Guy Fawkes / News Articles Review

Underline a headline on this newspaper.

Guy Fawkes was a ​ ​ (a)   man who planned to blow up ​ (b)   in Britain in the ​ (c)   He was found in the ​ (d)   and ​ (e)   for his crimes.

• Catholic
• Parliament
• 1600s.
• cellar
• executed
• Protestant
• Senate
• 1800s.
• attic
• imprisoned

People today celebrate Guy Fawkes night with ...

• fireworks

• candlelight vigils
• costume parties
• parades and street performances

In New Zealand Guy Fawkes night used to be popular but it is less so now.

• False

• True

Guy Fawkes night isn't so popular anymore because many people get ​ (a)   from using fireworks. The noise is also​ (b)   for pets and other animals. The public sale of fireworks in NZ has been​ (c)   to just four days a year as a result.

• injured
• frightening
• restricted
• stopped
• British
• nyala

Match the following

• Peaceful

• Byline

• A type of Christianity

• News Article

• The writer of the news article

• Headline

• Informative piece of writing

• Protestant

• The title of the news article

• Calm

Identify the fireworks display.

Parliament means ...

• Article

• Fireworks

• School

• Government

If you are 'arrested' it means ...

• a person is being questioned as a witness.
• a person has been taken into custody by police

• a person is free to leave without any charges.
• a person has been given a warning by police

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Proper Nouns

,

(b) Regular Nouns

,

(c) Adjectives

,

(d) Verbs

• Guy Fawkes

• dry

• calm

• New Zealand

• arrested

• pets

• cellar

• executed

• fireworks

• celebrated

• James 1st

• Catholic

• died

• explosive