English 1st April

What can you find out about April Fools' Day? Perhaps when you have done this comprehension you could find out your own interesting facts.

Comprehension: April Fools’ Day

1.     What is an alternative name for ‘April Fools’ Day’?

2.     What is the name of the calendar system we use in the UK?

3.     Why were people celebrating New Year on the 1st April?

4.     Name one other possible origin of April Fools’ Day earlier than the 1500s?

5.     What does the Scottish word ‘Gowk’ mean?

6.     The author uses the phrase: “sprig of spaghetti”

          Which word most closely matches the word sprig? Tick one:

·      Offshoot

·      Bush

·      Plant

·      Flower

7.     Who usually has fish stuck to their backs on April Fools’ Day in France and who will have put them there?

8.     Can you really buy left-handed burgers? Give a reason for your answer.

9.     What might someone say to you if you tried to play a trick on them in the afternoon of the 1st of April?

10.  Give two reasons why you think the BBC spoof documentary on spaghetti trees was such a successful prank?