1. Pre-Intermediate Lesson 25
Important Dates
Pre-Intermediate Lesson 25

2. Today we are going to learn:
Vocabulary related to holidays and celebrations
What to say on special days
How to say dates and years correctly

3. Yuliya’s birthday 20 June the twentieth of June
Tamara’s birthday January the twenty-first of January

4. Ordinal numbers 1 – the first – the twenty-first 2 – the second – the twenty-third 3 – the third 4 – the fourth 5 – the fifth

5. The (ordinal number) of (month)
1 January
15 July
25 December
28 May
8 March
1 April
14 February
29 February
The first of January
The fifteenth of July
The twenty-fifth of December
The twenty-eighth of May
The eighth of March
The first of April
The fourteenth of February
The twenty-ninth of February

6. 1956
1780
1999
1880
1235
2005
2015
2059
Nineteen fifty six
Seventeen eighty
Nineteen ninety-nine
Eighteen eighty
Twelve thirty-five
Two thousand and five/twenty oh five
Two thousand fifteen/twenty fifteen
Two thousand fifty-nine/twenty fifty-nine

7. Tamara, when is your birthday?
It is on the twenty-first of January.
Yuliya, when is Christmas?
Catholic Christmas is on the twenty-fifth of December and Orthodox Christmas is on the seventh of January.
When is New Year?
It is on the first of January.
What date is it today?
It is the seventeenth of June.
When is your birthday?
When is your best friend’s birthday?
When is the next big holiday?

8. What important dates are there?
Public Holidays
Christmas
New Year
Easter
What is your favourite public holiday?
Special days in people’s lives
Birthday
Wedding
Anniversary
Funeral

9. How do we celebrate holidays? What do we do on special days?
Easter:
Easter bread
Painted eggs
New Year:
Go to a party
Go out with friends
Stay at home
Kiss at 12 o’clock
Christmas (Catholic, Orthodox):
Go to church
Get together with family
Eat special food
Birthday:
Wear party hats
Have a party
Invite friends
Birthday cake
Blow out the candles
Wedding:
Bride and groom
Big ceremony
Wedding cake
Give a speech
Funeral:
Get together
Wear black
Go to the cemetery

10. What do we say to people on these days?
Easter:
Happy Easter
New Year:
Happy New Year
Congratulations
Christmas (Catholic, Orthodox):
Merry Christmas
Happy Christmas
Have a great Christmas
Birthday:
Happy birthday
Many happy returns
Congratulations
I wish you…
Wedding:
Congratulations on
your special day
Be happy together
Funeral:
I’m sorry for your loss
My condolences

11. Answer these questions about holidays:
What is your favourite holiday?
When is it?
What do you do on that day?
Do you wear any special clothes?
Do you go out or stay at home?
Do you celebrate it with friends or family?
What are other popular holidays in your country?

12. Today we have learned: Vocabulary related to holidays and celebrations
What to say on special days
How to say dates and years correctly