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VOCABULARY Months & dates

3 Read the article again. Write UK, Switzerland, Argentina 7 Copy and write the missing months on the calendar.
or Canada. More than one answer is possible.

1 In this country, they celebrate birthdays with something July March May November September
you usually put on bread.
2 In these countries, the older you are, the more times
something happens to you. January February 1 …
3 In this country, the celebration can be scary!
4 In this country, the celebration involves your whole body. 2
5 In these countries, the celebration involves food. aPril … June
6 In this country, the celebration is similar to other
In this month’s photo competition, we’re looking for the best photos of birthday countries. 3 … august 4 …

4 Answer the questions. OctOber 5 … December
There are different traditions in a lot of countries. For example, in Japan, the
1 Why are people sending in their photos?
2 What happens to Jamaican children on their birthday?
chocolates to everyone in their class. Some traditions are messy. For example, in
3 Does Melissa like the UK tradition? 8 In pairs, guess which month your partner’s
4 Which ‘tradition’ is not an old one? birthday is. If you already know, choose a different
5 Can you think why people pull your ears on your person’s birthday.
birthday?
Is your birthday in August? No, it isn’t.
5 Read Word Zone. Then write sentences about you.
I take my dog for a walk twice a day. 9 Copy and complete the table with the full form or short
form of these ordinal numbers.
● Something that you do twice a day
● Something that you do once a week 1 st first 8 th twentieth
● Something that you do three times a month
2 nd second ninth twenty-first
once, twice, three times third tenth 22 nd
WORD We use the word time when we repeat 4 th 11 th 23 rd
ZONE something. fifth 12 th thirtieth
He’s pulling my ear twelve times. 6 thirteenth 31 st
th
We usually say once and twice, not one time 7 th 14 th 32 nd
or two times.

10 Listen and match the people with four of the birthdays.
6 Discuss these questions in groups.
● Which tradition in the article do you like best? Saki Mateo Georgia Paddy
● Which tradition don’t you like?
● What do you usually do on your birthday?
my photo, my mum is putting butter on my nose. It’s a tradition here 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
so we often do this to the birthday person. It’s messy, but we believe I usually wake up early. I open my
cards and presents before school. March 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Really? I open my presents
after school. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

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FAST FINISHERS Write a message for the website about a birthday tradition in your country or in your family. practice 33 33

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