номер 2 (страница 89) гдз по английскому языку 5 класс тренировочные упражнения в формате ГИА Ваулина, Подоляко

2. Match the titles to the texts. One title is extra.

A. The German "Karneval"

B. Christmas Celebrations

C. St. Nicholas Day

D. The Festival of Lights

E. A Birthday Party

1. Children celebrate the holiday with their family members. They always have a special cake, which is iced with candles on top. If you are nine you have nine. They invite their friends and they have a celebration with food, games and music. The guests usually bring gifts: books and photo frames, candles and T-shirts. People often put balloons up in their houses.

2. It is celebrated on the first Monday in February. Everybody puts on a mask and a red nose and wears funny clothes. Children eat crisps and drink lemonade. Salt-sticks are also popular. There are long processions where people show off their costumes and throw sweets from decorated cars, especially in Koln, the centre of this holiday.

3. In Malaysia there is a special celebration called Deepavali. It is celebrated between October and November. During this time the Hindus lit their homes with tiny lights to show victory over darkness. These lights are in pots filled with coconut oil. In the afternoon friends and families gather in their homes and eat lots of traditional Indian food.

4. It is how people celebrate Jesus's birth in Sweden. Several weeks before it people decorate the streets and shops. Families decorate their houses in red and set up stars and candles in their windows. Every family has a green tree in their house. They decorate it and put presents under it. All the family members usually get together to eat a big dinner.