SEASONS AND SEASONS AND FESTIVALS IN FESTIVALS IN

GREAT BRITAIN.GREAT BRITAIN.WELCOME TO THE UK.

The English Year.

DO YOU KNOW ?There are f--r seasons in the year: s----g, s----r, a----n, w----r.

There are ---- winter, ---spring, ---- summer and --- autumn months in the English year.

WINTER MONTHS IN WINTER MONTHS IN GBGB

The winter months in Great Britain are --------, --------, ------- and --------. In Britain in winter it s---s and r---s. In GB N------r is the f---t winter month. On the --th of D------r there is the greatest h-----y of all in England – C-------s. In Scotland the first visitor who comes into a house on New Year’s morning is “the F---t F--t”.The –-th of F------y is St. V--------’s Day.

SPRING SPRING MONTHS IN MONTHS IN

GREAT GREAT BRITAINBRITAIN

In Britain ----- and ----- are spring months. In England spring begins at the end of M---h. The 17th of March is a national holiday in Ireland – St. P------’s D-y. On that day people wear a s------k. It is the national emblem of I-----d. April is the s----d spring month. In April or at the end of March English people celebrate E----r D-y. In England it is time to give and to get p------s. Pupils go back to school after E----r.

SUMMER MONTHS IN SUMMER MONTHS IN GREAT BRITAIN.GREAT BRITAIN.

In Great Britain summer begins in M-y. So there are

f--r summer months. They are ---, ----, ----, ------. The days are l—g and the nights are s---t.

On the f---t of M-y English people celebrate the M-y D-y h-----y. Big shops are open and some people go s------g.

In J--e the English people celebrate F-----’s D-y. On that day children send cards and give p------s to their fathers.

In J--y and A----t most people stay in Britain and go to the parks, to the swimming pools, to the stadiums.

Autumn months in Great Autumn months in Great Britain.Britain.

In Britain autumn comes in S-------r. A----n is usually a nice s----n in England. It is w--m and d-y. But it can r—n a lot too.In Great Britain school begins in the s----d week of S-------r.On the –-st of O-----r in Great Britain there is a nice h-----y for children – H------’-n. People put p------s on the windowsills. They draw eyes, noses and mouths on the pumpkins and put candles into them. So the pumpkin looks like a face. Children dress up in funny clothes.

PUZZLE TIME

Find 11 words.

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o u w k l s n p z p i k

v b J a n u a r y c n t

e l f c d m o w p s t s

m a u t u m n l a u e e

b j k u w e a t h e r a

e y m s p r i n g q b s

r o p b e c a u s e d o

D e c e m b e r y f i n

Thank you for your Thank you for your attention.attention.

See you later.See you later.Good luck. Good luck.

Your teacher of English Your teacher of English languagelanguage

PECHCKUROVA H.PECHCKUROVA H.Secondary school 17Secondary school 17

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