Vocabulary for Holidays and Celebrations
Exercise:
Match the celebration with its description:
1. A holiday on December 25th.
2. The day you were born.
3. A ceremony where two people get married.
Answers
1. Christmas
2. Birthday
3. Wedding
Simple Present Tense for Regular Events
Exercise:
Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb:
1. I ___ my birthday every year.
2. We ___ the house for Christmas.
3. They ___ their grandparents on Thanksgiving.
Answers
1. celebrate
2. decorate
3. visit
Listening Practice
Let’s listen to a short description of someone’s favorite holiday.
Listen carefully and answer the questions after.
Exercise:
Answer these questions based on the listening:
1. What is the person’s favorite holiday?
2. What does the person like about Halloween?
3. What do they do to celebrate?
Answers
1. Halloween
2. Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating
3. Carve pumpkins and decorate the house
Review and Practice
Let’s review what we learned today and do some practice exercises.
Complete the sentences with the correct word or verb:
1. My favorite holiday is ___ (Christmas).
2. We ___ (decorate) the house for Halloween every year.
3. I ___ (celebrate) my birthday with a party.
Answers
1. Eid.
2. decorate
3. celebrate