Text 2. OUR CALENDAR

Our calendar shows the day of the week, the date the month, the month of the year and the number of the year, too. Today the calendar shows the date... The red-letter days of our calendar are: New Year's Day, Christmas, the Fatherland's Defenders' Day, the Women's Day, Мay the 1st, Victory Day, the Easter, the Independence Day, the Constitution Day.

The New Year's Day is the first of January, and we celebrate this holiday on the thirty-first of December – on the eve of the New Year. The seventh of January is Christmas. The twenty-third of February is the Father-land's Defenders' Day. The eighth of March is the Women' Day. The ninth of May is the Victory Day.

The twelfth of June is the Independence Day. The twelfth of December is the Constitution Day.

In addition, there is a number of special and professional days, for example, the twelfth of April is the Cosmonautics Day, the first of September is the Day of Knowledge and others.

Answer the following questions:

1. Is there a calendar pad on your table?

2. What red-letter days of our calendar do you know?

3. When do we celebrate the New Year's Day?

4. What date is Christmas?

5. What day is the twenty-third of February?

6. When is the Women's Day?

7. When do we celebrate the Victory Day?

8. What date is the Russia's Independence Day?

9. When is the Constitution Day?

10. What special or professional days do you know?