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Thanksgiving Day Task 1: How much do you know about it? Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in the USA and Canada. How much do you already know about it? Answer these questions in pairs or small groups: 1. When is Thanksgiving? 2. Why do you think people celebrate Thanksgiving? 3. What foods are associated with Thanksgiving? TASK 2: The history of the Thanksgiving celebrat ion listening exercise Click on the image below to watch a video. Decide if the statements are TRUE or FALSE. 1.   Pilgrims invited local Native Americans to share a meal with them. 2.   Thanksgiving become an annual tradition until two hundred years later. 3.   The first Thanksgiving was in 1621, it was a 5-day festival. 4.   Rabbit was given to the colonists by the Indians as a gift. 5.   Thanksgiving menu was originally venison, Indian corn, fowl and pumpkin. 6.  ...

Do you have any unusual celebration in your country? When and where does it take place? What is it about? Do you like it? Why? Why not? You will listen to a presentation about unusual British festivals and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. Click on the image below. Remember, you can print the PDF exercises and check the transcript while listening to check pronunciation too =D Don´t forget to check and correct your answers and comment on the Discussion section.

Watch the video and decide if the statements are TRUE or FALSE. Click on the image. 1.    Dan feels undressed. 2.   Dan can wear the jumper every time he wants. 3.   Phil thinks there are not enough pumpkins in the kitchen. 4.   Phil thought that red velvet cakes are spookier. 5.   They chose a recipe from Nigella Lawson. 6.    They recommend to make sure that it´s the bakeable variety of food colouring. 7.   Dan called the egg as an undeveloped chicken fetus. 8.   they don´t have a clue what milk butter is. 9.   the 4th utensil you´ll need is a cake baking tray. 10.               The first thing to do is to combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl. 11.                Phil doesn´t know how to sift flour. 12.     ...