First Things First… Vocabulary!

In pairs, you have two minutes to think of as many

random holidays as you can.

These can be national days in

your country or even
international days, like ‘World
Hippo Day’ or ‘National
Chocolate Day’.
Which is the Real Day?
On the following slides, you will see a series of
‘holidays’. Choose which one you think is the real
day with your partner.
Which is the Real Day?

Everything Nothing
18 th
Day 16 th
Day
April January

Something Almost
29 th
Day
30 th
Day
March May

Reveal Answer
Which is the Real Day?

Wear
Wear a Hat
16th Pyjamas to Work
1 st
to Bed Day
April Day January

Wear Wear a Coat

29th Slippers to Work 30th to the
June Day September
Beach Day

Reveal Answer
Which is the Real Day?

Earache
31 st Stomach-ache
Day 31 st
Day
December May

Toothache Headache
9 th
February
Day 22 nd
Day
August

Reveal Answer
Make Your Own Day!
In pairs, you have five minutes to make your own day. Work
together and write down the following points:

1) The name of the day.

2) When the day is celebrated.
3) The reason why the day is
celebrated.
4) Fun activities you can do on
this day.
What Would You Do?
Talk to your partner or as a class about what you would do on
the following days.
What Would You Do?
Imagine it’s Pretend To Be a Time Traveller Day (8th December). What
would you do in the following situations?

Imagine you’re Imagine you’re Imagine you’re

Imagine you’re William
Ariana Grande Cleopatra in
Messi in the Shakespeare in
in Ancient today’s world.
the 1970s.
1920s. What
Greece. What What would you What would
would you do?
would you do? do? you do?

Click on any image

to start!
What Would You Do?
1st March is Plan A Solo Vacation Day! Ask and
answer the questions with your partner to plan a
holiday for yourself.

1) Where would you like to go?

2) When would you like to go?
3) How long would you stay there for?
4) How would you travel?
5) What activities would you do?
6) What souvenirs would you bring home?
What Would You Do?
21st May is Talk Like Yoda Day - a grammar nightmare for your English
teacher!
Ask and answer the questions with your partner, and the only rule is you
have to talk like Yoda! For example: “How are you?” “I good am, you
thank!”.

1) How are you?

2) What’s the weather like today?
3) How do you travel to school?
4) What did you do at the weekend?
5) What are you going to do this evening?
6) What’s your favourite subject and why?
7) What are your hobbies?
What Would You Do?
Finally, 25th December is A’phabet Day, also known as No ‘L’ Day, which
means you have to take out the ‘L’ from all the words you say or write.
Try saying the following sentences without the letter ‘L’.

1) Say ‘Hello’ in your language without an

‘L’.

L
2) Ask ‘How are you?’ in your language
without an ‘L’.
3) Ask your teacher a question in English
without the letter ‘L’.
4) Ask ‘Can I have a pencil, please?’ in
your language without the letter ‘L’.
5) Talk about what you did last night
without using the letter ‘L’.
Match the Country with the Holiday
There are different random days all over the world. Match the countries
with the random holidays with your partner or group.

South Korea 14th February - National Chocolate Day

USA 23rd December - Night of the Radishes

Ghana 24th April - National Pigs in Blankets Day

Japan 14th April - Black Day

Finland 27th July - National Sleepy Head Day

Mexico 3rd February - Bean Throwing Day

Go to the next slide to learn more!

Correct Answers
Click on each country name to learn more about their random holidays!

Finland
This country is known South Korea lots
for having
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In Blankets DayHead Daymake
might is celebrated
of memorable days, and Black Day is on
here on 27 th
July every
you think of cute little animals year. It’s
in warm, better to get
14th April. It celebrates single people, and
outbut
fluffy blankets, of bed
this before 7 on
holidaysome o’clock
24 th on this day,
Aprileat noodles in black bean
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celebratesif you’re
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last one to wake up,
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pastry! Delicious! family will throw water on
In this country, Valentine’s
you! Day (14 th

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February) is also known as National
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carve huge radishes to win
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tourism
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encourage Japan
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people eatdaymoreis achocolate
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producers.
Ghana