Тест на английском про праздники

Сопоставьте праздники и их описание:

1. … is a night when people have parties and stay up until midnight

to see the New Year in.

a) New Year   b) Christmas   c) New Year’s Eve

2…. is a very happy day with decorated fur-tree and presents.

a) Christmas     b) New Year      c) Easter

3…. is a day when pupils and students start the new academic year.

a) Labour Day      b) Easter     c) The Day of Knowledge

4…. is a religious holiday when people have parties, light candles and give each other presents.

a) New Year     b) Easter    c) Christmas

5…. is a religious holiday when people have gatherings eating dyed

eggs, paskha and kulich.

a) Christmas      b)   New Year     c) Easter

6…. is a day when people play tricks on friends.

a) New Year   b) April Fool’s Day    c) Christmas

7… is a holiday when people honour members of the armed forces.

a) Labour Day      b) Day of the Defender of Motherland c)New Year

8…. is a day when people honour women by giving them flowers

and presents.

a) Women’s Day    b) Labour Day     c) Easter

9… is a holiday when people have parades and ceremonies to honour

those who died in the Great Patriotic War.

a) Women’s Day    b) Victory Day    c) May Day

10…. is a holiday when people have picnics, parades and fireworks.

a) Labour Day         b) Women’s Day       c)Independence Day

11…..is a day when people eat pancakes and burn a scarecrow, which

means winter.

a) New Year’s Eve    b) Maslenitsa         c) Easter 12…. is a holiday when people dress up in costumes of ghosts and

witches and have fun.

a) Maslenitsa      b) Easter      c) Halloween

№1 Прочитайте текст, дайте ответы на вопросы.

Every country has different holidays with many customs and traditions. One of the most important public occasions in my country is the Victory Day that is connected with our history. It was introduced in 1945. It is widely celebrated on the 9th of May. This patriotic holiday marks the victory of the USSR over the Nazi Germany. Every year in honour of this day people enjoy beautiful parades and colourful fireworks. But May 9 is a sad day for the majority of our population because many people have lost their loved friends and close relatives during this ruthless war. In spite of this fact Russian people love the atmosphere of this day and congratulate each other because the Victory Day unites the nation.

1. Which holiday is this text about?
2. What is this day connected with?
3. When did people start to celebrate the Victory Day?
4. Why is May 9 a sad day for the people of our country?
5. Why do people love the atmosphere of the day?

№2 Составьте словосочетания, используя слова из рамки.

1. Следовать обычаям
2. Сохранять традиции
3. Религиозный праздник
4. Отмечать годовщину
5. Правила поведения
6. Важное событие
7. Широко праздновать
8. День благодарения

№3.  Дополните предложения, чтобы получились разделительные вопросы.

1. Many people have lost their loved ones and close relatives during this ruthless war,_______?
2. Russian people can celebrate Christmas too,_______?
3. My sister likes old national traditions very much,_______?
4. There are many interesting national holidays in Russia,______?
5. Anna congratulated me yesterday,_______?

№1 Прочитайте текст, дайте ответы на вопросы.

Every country has different holidays with many customs and traditions. One of the most important public occasions in my country is the Victory Day that is connected with our history. It was introduced in 1945. It is widely celebrated on the 9th of May. This patriotic holiday marks the victory of the USSR over the Nazi Germany. Every year in honour of this day people enjoy beautiful parades and colourful fireworks. But May 9 is a sad day for the majority of our population because many people have lost their loved friends and close relatives during this ruthless war. In spite of this fact Russian people love the atmosphere of this day and congratulate each other because the Victory Day unites the nation.

1. Which holiday is this text about?
2. What is this day connected with?
3. When did people start to celebrate the Victory Day?
4. Why is May 9 a sad day for the people of our country?
5. Why do people love the atmosphere of the day?

№2 Составьте словосочетания, используя слова из рамки.

1. Следовать обычаям
2. Сохранять традиции
3. Религиозный праздник
4. Отмечать годовщину
5. Правила поведения
6. Важное событие
7. Широко праздновать
8. День благодарения

№3.  Дополните предложения, чтобы получились разделительные вопросы.

1. Many people have lost their loved ones and close relatives during this ruthless war,_______?
2. Russian people can celebrate Christmas too,_______?
3. My sister likes old national traditions very much,_______?
4. There are many interesting national holidays in Russia,______?
5. Anna congratulated me yesterday,_______?

Контрольная работа по английскому языку по теме

«Праздники в Британии»

1. You will read some short texts about holidays in Great Britain. Guess what holiday is described in each text.

   A-Christmas, B- Hallowe’en, C-Mother’s Day, D- St.Valentine’s Day, E- New Year’s Day, F- Easter.

  1. On this day people visit their mothers and give them flowers and small presents. Husbands and children help with the meals and washing up.

  2. On this day people usually visit their friends. They try to be the first person to wish good luck to their friends in the new year. There is a lot of dancing and eating. At midnight everybody joins hands and sings a special song.

  3. On this day people send cards to their friends, parents and relatives. People put trees in their rooms and decorate them with toys and coloured lights. On this day children get up early in the morning. They want to see a stocking full of small presents on their beds. A traditional dinner on this holiday is roast turkey, roast potatoes and pudding.

  4. People send special cards to people they love. They shouldn’t write their names on the cards. The person who gets the card must guess who sent it.

  5. At this holiday schools close for two weeks. People give each other chocolate eggs. Sometimes parents hide eggs in the house or in the garden and children look for them.

  6. On this day they say ghosts and witches come out. Children make lanterns out of pumpkins. Some people have parties and dress as witches and ghosts. It is celebrated on the 31st of October. Children walk from house to house and ask «Trick or treat?»

A

B

C

D

E

F

2.Choose the right answer.

1. People visit their mothers and give them small flowers and small presents.

a) St. Valentine’s Day           b) New Year     c) Mother’s Day

2. There is a funny tradition connected with the New Year. This is the first visitor to enter the house.

a) Christmas               b) Halloween                   c) the First Foot 

3. When is Halloween?

a) October 31                        b) October 5              c) November 5

4. When is Christmas in Britain?

a) January  7               b) January 25                c) December 25

5. When is Guy Fawkes Day?

a) October 5                          b) September 25              c) November 5

6. When is the official Queen’s Birthday?

a) the second Saturday in June              b) the second Saturday in July   c) the 21st of April

7. When is New Year?

a) December 25          b) December 31               c) January 7

8. People send special cards to someone they love. They don’t sign their names.

a) St. Valentine’s Day           b) New Year     c) Mother’s Day

8.People celebrate  the birth of Jesus Christ. What holiday is it?

a) New Year       b) Christmas           c) the First Foot

9. People light fireworks and burn a guy on a bonfire.

a) Guy Fawkes Night               b) Halloween                  c) Easter

10. People make fancy costumes and put them on.

a) Guy Fawkes Night               b) Halloween                  c) Easter

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• 11. People dye eggs and give presents to their relatives and friends.

  a) St. Valentine’s Day             b)Easter                          c) New Year

  12. People decorate fir-trees with tinsels, lights, coloured balls.

  a) St. Valentine’s Day             b)Easter                          c) New Year

  13. An official public holiday, not a Saturday or Sunday, when banks and most businesses are closed.

  a) bank holiday          b) New Year       c) Mother’s Day

  14. When is the Queen’s actual birthday?

  a) the 1st of April             b) the 21st of April                c) the 21st of March

  3.Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст.

  Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами..

  PEACE

  If you like this sort of tourism, Mountain View Camp is for you. You’ll have an ………….. vacation there.

  FORGETTABLE

  The Camp has a view over the  ………..Hampson Valley.

  IMPRESS

  In the evening you can listen to…………  Irish music played in the streets and in the pubs.

  TRADITION

  The…………… reason was that they were going to take a trip to the mountains.

  TWO

  There are many historic monuments in Edinburgh. One of them is an unusual monument to Walter Scott, a well-known…………. .

  WRITE

  Now she is a very…………  journalist. Her life is busy and exciting.

  SUCCESS

  Our…………  began when we were at school. After school, Natalie left Britain.

  FRIEND

  It was built in the 12th century but it still looks magnificent and very…………… .

  IMPRESS

  Dublin is a  …………..and cosmopolitan city.

  BEAUTY

  Dublin is a green city. It is such a pleasure to walk there on a hot ………………….day.

  SUN

  4. Write a letter

  You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend, Ben.

  …My granny is such a kind person. She always brings us presents for everything we celebrate. And I love all her presents! For example, at Christmas she gave me the coolest computer game, it was something I had been dreaming of …

  …What holidays do you celebrate with your family? What is your favourite holiday and why? What is the best present you’ve ever received? …

  Write him a letter and answer his 3 questions.

  Write 100–120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.

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