Celebrations and Holidays



Celebrations and Holidays

Vocabulary, Grammar, and Word Order

1. Start with a subject for your sentence. The subject tells the audience who celebrates this holiday or special day.

Examples:

I celebrate New Year’s Eve on December 31.

My sister celebrates Valentine’s Day with her husband.

My family likes to celebrate Christmas together.

My parents go to a restaurant to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

My town has a parade to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November.

or People in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November.

Mexicans celebrate Independence Day on September 15 and 16.

or People in Mexico celebrate Independence Day on September 15 and 16.

Koreans celebrate Children’s Day on May 5.

or People in Korea celebrate Children’s Day on May 5.

Vietnamese celebrate New Year’s Day in January or February.

or People in Vietnam celebrate New Year’s Day in January or February.

Salvadoreans celebrate Independence Day on November 5.

or People in El Salvador celebrate Independence Day on November 5.

2. Put a verb after your subject. Use simple present verb tense if you are talking about something that is a general fact or habit. Be careful with subject-verb agreement.

Look at the examples again:

I celebrate New Year’s Eve on December 31.

My sister celebrates Valentine’s Day with her husband.

My family likes to celebrate Christmas together.

My parents go to a restaurant to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

My town has a parade to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November.

or People in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November.

3. If you have a second verb, it will usually be in the infinitive form (but not always).

Look at the examples again:

My family likes to celebrate Christmas together.

My parents go to a restaurant to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

My town has a parade to celebrate the Fourth of July.

4. CAPITALIZE the main words in the names of days, months, and holidays.

Look at the examples again:

My sister celebrates Valentine’s Day with her husband.

My family likes to celebrate Christmas together.

My town has a parade to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November.

Vietnamese celebrate New Year’s Day in January or February.

5. Do not capitalize general celebrations such as:

birthday wedding anniversary baptism graduation

6. Use the preposition “on” with dates.

Look at the examples again:

I celebrate New Year’s Eve on December 31.

Mexicans celebrate Independence Day on September 15 and 16.

Koreans celebrate Children’s Day on May 5.

7. Use the preposition “on” with days and “in” with months.

Look at the examples again:

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November.

People in Vietnam celebrate New Year’s Day in January or February.

Now, write some of your own examples:

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