Festivals
Fireworks are used in festivals to celebrate special days.
Part 1: Discussion
Work with a partner or group, and discuss the following questions:
- What are the main festivals in your country? What are their origins?
- How do you celebrate them? Do you have a special routine? What food and drink do you have?
- What kinds of presents do you give?
- What do you know about the festivals listed below? How are they celebrated? How/where did they originate?
- Halloween
- Independence Day
- Diwali
- Carnival
- Guy Fawkes Night
- Valentines Day
Part Two
With a partner, ensure your understanding of the following vocabulary:
- Celtic
- disembodied
- (to speak) on behalf of (sb)
- donor
- colony
- declaration
- righteousness
- exile
- tyrant
- to worship
- pagan
- conspirator
- to plot
- Jesuit
- bonfire
- effigy
- confinement
- murky
Exercise
Please open the exercise to continue.