Watch the video about holidays, traditions and special days in Britain. Then do the exercises below.
1 Group the words. Which words can go to more categories?
band, boat, card, carol, conker, cracker, dancing, drums, firework, ghost, gunpowder, guy, hat, hill, Hindu, hit, kisses, Ladies’ Day, London, maypole, music, parliament, party, plot, presents, pudding, race, River Thames, romantic, rose, singer, turkey, university, witch
| Guy Fawkes Night | |
| Valentine’s Day | |
| Hallowe’en | |
| May Day | |
| Gloucester Cheese Rolling | |
| Oxford-Cambridge | |
| Royal Ascot | |
| Glastonbury Festival | |
| Notting Hill Carnival | |
| Diwali | |
| Chestnut Day | |
| Christmas |
2 Match the dates and the events.
December 24-26; June 14-18 in 2016; March 27 in 2016; May 1; October 31, February 14, November 5, August 28-29 in 2016; June 22-26 in 2016; May 30 in 2016.
GREAT BRITANNIA 