Дидактический материал " Happy spring"

   Spring comes in March. Winter’s  last snow melts. Birds return from the south countries.                             1. ______does spring come?

2. ______ do birds return from?

  Spring wakes up Nature. The first grass, the first spring flowers – snowdrops, and buds of the pussy willow appear in March.

3.  _____ does spring wake up Nature?

They say “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb”.

4.____ does March come?

5.  ____ does March go out?

 Lion means an unpleasant, cold, windy, and rainy weather. Lamb means a pleasant, warm, and nice weather.  

6. ______ does Lion weather mean?

7. _____ does Lamb weather mean?

April gives us pleasure and joy. The sky is blue.  The sun shines brightly. The first green leaves appear from the buds. Crocuses and daffodils begin to bloom.

8. _____does April give us pleasure and joy?

 The first of April is 'April Fool's Day'. This is a day when people play tricks on each other for fun. A trick is like a practical joke.

9. _____ is 'April Fool's Day'?

1o. ______ do people do on that day?

 Before the 16th century, New Year's Day was celebrated on the first of April. Pope Gregory XIII changed the calendar. The first of January became the first day of the year, but many people did not know about it. When people forgot and still celebrated the New Year in April, other people made fun of them and called them fools.

11.______ did people make fun of other people and call them fools?

In England, tricks can only be played in the morning. When a trick is played on you, you are a "noodle." Trick must be harmless. It can be fun to prank your family.

For example, fill cookies with toothpaste or put some sugar into a salt container.   

12. _____ can tricks be played in England?

13. ______ are you a "noodle”?

 Paint soap with clear nail polish.

 Set your sibling clock four or five hours ahead.

14._____ can you prank your family?

In April birds make their nests and hatch their babies. People take care of the trees, they whitewash them.

15. ______ do birds do in April?

16. ______ do people take care of the trees?

 People plough fields, dig the ground, plant vegetables, and sow seeds on their plots. 

17. ______ do people do in spring?

 It often rains in April. There is a proverb “April showers bring May flowers”.

18. ______ does it often rain?

19. ______do April showers bring?

 May is the most pleasant month of spring. The wind is not cold, the sun is not hot. It is warm and delightful outdoors.

2o. ______ is May the most pleasant month of spring?

The nature looks charming because many kinds of beautiful flowers bloom during May- dandelions, lilies of the valley, tulips and lilac.

21. _______does nature look charming in May?

 The beauty of spring makes us forget our cares and sorrows. Trees blossom, birds sing, bees buzz, and butterflies fly in the gardens in May.

22._____ does the beauty of spring make us forget our cares and sorrows?

Every­body feels happy. We enjoy this season because we celebrate wonderful holidays in spring – Easter and Mother’s Day.

23. ______ does everybody feel?

24. _____ do we enjoy this season?