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Saint Patrick's Day - C1

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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the words with their definitions

a holy person who protects a place

kidnap

a traditional or habitual practice.

take off

to speak excessively about your skills

boast about

to illegally take someone prisoner

patron saint

when something becomes popular

custom

2.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
harp
four-leaf clover
shamrock
glasses
shoe
St. Patrick's Day
top hat
pot of gold
Irish flag

3.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Complete:

1. Millions of people around the world wear their best green ​ (a)   every March 17th to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day.

2. To start with, Saint Patrick wasn't even ​ (b)   . He was born around the fifth century in Brittany, then part of the Roman Empire.

3. At sixteen, he was ​ (c)   by Irish Raiders and spent six years in ​ (d)   .

4. After Patrick died on March 17, 461 he was largely forgotten until mythology and egend grew. Centuries later he was ​ (e)   as the patron saint of Ireland.

attire
Irish
kidnapped
captivity
honored

4.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Complete

1. According to another famous story, Patrick used the three leaves of the ​ (a)   to explain the Holy Trinity.

2.The parade tradition really ​ (b)   after the great potato famine hit Ireland in the 1840s, sending hundreds of thousands of Irish immigrants pouring into New York, Boston, and other American cities.

3.Today, New Yorkers can​ (c)   having the largest St. Patrick's parade in the world with 200,000 participants and nearly 3 million spectators each year.

4.The first record of a St. Patrick's Day parade in New York dates to 1762, when a group of Irish soldiers serving with the British marched a few blocks to a ​ (d)   in lower Manhattan.

5.As a result, people in 18th century Ireland started wearing shamrocks on March 17 to signify their Irish Christian ​ (e)  

shamrock
took off
boast about
tavern
pride

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the synonyms

clothes

tavern

imprisonment

migrate

pub

spectators

audience

attire

relocate

captivity

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