Vocabulary - festivals in France
Vocabulary
Festivals in France
Le 1 janvier, c鈥檈st le Jour de l鈥橝n. - The first of January is New Year鈥檚 Day.
脌 la Saint-Valentin, le 14 f茅vrier, j鈥檃i re莽u deux cartes. - On Valentine鈥檚 Day, the 14th February, I received two cards.
J鈥檃ime observer le Ramadan avec ma famille. 鈥 I like to celebrate Ramadan with my family.
J鈥檃dore cette 蹿锚迟别 parce que j鈥檃ime la chasse aux 艙ufs de P芒ques. - I love this festival because I like Easter egg hunts.
Je rentre chez moi ce weekend pour la 蹿锚迟别 des M猫res. 鈥 I鈥檓 going home this weekend for Mother鈥檚 Day.
J鈥檃dore regarder le d茅fil茅 du 14 Juillet. 鈥 I love watching the parade on the 14th of July.
Le d茅fil茅 a lieu pendant le matin sur les Champs-脡lys茅es. 鈥 The military parade takes place in the morning on the Champs-脡lys茅es.
J鈥檃dore Halloween, c鈥檈st trop dr么le. - I love Halloween, it鈥檚 so funny.
J鈥檃dore No毛l parce que j鈥檃ime donner et recevoir des cadeaux. - I love Christmas because I love to give and receive presents.
Les jours f茅ri茅s, tous les magasins sont ferm茅s. - On bank holidays, all the shops are closed.
Question
Four students have described some festivals and holidays in an online forum. Read their comments and decide which of the words below is missing from each description.
- esclavage
- populaire
- 蹿锚迟别
- bal
- Hier soir, c鈥櫭﹖ait la 蹿锚迟别 dans la rue. On est all茅s au [_____] et ensuite au feu d鈥檃rtifice.
- Ma correspondante habite 脿 la Guadeloupe. On y 蹿锚迟别 l鈥檃bolition de l鈥橻______] au mois de mai.
- Ce weekend, je vais aller voir mes parents car c鈥檈st la [______] des m猫res.
- Halloween est devenue tr猫s [_______] en France.
- Hier soir, c鈥櫭﹖ait la 蹿锚迟别 dans la rue. On a est all茅s au bal et ensuite au feu d鈥檃rtifice. - Last night there was a party in the street. We went to a street ball and then to the fireworks.
- Ma correspondante habite 脿 la Guadeloupe. On y 蹿锚迟别 l鈥檃bolition de l鈥檈sclavage au mois de mai. - My pen pal lives in Guadeloupe. There they celebrate the abolition of slavery in May.
- Ce weekend je vais aller voir mes parents car c鈥檈st la 蹿锚迟别 des m猫res. - This weekend I am going to go and see my parents because it is Mother鈥檚 Day.
- Halloween est devenue tr猫s populaire en France. - Halloween has become very popular in France.