http://www.misteraidan.com Part A: Name :Class: Read about birthdays around the world and answer the questions In Denmark, people put a flag outside their window to show that somebody in the house is having a birthday The family put presents around the child’s bed when he is sleeping When the child wakes up, he is very happy because he can see the presents In Nepal, people make a special mark on the child’s forehead The mark is made from a mixture of rice, yoghurt and colouring People think that the mark will bring good luck on their birthday In Vietnam, people don’t celebrate the exact day of their birthday Everybody celebrates their birthday on the same day – New Year’s Day On the first morning of the New Year, parents give their children red envelopes Inside the envelope, there is “lucky money” In England, when it’s your birthday, your friends will sometimes give you the ‘bumps’ They lift you up and down in the air by your hands and feet, one time for each year and one extra for good luck In Hungary, everyone pulls on the earlobes of the birthday person and says a little rhyme The rhyme means "God bless you, live so long that your ears reach your ankles" In Canada, the birthday child is caught by his friends and his nose is greased with butter for good luck The greased nose makes the child too slippery for bad luck to catch him 1 What people in Nepal use to make a mark on the forehead of the birthday child? John is from England He’s 16 years old today How many bumps does he get? What Vietnamese people put inside the red envelope? In what country people celebrate their birthday on the first day of the year? What Canadians put on a child’s nose on his birthday? Part B: Look at the flags Write the name of the capital city under each flag (Use google or Wikipedia.org to find the answers) Part C: Please write five things you did on your last birthday Don’t forget to use the past tense