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UK Culture

UK culture has several special days that are celebrated with festivals and traditions. Some of the major holidays celebrated in the UK include Christmas, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Bonfire Night. Traditional British food includes fish and chips, roast beef and roast potatoes served with Yorkshire pudding. Chicken tikka masala, an Indian curry, is also very popular. The UK education system includes nursery schools, primary schools, secondary schools, state schools, and private schools. Politics in the UK are led by a Prime Minister and royal family, with decisions made in Parliament.

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UK Culture

UK culture has several special days that are celebrated with festivals and traditions. Some of the major holidays celebrated in the UK include Christmas, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Bonfire Night. Traditional British food includes fish and chips, roast beef and roast potatoes served with Yorkshire pudding. Chicken tikka masala, an Indian curry, is also very popular. The UK education system includes nursery schools, primary schools, secondary schools, state schools, and private schools. Politics in the UK are led by a Prime Minister and royal family, with decisions made in Parliament.

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33 UK culture

A Special days
festival date what people do
Christmas 25th December send Christmas cards, give presents, spend time with their
families, decorate a Christmas tree, eat a lot
New Year’s Eve / 31st December sing and dance, toast the New Year
Hogmanay (Scotland)
New Year’s Day 1st January a bank holiday [day when most organisations are closed]

Valentine’s Day 14th February send cards to boyfriend / girlfriend / husband / wife
Easter dates vary give children Easter eggs [chocolate eggs]
Halloween 31st October children dress up, children knock at doors and ask for sweets

Bonfire Night 5th November have a bonfire and fireworks

B Food
Traditional UK food is fish and chips and roast beef and roast potatoes [cooked in

the oven] with Yorkshire pudding [dish made of flour, milk and eggs].

Chicken tikka masala [a kind of curry] comes from India, but is very popular in the UK.

C Education
type of school what it is

nursery school for children aged 2-4


primary school for children aged 5-11

secondary school for children aged 12-18


state school parents don’t pay for children to go here
private school parents pay for children to go here

D Politics
The UK has a royal family, with a king
or a queen.
Political decisions are made at the
Houses of Parliament.
The Prime Minister is the political
leader of the UK.

72 English Vocabulary in Use Elementary


Exercises
33.1 Which festivals do these pictures show?

1 Halloween 3 5

2 4 6

33.2 Look at the pictures. Find 10 more words connected with food in the puzzle.

C H I C K E N F D K N
R Y O R K S H I R E P
O C V O M T R S M V U
A Q E W A A T H X L D
S M V C S H G E Q L D
T P O T A T O E S C I
D F G B L B K U V U N
X Z O E A P I V Z R G
A N D E C H I P S R B
C W Q F T I K K A Y J

33.3 Answer these questions about traditional UK food.


1 What do British people traditionally eat with fish? chips
2 Where does chicken tikka masala come from?
3 What is chicken tikka masala a kind of?
4 Do British people eat Yorkshire pudding after their main course?
5 In or on which part of the cooker do you make roast beef and roast potatoes?

33.4 Which kind of school do these British children go to?


1 Lily is seven. Her parents pay for her to go to school. a private primary school
2 Gabriel is 14. His school is free.
3 James and Ellie are three.
4 Mehmet is ten. His parents don’t pay for him to go to school.
5 Nick is 16. His parents pay for him to go to school.

33.5 Answer these questions about politics in


Tip
the UK. Learn about UK life by using the BBC Learning
1 Who is Prime Minister at the moment? English website which has up-to-date articles
2 Where does the Prime Minister work? and news stories: http://www.bbc.co.uk/
3 Who is head of the royal family at learningenglish/
the moment?

English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 73

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