READING COMPREHENSION: EASTER IN THE UK

In Spain, schools close for a 10 ten days at Easter time, whereas in the UK, schools close for two weeks. What do you know about Easter in the UK? Click on the link and read the text to find out more about how Easter is celebrated in Britain.



Easter in the UK (from www. britishcouncil.org)

ESO3 SAINT PATRICK'S DAY

Watch the video and answer the questions.

 
  

1. What day is St. Patrick's day?

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2. What nationality was he?

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3.What happened to him when he was 16?

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4. How long was he a prisoner?

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5. What was his religion an what did he spend his life doing?

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6. When did he die?

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7. What did myth claim St. Patrick did? Was it true?

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8. What did the shamrock symbolise?

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9. Do shamrocks exit? What plants are used as shamrocks?

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10. Where did the tradition start? Why?

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READING COMPREHENSION: RED NOSE DAY

RED NOSE DAY

Red Nose Day is a UK-wide fundraising event organised by Comic Relief every two years. On Red Nose Day everyone, including celebrities, is encouraged to cast inhibitions aside, put on a Red Nose and do something funny for money.

Red Nose Day unites the entire nation in trying to make a difference to the lives of countless people across Africa and the UK who are facing terrible injustice or living in desperate poverty.

And now that we know what Red Nose Day is, let's try with this reading ... and don't forget to do the True/False exercise.

Red Nose Day