Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

Box 77
Listening grid
Size
Colour
Other
Noun
Place
adjective
small
red
square
envelopes
China
big
white
round
rice cakes
Korea
small
brown
sweet
doughnuts
Holland
very small
yellow and black
soft
peas
United States
small
green
tasty
12 grapes
Spain
long
yellow
thin
noodles
Japan
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Box 78
International New Year celebrations
1 In Spain we eat 12 small, tasty, green grapes on New Year’s Eve.
2 People in the south of the United States eat very small, yellow and black,
soft peas to bring them good luck in the New Year.
3 Every Chinese New Year, our parents give us a small, red, square envelope
with money inside it.
4 On New Year’s Eve in Japan, people eat long, thin, yellow noodles.
5 Korean people eat big, white, round rice cakes on New Year’s Day.
6 In Holland we enjoy eating small, brown, sweet doughnuts to celebrate
the New Year.