Reading Comprehension

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome

Getting to know each other

Promise - Jackie Kay

Remember, the time of year

when the future appears

like a blank sheet of paper

a clean calendar, a new chance.

On thick white snow

You vow fresh footprints

then watch them go

with the wind’s hearty gust.

Fill your glass. Here’s tae us. Promises

made to be broken, made to last.

I am

My class is...

The holidays were

READING COMPREHENSION

What is the main idea of a text?

NEW YEAR'S EVE

What is the topic of the text?

1. British new year celebrations and traditions .
2. New Year's Eve.
3. New year's resolutions.

What is the main idea of the text?

True or false? English people always keep their New Year's resolutions.

1. True
2. False

What traditional song do English people sing on New Year's Eve?

1. Old King Cole
2. Auld Lang's Syne
3. Old Macdonald

A first footer is ......?

1. The first person to go outside on New Year's Day.
2. The first person on the dance floor on New Year's Eve.
3. The first person to enter a house on New Year's Day.

What do English people sometimes toast the new year with?

1. marshmallows
2. champagne
3. bread

What are your New Year's resolutions?