The words in the sentences have been scrambled.

On the
lines provided below each sentence, re-write the words of
the sentence in the correct order.

1. the New Lantern The day Year the celebration last the or Festival, Yuanxiao.
is of called

2. between January 21 and February 20. In the Gregorian calendar used in

other countries, Chinese New Year falls on different dates each year. It is
usually

3. women in maids. outside families ago have their go allowed of houses would
this were been rich Long China, one the their with few when of to days

4. contain hongbao red paper packets money. The called

5. is and which The beginning Festival ends this on (moon) lunar of 15th the
calendar, starts with Year New Lantern day. at the

Celebrating the Chinese New Year

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The words in the sentences have been scrambled. On the

lines provided below each sentence, re-write the words of
the sentence in the correct order.

1. the New Lantern The day Year the celebration last the or Festival, Yuanxiao.
is of called
The last day of the New Year celebration is called the Lantern Festival, or
the Yuanxiao.
2. between January 21 and February 20. In the Gregorian calendar used in
other countries, Chinese New Year falls on different dates each year. It is
usually
In the Gregorian calendar used in other countries, Chinese New Year falls on
different dates each year. It is usually between January 21 and February
20.
3. women in maids. outside families ago have their go allowed of houses would
this were been rich Long China, one the their with few when of to days
Long ago in China, this would have been one of the few days when women of
rich families were allowed to go outside their houses with their maids.
4. contain hongbao red paper packets money. The called
The red paper packets called hongbao contain money.
5. is and which The beginning Festival ends this on (moon) lunar of 15th the
calendar, starts with Year New Lantern day. at the
The New Year starts at the beginning of this lunar (moon) calendar, and ends
with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day.

Celebrating the Chinese New Year

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