St Patrick’s Day St. Patrick’s Day is on …… A. 4 th July. B. 17 th March. C. 1 st March.

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St Patrick’s Day

Transcript of St Patrick’s Day St. Patrick’s Day is on …… A. 4 th July. B. 17 th March. C. 1 st March.

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St Patrick’s Day

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St. Patrick’s Day is on ……

• A. 4th July.

• B. 17th March.

• C. 1st March.

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Leprechaun

Saint Patrick

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Saint Patrick is the patron saint of…

• A. Wales• B. Scotland• C. Ireland

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The symbol of St. Patrick is…

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shamrock

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balloons

horse shoe

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British flag

Irish flag

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pot of gold

hat

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priest

Leprechaun

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pot of gold

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beer

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On St. Patrick’s Day, people wear…

• A. green clothes

• B. red clothes

• C. black clothes

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St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland

Go to any Irish city or town on 17th March and you’ll see a strange sight: people dressed in green, wearing a three-leafed clover – the shamrock – on their lapels and marching in parades. What is all about? It’s St. Patrick’s Day, of course!

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Who is St. Patrick?

He is the patron saint of Ireland. He was probably born in Wales in about AD

385 and died in 461 on 17th March, and that’s why this feast day is

celebrated on this day.

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St. Patrick’s Day all over the world

Irish people all over the world celebrate St. Patrick’s day and big parades take place in New York, Chicago and Boston in the USA

because lots of Irish people live there. Large floats, decorated with harps, shamrocks, Irish flags and anything

green, wind their way along the main streets while the crowds on either side cheer them on. In Dublin, the capital

city of Ireland, there is a huge firework display in the evening and fun and

games for kids.

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Why do people wear green?

Green is one of the symbols of Ireland and this festival takes place in the spring when plants are just beginning to grow. Green is also the color of the shamrock, the special symbol associated with St. Patrick.

So, next 17th March, why not put on some green clothes, pin a shamrock on your lapel and join in the biggest party in the Irish calendar – St. Patrick’s Day!

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Reading comprehension

Read and mark the sentences as true (T) or false (F) or doesn’t say

(DS).

1. People wear shamrocks on their hats.

2. St. Patrick’s Day marks the death of St. Patrick.

3. St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated only in Ireland.

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4. People who watch the St.Patrick’s Day parade must wear green clothes.

5. There are things for both adults and children to do on St. Patrick’s Day.

6. The shamrock was St. Patrick’s favourite plant.

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Make words out of the letters in ST PATRICK’S DAY

1. begin _ _ _ _ _2. people have picnics there _ _ _

_ 3. not the whole _ _ _ _4. what we breathe _ _ _ 5. not light _ _ _ _ 6. we drive it _ _ _

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Thank you for your attention!

Happy St. Patrick’s

Day!