Unit 15                                            Happy Birthday

Lesson I

A. Listen and read.

A person's birthday is a special day. This is the date when the person was born. 

People around the world celebrate birthdays in different ways. In many countries, 

people celebrate with a cake. There are candles on the cake. There is one 

candle for each year of the person's life. People sing a song for the person. 

At the end of the song, the person blows out the candles.

In some countries, there is often a party for a child's birthday. The child's 

friends come to the home. There is special food, like sweets. The children 

play games and sing. The friends often bring a birthday gift for the child. 

The gifts are wrapped in colourful paper. The gift may be a toy, a book 

or some clothes. In some countries, the friends don't bring gifts. The 

most important thing is to enjoy the day and spend time with friends and

family.

Lesson 2

B. Read the sentences. Write T for True or F for False.

1   A birthday is the date when a person was born.                                    ---------

2 People celebrate birthdays in the same way

  around the world.                                                                                             ---------

3 On a birthday cake, there is one candle for

  each year of a child's age.                                                                             ---------

4 The friends and family blow out the candles on a birthday cake.      ---------

5 Children in some countries have a party for their birthday.                 ---------

6 Gifts are the most important thing for celebrating a birthday.           ---------

Lessons 3-4

E. Listen, read and say.

To write a date, we write the day, the month and the year: 

1.1.23 1st January, 2023 

We say:

The first of January, 2023.

F. Complete the sentences. Say and write today's date.

The month is The day is                                 .

The year is                                                        .

Today's date is                                                .

G. Read and say.

The 21st of February, 1952 is the Language Martyrs' Day. On this day in 1952, 

students in Dhaka gave their lives for their mother language. The day is now 

called International Mother Language Day.

Lessons 5-6

H. Say the dates.

A             17 March                        D           1 May

B              26 March                        E           20 November

C              14 April                           F            16 December

1. Why are the dates in Activity H important? 

     Write the letter of the date next to the correct day.

                      Birthday of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 

                       the Father of the Nation

                      Independence Day of Bangladesh

                      Bangla New Year

                      Victory Day of Bangladesh

                      International Workers' Day

                      International Children's Day

J. Write the following dates in words and say them.

31 January, 1995           5 February, 1996         9 August, 1997

22 July, 2000                  21 October, 2009        23 May, 2015

K. Write your birthday in numbers and words.

                                                                                         .     

                                                                                              .

                                                                                              .