Holidays
Ceremonies
Celebrations
Verb Definitions
Verb Tenses
100

A holiday celebrated on December 25.

What is Christmas?

100
An event involving the marriage of two people.

What is a wedding?

100

An alternative word for celebration describing an event at which you celebrate.

What is "party"?

100

To organize and execute an event or a party.  

What is to "hold"?

100

Give the past and present participles of "celebrate".

What are "celebrated" and "celebrating"?

200

A holiday celebrated on February 14.

What is Valentine's Day?

200

An event at which an individual receives a diploma.

What is graduation/a graduation ceremony?

200

True of False:

Celebrations can be part of both ceremonies and holidays.

True

200

To decide that an event or party that was planned will not happen.  

What is to "cancel"?

200

An example of "invite" being used in the present perfect.

What is "She had invited..."?
300

A holiday celebrated in March.

What is St. Patrick's Day?

300

An event celebrating the memory of an individual's life.

What is a funeral?

300

The term for celebrating moving into a new home.

What is "housewarming"?

300

An idiomatic expression meaning to organize and execute a party, usually in your home.  

What is "throwing a party"?

300

Identify the tense in the following:

I will be joining your family for Christmas this year.

What is future continuous?

400

A holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May.

What is Mother's Day?

400

A word sometimes used synonymously with "ceremony".

What is "service"?

400

True or false: 

It is typical to give gifts at all celebrations.

False.

400

To drink a glass of wine or other alcoholic drink to thank someone, wish someone luck or celebrate something.

What is "giving a toast"?

400

Identify the tense in the following:

Jerry and Marco have been decorating the venue since last week.

What is present perfect continuous?

500

Define a "Hallmark Holiday".

What is a holiday marketed for profit?

500

A ceremony or event marking an important stage in someone's life, especially birth, puberty, marriage, and death.

What is a "Rite of Passage"?

500

Two types of parties at which presents are given to someone, typically a woman who is about to get married or have a baby.

What are bridal/baby showers?

500

A term derived from French ‘répondez s’il vous plaît’ and written on invitations, “please reply”.

What is to RSVP?

500

Use RSVP in a sentence.

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