Ces exercices fêtes anglophones te font voyager d’Halloween à Diwali : dates, vocabulaire, formules de vœux et lecture d’un dialogue. Avance pas à pas, puis vérifie tes réponses dans le corrigé.
Les exercices
Exercice 1 : chaque fête à sa dateAssocie chaque fête à sa date ou sa période.
| Fêtes | Dates |
|---|---|
| 1. Halloween | a. 25 December |
| 2. Saint Patrick’s Day | b. 24 December |
| 3. Christmas Day | c. 31 October |
| 4. Christmas Eve | d. 26 December |
| 5. Boxing Day | e. 17 March |
| 6. Thanksgiving (USA) | f. the fourth Thursday of November |
À quelle fête chaque mot fait-il penser ? Écris Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, St Patrick’s Day, Easter ou Diwali.
- a turkey
- a cracker
- a shamrock
- a jack-o’-lantern
- an egg hunt
- a diya
- a stocking
- Trick or treat!
Choisis la formule correcte.
- On 25th December: Merry Christmas / Merry Easter!
- On 31st October: Happy Halloween / Merry Halloween!
- In Ireland on 17th March: Happy St Patrick’s Day / Happy Diwali!
- In the USA in November: Happy Thanksgiving / Happy Boxing Day!
- For the festival of lights: Happy Diwali / Merry Diwali!
- In spring, with chocolate eggs: Happy Easter / Happy Christmas!
Complète avec : costume, pumpkin, sweets, witch, scary, treat.
Tonight is Halloween! I’m wearing a black (1) … and a big hat: I’m a (2) … ! My brother is a ghost. Our (3) … has got a funny face and a candle inside. We knock on doors and say « Trick or (4) … ! » Our neighbours give us lots of (5) … . The house at the end of the street is very (6) … !
Écris True ou False.
- Halloween comes from an old Irish festival.
- Thanksgiving is a French tradition.
- On Boxing Day, people watch boxing matches.
- On St Patrick’s Day, people wear green.
- Diwali is the festival of lights.
- Christmas Eve is on 24th December.
- Christmas / merry / !
- thankful / I’m / my family / for
- a / there / paper crown / is / in my cracker
- wear / people / green / on St Patrick’s Day
- light / we / diyas / for Diwali
- a / my sister / witch / is
- We eat turkey and pumpkin pie.
- My stocking is full of presents.
- The children are looking for Easter eggs.
- There are fireworks for Diwali.
- Halloween is my favourite festival.
- Boxing Day is a holiday in Britain.
- Joyeux Noël !
- Joyeuses Pâques !
- Mon déguisement est effrayant.
- La veille de Noël, nous décorons le sapin.
- Une farce ou une friandise !
- Le trèfle est un symbole de l’Irlande.
Lucas: Hi Emma! What do you do at Christmas in England?
Emma: On Christmas Eve, I put my stocking next to the fireplace. In the morning, it’s full of presents!
Lucas: And what do you eat?
Emma: We have roast turkey, and then Christmas pudding. My grandad loves mince pies.
Lucas: What are crackers?
Emma: They’re paper tubes. You pull them with a friend, they go bang, and inside there’s a paper crown and a joke.
Lucas: And on 26th December?
Emma: It’s Boxing Day! We go for a long walk with the dog.
Réponds en anglais.
- Where is Emma from?
- Where does Emma put her stocking?
- What does Emma’s family eat?
- Who loves mince pies?
- What is inside a cracker?
- What does Emma do on Boxing Day?
Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Réécris-la.
- Merry Easter!
- We celebrate halloween on 31st October.
- On Thanksgiving, we eat a turkeys.
- Happy christmas!
- Diwali is the festival of darkness.
- Santa Claus puts presents in our shoe.
Choisis une fête et écris une petite carte en anglais à un ami, en suivant ces étapes.
- Salue ton ami.
- Écris la formule de vœux qui convient.
- Cite deux choses que tu fais pour cette fête.
- Cite un plat ou une friandise de cette fête.
- Termine la carte et signe.
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Avant de regarder le corrigé, relis la frise du cours : la plupart des erreurs viennent des dates et de la formule Merry ou Happy.
