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 celebrating pancake races since 1445! Today Pancake Day is a popular festival in the world. Read and divide the statements into two groups. TRUE STATEMENTS FALSE STATEMENTS Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is an annual festival that is always celebrated on Tuesday in February or March. People give up meat, fish, dairy, fat, and fast food during a peariod of Lent. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring in Britain. Pancake Day is popular only in English-speaking countries. Pancake Day lasts a week.
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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 celebrating pancake races since 1445!
Today Pancake Day is a popular festival in the world. Read and divide the statements into two groups.

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    • FALSE STATEMENTS
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    • Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is an annual festival that is always celebrated on Tuesday in February or March.
    • People give up meat, fish, dairy, fat, and fast food during a peariod of Lent.
    • Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring in Britain.
    • Pancake Day is popular only in English-speaking countries.
    • Pancake Day lasts a week.

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