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Valentine's Day Quiz Choose the right variant

1. Valentine's Day … on February 14th.

a. celebrates; b. had celebrated; c. is celebrated; d. celebrated

2. Cupid is the most famous … of Valentine.

a. symbol; b. sign; c. motif; d. hint

3. It's known that this mischievous … child shoots darts of desire and make men fall deeply in love.

a. swinged; b. wigged; c. winged; d. winded

4. The … of Saint Valentine's Day had its origin in a belief that birds began to pair on February 14th.

a. costume; b. habitat; c. custom; d. customer

5. The festival became associated with the … day of two Roman martyrs; both named St. Valentine, who lived in the 3rd century.

a. fast; b. feast; c. feature; d. fist

6. Valentine's Day became the date for exchanging love letters and sending lovers' ….

a. tolls; b. tools; c. trots; d. tokens

7. St. Valentine has been regarded as the … saint of lovers.

a. patrol; b. patron; c. patroness; d. patronal

8. Today's celebration of Valentine's Day … of a tradition that began in the Roman Empire.

a. grew out; b. grew up; c. grew; d. grown up

9. The cards, known as valentines, are often … with hearts to symbolize love.

a. desired; b. signed; c. derived; d. designed

10. Roses are the most common flowers given … this occasion.

a. on; b. in; c. after; d. under

Choose the correct words to go into the blanks

as custom designating feasting harvested holiday

on revived starvation through

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a national … in the United States which celebrates the bountiful crop … by the Pilgrims in 1621 after a winter of …. It's a day of … and giving thanks. This … of celebrating Thanksgiving has continued … the years. … November 26th, 1789, President George Washington proclaimed the First National Thanksgiving Day. In 1863 President Lincoln … the custom. Since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, usually … the fourth Thursday of November … the holiday.

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Dialogue: The system of education of the usa

Phrases for your dialogues:

1. Suggest your idea:

- Why don’t we...         

- Shall we...

- Do you think we should...     + V

- Do you want to...

- Would you like to...

- Maybe the best thing would be to…

- I think the best thing might be to…

- I wonder if we should….

- How about...

- What about...                                          

- Do you feel like...               + Ving     

- What do you think of...

- Do you fancy...

- Let’s think about…

2. Prove your idea:

  • … would be a good idea because ….

  • One thing we should remember is that ….

  • Personally, I suggest  because ….

  • One advantage of  is that ….

  • In my opinion, it would be best to choose … because ….

3. Agree or disagree:         

Agree:

Yes, I completely agree with you.

You are right.

That’s a good point.

That’s just what I wanted to say.

It’s a great idea!

Disagree:

I agree up to a point, but...

Well, I agree to a certain extent, but... 

I don’t think we should…

I’m afraid I don’t agree.

I have to disagree with you. 

I’m not sure I agree, to be honest.

Schools, students, pupils

Look at the types of schools and match them to the people on the right

1. secondary school a. a 20-year-old student, a professor

2. primary school b. a fifteen-year-old pupil, a maths teacher, a headmaster

3. nursery school c. a five-year-old pupil, a teacher

4. university d. a ten-year-old child

5. private school e. a three-year-old child

6. middle school f. parents who pay for their children's education

Good pupil vs. Bad pupil

Look at the sentences below. Which pupils are `good pupils'? Which are `bad pupils'?

1. Paul is never late. He always does his homework on time. 2. Lidia always pays attention in class. 3. Carlo often cheats in his exams. One day, he will be in trouble. 4. Kate always distracts other pupils. They can't concentrate on their work. 5. Mark annoys the teacher because he can't keep quiet during the lesson. 6. Susan studies very hard. I think she'll pass all her exams. 7. Daniel annoys the teacher because he's so noisy. 8. Alice never listens to the teacher. She prefers to talk to her friends.