in Arezzo. The image was in a tavern,

it was dark and dirty. But suddenly it began to shine and everybody thought it was a

miracle and after that the earthquakes in town stopped.

Listening 3.

In a clothes shop

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Salesman : hello, how can I help you please?

Alicia: Hello, I want to buy some clothes for my niece and nephew.

Salesman: Yes, how old are they?

Alicia: they are 8 and 10.

Salesman: That’s good! What would you like to buy? What kind of clothes?

Alicia: Well, a pullover and trousers for my nephew; and a dress and a pair of shoes for

my 8 year old niece.

Salesman: Yes, sure. What about these dresses.

Alicia: Well, I like the pink one, but it looks a bit small.

Salesman: Ok, what about this, it is bigger.

Alicia: Yes, that’s perfect and a black pair of shoes for her.

Salesman: yes, what size?

Alicia: I think 32.

Salesman: Here you are.

Alicia: Yes, they look really nice. I want the one with a ribbon.

Salesman: So let’s look for some trousers and a pullover. Which colour would you like?

Alicia: Black trousers and a red pullover, please.

Salesman: Well, here you are!

Alicia: Yes, they are perfect. So how much altogether?

Salesman: The trousers are 95€, the pullover is 30, the dress is 40 and the red shoes

are 55€. So 220 € all.

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Alicia: Thank you so much, here you are !

Salesman: See you, your welcome!

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