Celebrations & festivals
On what holiday do people decorate a Christmas tree and exchange gifts?
New Year
If a person is superstitious, what can he(she) carry with him (her)?
Lucky charm
A fixed arrangement in the near future
Present Continuous
What kind of suffixes do we use with participles to describe how we feel?
-ed
What flowers grew on the battlefields after World War I?
Red Poppies
What is the name of the colorful and musical Native American festival?
Pow-Wow
What cake-related idiom means as simple as pie?
A piece of cake
What are verbs called that do not have a continuous tense?
State/stative verbs
What kind of suffixes do we use with participles to describe what something or someone is like?
-ing
How many different Indian tribes from the United States and Canada participate in POW-WOW?
Over 500
What does Hogmanay mean in Celtic?
New morning
What superstition foretells misfortune for the next 7 years?
A broken mirror
An action which started in the past and continues to the present with emphasis on duration.
Present Perfect Continuous
What dependent preposition do we use with the words famous and reason?
For
What does the Cenotaph mean?
The Empty Tomb
What festival is celebrated in Japan in the spring when the cherry blossoms bloom?
Cherry Blossom Festival
Who, according to superstition, causes a person's misfortune if they cross the road?
A black cat
An action completed recently.
Present Perfect
What dependent preposition do we use with the words crowded and pleased?
With
What happens on the 11th of November at 11 a.m. in the UK?
Two-minute silence
What festival is celebrated every year on October 6th in Brussels, Belgium?
March of the Scarecrows
What idiom is similar in meaning to the proverb "And eat the fish and don't go into the water"?
Have your cake and eat it
What are the names of sentences that are defining and non-defining?
Relative Clauses
What phrasal verb can I use to use electricity or become a butterfly or Shrek?
Turn
Turn on / Turn off / Turn into
What does "POW-WOW" usually start with?
Begins with the Grand Entry of Dancers