Do the reading Test. Read the text and match the correct answers to the questions. One answer is extra.
Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is an annual festival that is always celebrated in English-speaking countries like the UK, the USA, Ireland, Australia, and Canada on Tuesday in February or March. Traditionally, many people eat pancakes on this day. It is the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Lent is a period of 40 days before Easter when people give up meat, fish, dairy, fat, and fast food. Easter takes place on a different date each year because it depends on the moon. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring. Another British tradition is pancake racing. People run in a race with a pancake in a pan. As they run, they have to toss the pancake \(throw the pancake in the air and catch it in the pan\) several times. In some pancake races, people dress up in fancy dress costumes. The most famous pancake race takes place in a town called Olney. The British say that Olney has been organising pancake races since 1445! Today Pancake Day is a popular festival in the world.
- Объекты 1
- When did the British start organising pancake races?
- When do people celebrate Pancake Day?
- What do people do on Pancake Day?
- What do people do during a period of Lent?
- The extra answer _______
- Объекты 2
- In 1445.
- On Tuesday in February or March.
- Eat pancakes and take part in a race with a pancake.
- Give up meat, fish, dairy, fat, and fast food.
- Ash Wednesday.