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    Read UK: New Year - Exercises: Preparation

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    This document provides exercises to check understanding of a reading about New Year traditions and celebrations. It includes matching vocabulary with definitions, identifying true/false statements about New Year's Eve and Day traditions, filling in gaps with given names, and completing sentences with verbs from a list. The exercises cover topics like Hogmanay celebrations in Scotland, resolutions, and the song "Auld Lang Syne".

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    This document provides exercises to check understanding of a reading about New Year traditions and celebrations. It includes matching vocabulary with definitions, identifying true/false statements about New Year's Eve and Day traditions, filling in gaps with given names, and completing sentences with verbs from a list. The exercises cover topics like Hogmanay celebrations in Scotland, resolutions, and the song "Auld Lang Syne".

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    This document provides exercises to check understanding of a reading about New Year traditions and celebrations. It includes matching vocabulary with definitions, identifying true/false statements about New Year's Eve and Day traditions, filling in gaps with given names, and completing sentences with verbs from a list. The exercises cover topics like Hogmanay celebrations in Scotland, resolutions, and the song "Auld Lang Syne".

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    Read UK: New Year - Exercises: Preparation

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    Dawid Szymoś
    This document provides exercises to check understanding of a reading about New Year traditions and celebrations. It includes matching vocabulary with definitions, identifying true/false statements about New Year's Eve and Day traditions, filling in gaps with given names, and completing sentences with verbs from a list. The exercises cover topics like Hogmanay celebrations in Scotland, resolutions, and the song "Auld Lang Syne".

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    Read UK: New Year – exercises

    Do the preparation task first. Then read the article and do the exercises to check your understanding.

    Preparation
    Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–e next to the numbers 1–5.

    1…….. to stay up a. to strongly decide that you are going to do something

    2…….. Hogmanay b. 31 December

    3…….. to make a resolution c. 1 January

    4…….. New Year’s Eve d. to stay awake and not go to bed at your usual time

    5…….. New Year’s Day e. the name of the New Year celebrations in Scotland

    1. Check your understanding: true or false


    Circle True or False for these sentences.

    1. New Year’s Eve is on 31 December every year. True False

    2. New Year’s resolutions often involve health and money. True False

    3. Hogmanay is celebrated at New Year in England. True False

    4. It’s traditional to go swimming in Brighton on New Year’s Eve. True False

    5. People sing a song called ‘Auld Lang Syne’ at the start of the new year. True False

    6. Most British people know all the words to ‘Auld Lang Syne’. True False

    2. Check your understanding: gap fill


    Complete the gaps with the correct name from the box. Use each name twice.

    Ben Mary Sophie Stuart

    1. _______________ is going to a street party in Scotland.

    2. _______________ is going to sing a song.

    3. _______________ will be in a foreign country on New Year’s Eve.

    4. _______________ wants to stop biting her nails.

    5. _______________ isn’t going to make any New Year’s resolutions.


    Read UK: New Year – exercises
    6. _______________ doesn’t like parties.

    7. _______________ wants to learn to play a musical instrument.

    8. _______________ wants to have a healthier diet.

    3. Check your vocabulary: gap fill


    Complete the sentences with a verb from the box.

    do be study go

    eat spend save up remember

    1. _______________ nicer to my little brother

    2. _______________ my girlfriend’s birthday this year

    3. _______________ less junk food

    4. _______________ running every day

    5. _______________ my homework on time

    6. _______________ hard to get good grades for university

    7. _______________ less money on clothes

    8. _______________ for a motorbike

    Discussion

    How do you usually celebrate New Year’s Eve?


    When is New Year in your country?
    Do you make any resolutions? What resolutions would you make?
    Do you like to spend New Year with your friends or with your family?

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