UNIT 4

## Special Occasions

### My portfolio

1

Answer the following question: How well can you do these things?

I can ...
• talk about special days
• talk about different holidays
• speak about favourite days
• talk about New Year Food
• compare special days
• ask and answer Wh questions
• build up sentences on the topic
• sing a song on holidays
• act out a dialogue on the topic, etc
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2

Write the following information about yourself.

Name of Holiday | I do/did | I have done
Novruz Holiday | I visit Children’s Home and have a lot of fun with them. | I’ve had a wonderful time with the children.
New Year | I send postcards to my friends/relatives. | I have sent a postcard to my friend today.
Sacrifice Day | ? | ?
Mothers’ Day | I give red roses to my mother. | ?
Salvation Day | ? | ?

3

Answer the questions.

1. What do you do on your birthday party?
2. What birthday traditions are there in your country?
3. Do you think these traditions are dying out? Why?
4. How do people celebrate birthdays in different countries?
5. Do you have any national/family traditions? What are they?
6. What special food do you have for birthdays? Which of them is the major one? And why?