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This festival is in the month of April.
It is an important festival of the
Sinhala and the Tamil people. They
make a lot of sweet meats, wear new
clothes and visit relatives at this
festival.
This is a very special festival to the
Buddhists. It is in May. People
decorate their houses with colourful
lanterns and paper streamers during
this festival.
This is the biggest festival of the
Muslim people. It is celebrated at the
end of the fasting period. They pray
at the mosque and enjoy good food
with friends and neighbours on this
day.
Christians celebrate this festival in
December. They decorate a tree with
beautiful lights and balloons and
keep it in the house at this festival.
People give presents to friends and
relatives on this day.
This is a colourful festival
celebrated by the Hindus. They light
oil lamps in their houses and wear
new clothes for this festival.
What are these festivals? Read and find out.
Ramazan Christmas
Deepavali Vesak
Sinhala and Tamil New Year
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What do people do at Diwali ?
Diwali is here again,
Diwali is here again,
Shining oil lamps,
One, two, three.
Lots of fireworks, lots of noise,
Lots of sweets for girls and boys,
Diwali is here again,
Diwali is here again,
Shining oil lamps,
One, two, three.
Match these words with the pictures:
oil lamps fireworks sweets noise
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Muslim festival days change every year.
Find the dates of the above festivals for this year from the calendar.
Complete these sentences and say them.
1. Milad-Un-Nabi is on the ............... of ............... this year.
2. Id-Ul-Alha is on the ............... of ............... this year.
3. Id-Ul-Fitr is on the ............... of ............... this year.
A festival that celebrates the
birthday of the Holy Prophet
(Peace be upon his name!).
A festival that celebrates
the end of the fasting
period.
Milad-Un-Nabi(Holy prophet’s birthday)
Id-Ul-Alha(Haj)
Id-Ul-Fitr(Ramazan)
A festival that
celebrates the
Haj pilgrimage.
D Here are the names of three important Muslim festivals.
D Match their names with the descriptions.
A B C
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snowman Christmas card presents angelcandle sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride,
In a one horse open sleigh!
Dashing through the snow,
In a one horse open sleigh.
Over the fields we go,
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bob-tail ring,
Making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing,
A sleighing song tonight!
MerryChristmas!
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Find the past tense form of these verbs used in the dialogue.
Present
make
cut
tie
paste
Past
Amali : Look at the Vesak lantern I made.
Meena : It’s very beautiful. Tell me how you
made it.
Amali : First I cut some bamboo into equal
pieces.
Meena : How many pieces do you need?
Amali : Twenty-four pieces.
Meena : What did you do next?
Amali : I tied the ends of the bamboo sticks
and made six squares.
Meena : And then?
Amali : I tied the six squares together and
pasted on coloured tissue paper.
Meena : Did you cover all the sides with tissue
paper?
Amali : No, don’t cover the top and the
bottom.
Meena : Is that all?
Amali : To make it more beautiful I cut some
streamers and pasted them round the
bottom edge.
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You need : A piece of hard paper
colours, scissors
How to make : (1) Cut a 6” x 6” piece of paper.
(2) Fold it in the middle.
(3) Draw a picture on the outside of the left-hand page.
Colour it.
(4) Write your greeting on the inside of the right-hand
page.
(5) Write “From” and your name.
Wishing you a Happy Thai Pongal.
I wish you a very Happy New Year.
Happy Vesak to you!
Merry X’mas to you!
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No. 7
Araliya Road
Ambahena.
17th April, 2001
Dear Meena,
Thank you for the New Year greetings card. I received it yes-
terday.
We had a very exciting New Year’s Day this time. Our uncle
working in Dubai came home this year. He brought presents
for everyone. My mother prepared a lot of sweet meats like
kevum, kokis, aluwa and dodol for us to eat. We shared this
food with our neighbours. We wore new clothes and worshipped
our elders. We went to the temple in the morning. In the
afternoon we played games.
Our village New Year festival is on the 21st of April. Would you
like to come to see it?
With love
Amali
receive
prepare
sharewors
hip
play
received
prepared
sharedwors
hipped
played
D How did you celebrate your New Year’s Day?
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Vesak
Ramazan
Christmas
Deepavali
Ramazan is a big festival. We
celebrate Ramazan at the end of
the fasting season. We make a lot
of tasty food on this day. We
share the food with our
neighbours.
- beautiful
- December
- decorate
- colourful
- May
- make beautiful lanterns
- go to the temple
- beautiful
- October
- light oil lamps
D Speak about the festivals you celebrate
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Festivals
Read and find
Look and say
LESSON
1UNIT 4
New Year? Ramazan? Thai Pongal? Christmas?
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Would you like to have some
Christmas cake?
We prepare it specially at Christmas.
Would you like to taste some laddu?
We prepare it specially at Thai Pongal.
Would you like to have some kevum?
It is specially prepared for the New
Year.
Would you like to taste this
watalappan?
It is specially prepared for Ramazan.
D What kinds of special food do people prepare for ...............
Guess the food items.
1. You need eggs, coconut milk and jaggery to prepare this. It’s very sweet.
2. You need flour, sugar and oil to prepare this. It’s prepared in hot oil.
3. You need flour, sugar, eggs and butter to prepare this. It is baked.
A B
C D
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Look and read
Practise
LESSON
2UNIT 4
Skirts, trousers, blouses, sarongs, sarees,
frocks, verti, salwar kameez, shorts, shirts, veils
They’re
It’s
too
small
for
him
big her
tight me
No. They’re
too long
for me.No. It’s too
short for me.
Do you like the
pair of shorts?Do you like
the skirt?
D How many of the following items of clothing can you see in the shop?
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Read, find and match
LESSON
3UNIT 4
Find the matching picture and name the festival.
Two people are sitting on a wooden
pole above the ground. They are
facing each other. In one hand each
person has a pillow. The other hand is
held behind. They are hitting each
other with the pillows.
There is a big round drum supported
by three legs. Several women are sit-
ting round it. They are beating the
drum with their hands to a tune.
A group of people go round the village
singing at night. They are colourfully
dressed. One person is dressed like
an old man with a white beard. He
gives presents to the children.
A number of bullock carts are lined up
together. At a signal they start racing
as fast as they can. The bullock cart
that comes first wins the race.
Thai Pongal
Raban playing Pillow fightingBullock cart racingCarols singing
Sinhala and Tamil New YearChristmas
Match
D At which festivals do you see these things?
A B
DC
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Read and find
LESSON
4UNIT 4
We celebrated Thai Pongal festival last week. We got
ready for the festival by cleaningand decorating the houses. On Thai Pongal day we wore newclothes. We made pongal rice by cooking rice with milk and jaggery.Thai Pongal is a harvest festival.
The second day of the festival iscalled Madu Pongal. On this day wetreat the bulls and cows speciallywell because they help us to get agood harvest. We bathe them and putgarlands of flowers round theirnecks.
Meena RajeshwariGrade 5 E
D Find out how pongal rice is prepared.
D What is the second day of Thai Pongal called?
Thai Pongal
Complete the sentences.
Pongal rice is prepared by ............... .
People treat the bulls and the cows well because ............... .
People ............... and ............... on Madu Pongal day.
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1. It’s Thai Pongal.
Meena’s mother has prepared laddu. (prepare)
2. It’s Sinhala and Tamil New Year.
Amali’s mother has made ……………………………… . (make)
3. It’s Ramazan.
Nizar’s mother …………………………………………… . (prepare)
4. It’s Christmas.
Roy’s mother …………………………………………… . (bake)
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Thai Pongal? Christmas?Ramazan? Sinhala and Tamil New Year?
kevum and kokis a Christmas cakeladdu watalappan
D What special food have they made for ...............
A B C D
make
prepare
bake
has made
has prepared
has baked
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It’s the Christmas festival.
It’s the Sinhala and Tamil New Year.
It’s the Vesak festival.
It’s the Thai Pongal festival.
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Read and answer
Make sentences
LESSON
6UNIT 4
At this festival people cook a special
kind of rice mixed with milk and
jaggery.
This is a festival celebrated by both
Sinhala and Tamil people.
A religious festival at which people
decorate their houses with colourful
lanterns.
A religious festival. Many people keep
a tree decorated with balloons and
streamers in the house.
It’s held in January.
It’s held in December.
It’s held in May.
It’s held in April.
Today’s quiz programme is
about the national festivals.
I’ll read a description of a
festival. The competitors must
tell me the name of the
festival and when it is held.
It’s Thai Pongal
It’s held in ...............
It’s ...............
It’s ...............
It’s ...............
It’s ...............
It’s ...............
It’s ...............
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Practise saying
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Role play
LESSON
7UNIT 4
Happy Ramazan to you,
Happy Ramazan to you.
Happy Ramazan, dear Nizar,
Happy Ramazan to you.
Hello Nizar,
we’ve come to
wish you Happy
Ramazan.
Oh, it’s very
nice of you!
Please come
in and sit
down.
Mother, These are
my friends. They’ve
come to wish me
Happy Ramazan.
You are most
welcome. Nizar,
give them
something to
eat, please.
A B
DC
We’ve = We have They’ve = They have
This is very
tasty. What’s
it called?
It’s called
watalappan.
We prepare it
with eggs,
milk and
jaggery.
How do you
prepare it?
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Read and role play
LESSON
8UNIT 4
Son, I am sorry to trouble
you on New Year’s Day.
I’m hungry. Can you give
me something to eat?
Please ask him
what he wants.
Father, there’s
an old man at
the gate.
Please come
into the house.
We have lots of
things to eat.
Mother, we have a
visitor. He’s hungry.
Can we share our
food with him?Thank you son.
Yes, of course we
can. What a good
thing on New
Year’s Day!
A B
C D
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