Cover of the textbook Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 04 - Preparation for the textbook Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Araminta Crace from Pearson Education

Question

Listen and answer the question. What dates do people in the UK and the USA celebrate each of the special days in the box above?

Answer

  • New Year UK / USA: 1st January; Chinese New Year: end of January or the beginning of February
  • Independence Day USA: 4th July
  • Mother's Day UK: March, USA: May
  • Christmas UK / USA: 25th December
  • Halloween UK / USA: 31st October
  • International Women's Day UK / USA: 8th March
  • Easter UK / USA: sometime between middle of March and middle of April
  • Father's Day UK / USA: the third Sunday in June