Canada Day
тест (английский язык, 10 класс) по теме

CANADA DAY 

THE READING / TAPESCRIPT

Canada Day is on July the 1st every year. Canadians all around the world celebrate the day when their nation became a country on July 1, 1867. Today, it is a federal national holiday. Many Canadians call it “Canada’s birthday”. Canada Day recognizes the British North America Act of 1867. This united Canada as a single country made up of four provinces. The holiday was not widely celebrated until the early 20th century and was actually called Dominion Day until 1982. The first official celebrations took place in 1917, which was the golden anniversary of nationhood. Canada's centennial in 1967 marked the start of Canada Day being celebrated with real pride. Dominion Day officially changed to Canada Day on October 27, 1982.

Canada Day is a time for Canadians to party. There are festivals and events all across the country. Canadian communities around the world also join in the fun. Most of the celebrations are outdoors. They include parades, fireworks displays and music concerts. There are also citizenship ceremonies for people becoming new citizens. Canada Day is quite a colourful occasion and it celebrates the nation’s multi-ethnicity. Canada is a very cosmopolitan country, so you can expect to see flags from all around the world being waved as well as the Canadian flag. Not every Canadian is happy on this day. Many people in the French-speaking province of Quebec see no reason to celebrate. They want their own independence from Canada.

PHRASE MATCH

Match the following phrases from the article.

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LISTENING GAP FILL

Canada Day is on July ________________. Canadians all around the world celebrate the day when their nation became a country on July 1, 1867. Today, it is a ________________. Many Canadians call it “Canada’s birthday”. Canada Day recognizes the British North America Act of 1867. This __________________, single country made up of four provinces. The holiday was not ________________ until the early 20th century and was actually called Dominion Day until 1982. The first official celebrations ________________ 1917, which was the golden anniversary of nationhood. Canada's centennial in 1967 ________________ Canada Day being celebrated with real pride. Dominion Day officially changed to Canada Day on October 27, 1982.

Canada Day is a time for Canadians to party. There are festivals and ________________ the country. Canadian communities around the world _________________. Most of the celebrations are outdoors. They include parades, ________________ and music concerts. There are also citizenship ceremonies for people becoming new citizens. Canada Day is quite ________________ and it celebrates the nation’s multi-ethnicity. Canada is a very cosmopolitan country, so you can expect to see flags from all around the world ___________________ as the Canadian flag. Not every Canadian is happy on this day. Many people in the French-speaking province of Quebec see no ________________. They want their own independence from Canada.

WHILE READING / LISTENING GAP FILL

Put the words into the gaps in the text.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs of italics.

Canada Day is on July the 1st all / every year. Canadians all around the world celebrate the day when their nation became a country on July 1, 1867. Today, it is a federal nation / national holiday. Many Canadians call it “Canada’s birthday”. Canada Day recognizes the British North America Act of / at 1867. This united Canada as a single country made up of four provinces. The holiday was not wide / widely celebrated until the early / fast 20th century and was actually called Dominion Day until 1982. The first official celebrations took place / placed in 1917, which was the golden anniversary of nationhood. Canada's centennial in 1967 marked the starts / start of Canada Day being celebrated with real proud / pride. Dominion Day officially changed to Canada Day on October 27, 1982.

Canada Day is a time for Canadians to partying / party. There are festivals and events all across the country. Canadian communities around the world also join / joint in the fun. Most of the celebrations are outdoors. They include parades, fireworks displaying / displays and music concerts. There are also citizenship ceremonies for people becoming new / newish citizens. Canada Day is quite a colourful occasion and it celebrates the nations’ / nation’s multi-ethnicity. Canada is a very cosmopolitan country, so you can expect to see flags from all around the world being waved / waving as well as the Canadian flag. Not every Canadian is happily / happy on this day. Many people in the French-speaking province of Quebec see no reason to celebrate. They want their own independent / independence from Canada.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Canada Day is on July the 1st (1) ____ year. Canadians all around the world celebrate the day when their nation became a country on July 1, 1867. Today, it is a federal national holiday. Many Canadians (2) ____ it “Canada’s birthday”. Canada Day recognizes the British North America Act of 1867. This united Canada as a single country made (3) ____ of four provinces. The holiday was not widely celebrated until the (4) ____ 20th century and was actually called Dominion Day until 1982. The first official celebrations took place in 1917, which was the (5) ____ anniversary of nationhood. Canada's centennial in 1967 marked the start of Canada Day being celebrated with real (6) ____. Dominion Day officially changed to Canada Day on October 27, 1982.

Canada Day is a time for Canadians to party. There are festivals and events all (7) ____ the country. Canadian communities around the world also      (8) ____ in the fun. Most of the celebrations are outdoors. They include parades, fireworks displays and music concerts. There are also citizenship ceremonies (9) ____ people becoming new citizens. Canada Day is quite a colourful occasion and it celebrates the (10) ____  multi-ethnicity. Canada is a very cosmopolitan country, so you can expect to see flags from all around the world being waved as (11) ____ as the Canadian flag. Not every Canadian is happy on this day. Many people in the French-speaking province of Quebec see no reason to celebrate. They want their own independence (12) ____ Canada.

Put the correct words from this table into the article.

SPELLING

Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

SCRAMBLED SENTENCES

With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information about Canada Day. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Canada Day. Write about what happens around the world. Include two imaginary interviews with people who did something on this day.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. POSTER: Make your own poster about Canada Day. Write about will happen on this day around the world.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.