B1 thanksgiving & Black Friday

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

What does Black Friday have to do with Thanksgiving?

When is Thanksgiving celebrated?

1. first Thursday of November
2. fourth Thursday of November
3. first Tuesday of November
4. fourth Tuesday of November

Congress made Thanksgiving Day a ______________ holiday in 1941

1. Special
2. Mandatory
3. Legal
4. Family

The most traditional food of Thanksgiving is

1. rabbit
2. pizza
3. glaced ham
4. turkey

____ pie is typical of Thanksgiving

1. Cranberry
2. Corn
3. Bean
4. Pumpkin

_____ potatoes is also served at Thanksgiving.

1. Flattened
2. Squashed
3. Crushed
4. Mashed

A _____ is a small berry, typically made into a sauce for Thanksgiving.

1. blueberry
2. raspberry
3. cranberry
4. strawberry

The first Thanksgiving Day celebration is thought to have taken place in

1. 1620
2. 1621
3. 1789
4. 1720

Typical Thanksgiving food

Thanksgiving Dinner

Hoe heet de dag na Thanksgiving in de Verenigde Staten?

1. Black friday
2. Yellow friday
3. Blue saturday
4. Green friday

Where did Black Friday first start?

1. It started in the United Kingdom, then Americans started doing it as well.
2. It started in the United Kingdom and America at the same time.
3. It started in America, then the UK started doing it as well.
4. It is not clear where Black Friday started.

Black Friday is called this way because:

1. after this day many people have little money left, which is called: “being in the black”.
2. all the shopping people create crowded streets, looking as if the streets were black.
3. shops lose a lot of money on this day because they are selling things so cheaply.
4. a lot of shops start to make profits during this day.

Black Friday

Black Friday is de drukte winkeldag van het jaar in de VS.

Winkeliers komen in de  'zwarte cijfers' in plaats van in de rode cijfers.  Daarom heet deze dag ' Black Friday'.

Black Friday wordt ook gezien als start voor het 'kerstshoppen in de VS"