Superstitions

LearnEnglish Teens - British Council Click on the text, read it and answer the questions. Are there any customs and traditions in your country? Do you believe in them, and do you have any of your own? Search the Internet. Look at TB p 73 ex 1. Match the pictures and phrases. Which pictures show the symbols of good luck and which ones are believed to be the symbols of bad luck? Fill the table with the superstitions. Good luck a horseshoe over the door blowing out all the candles on a birthday cake finding a coin finding a four-leaf clover Bad luck walking under a ladder breaking a mirror meeting a chimney sweep opening and umbrella indoors seeing bats flying Watch the video and answer the questions orally using your microphone. If it is still not possible to record, write your answers. What do you think of superstitions? Do you believe them or ignore them? Why? Who is the most superstitious person in your family? Has anything unpleasant happened to you on a Friday the 13th?