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Festivals in English-speaking countries - Inglés 6º Primaria

6.º Primaria · Inglés · 11-12 años · 20 min
Read and answer. Descubre el origen y las tradiciones de varias fiestas de países donde se habla inglés.

To describe traditions we often use the present passive (is/are + past participle): Christmas trees are decorated with lights. To tell a story about the past, use the past simple: regular verbs add -ed (carry → carried, watch → watched) and irregular verbs change (go → went, see → saw).

Relative words: who for people, which for things and when for times: Christmas is the time when families get together.

1. Why did the men want to blow up the Houses of Parliament?
Remember, remember the 5th of November

In 1605, a group of men wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London and kill King James I. One of them, Guy Fawkes, was guarding barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the building when the king's guards found him, on the night of 4th November. The plot failed, and people in London lit bonfires to celebrate that the king was safe.

Today, British people still remember that night on 5th November. They light bonfires, watch fireworks and sometimes burn a ‘guy’, a model of Guy Fawkes made with old clothes and newspaper.

2. Where was Guy Fawkes when the guards found him?
Volver a leer el texto
Remember, remember the 5th of November

In 1605, a group of men wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London and kill King James I. One of them, Guy Fawkes, was guarding barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the building when the king's guards found him, on the night of 4th November. The plot failed, and people in London lit bonfires to celebrate that the king was safe.

Today, British people still remember that night on 5th November. They light bonfires, watch fireworks and sometimes burn a ‘guy’, a model of Guy Fawkes made with old clothes and newspaper.

3. Why did people in London light bonfires in 1605?
Volver a leer el texto
Remember, remember the 5th of November

In 1605, a group of men wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London and kill King James I. One of them, Guy Fawkes, was guarding barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the building when the king's guards found him, on the night of 4th November. The plot failed, and people in London lit bonfires to celebrate that the king was safe.

Today, British people still remember that night on 5th November. They light bonfires, watch fireworks and sometimes burn a ‘guy’, a model of Guy Fawkes made with old clothes and newspaper.

4. What is a ‘guy’ on Bonfire Night?
Volver a leer el texto
Remember, remember the 5th of November

In 1605, a group of men wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London and kill King James I. One of them, Guy Fawkes, was guarding barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the building when the king's guards found him, on the night of 4th November. The plot failed, and people in London lit bonfires to celebrate that the king was safe.

Today, British people still remember that night on 5th November. They light bonfires, watch fireworks and sometimes burn a ‘guy’, a model of Guy Fawkes made with old clothes and newspaper.

5. On Remembrance Day, 11th November, many people in the UK wear a red ___ to remember the soldiers who died in wars.
6. Boxing Day is the day after Christmas Day. When is it?
7. Thanksgiving ___ in the USA on the fourth Thursday of November.
8. Burns Night is the night ___ Scottish people remember the poet Robert Burns.
9. Complete Maya's message about the Notting Hill Carnival. Write the verb in the past simple
Last August, we the Underground to the Notting Hill Carnival. (take)
The dancers costumes with colourful feathers. (wear)
We steel drums from the Caribbean. (hear)
My sister some spicy Jamaican chicken. (try)
10. Put the words in order to make a sentence
Words
eat
haggis
on Burns Night.
Scottish people
1.º
2.º
3.º
4.º
11. Match each festival with its description
Festivals
Burns Night
Mothering Sunday
Anzac Day
Groundhog Day
Scotland, 25th January: people read poems and eat haggis
USA, 2nd February: a groundhog ‘predicts’ the end of winter
Australia and New Zealand, 25th April: people remember the soldiers at dawn
UK, a Sunday in spring: children give cards and flowers to their mums
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Qué se trabaja:

  • Comprender un texto sobre el origen de Bonfire Night
  • Conocer otras fiestas de países de habla inglesa: Remembrance Day, Boxing Day, Burns Night, Anzac Day o Groundhog Day
  • Usar el pasado simple, la pasiva en presente y los relativos who, which y when
  • Ordenar las palabras de una frase sobre una tradición

Cómo hacerla:

  • Lee el texto dos veces antes de responder
  • Repasa el recuadro de gramática
  • Comprueba tus respuestas al final

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