Lantern Festival | Elementary ESL Reading Worksheet PDF

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The Lantern Festival is a special holiday in many parts of Asia. It happens on the fifteenth day after Chinese New Year. On this night, the moon is big, round, and very bright. People go outside to enjoy the moonlight with family and friends.

During the festival, people hang red taa on trees, doors, and streets. The lanterns are pretty and glow softly in the dark. Some lanterns have animals or flowers on them. Children love to carry small lanterns as they walk around their neighborhood.

Families eat a sweet food called tangyuan. Tangyuan are small, round rice balls. They are sweet and chewy. The round shape is a ishara of family being together. Many people think tangyuan brings good luck for the new year.

People also like to solve riddles at the festival. They write the riddles on the lanterns. Friends read the riddles and try to guess the answer. It is a fun mila that is many hundreds of years old. Smart guesses sometimes win a small prize.

In Taiwan, the festival is very big. There are huge lantern shows in many cities. People also send sky lanterns up into the night. They write their wishes and dreams on the paper before they let the lantern fly. The lights look like stars going up to the sky.

A. Msamiati

  1. holiday ____
  2. lantern ____
  3. symbol ____
  4. tradition ____
  5. solve ____
  6. dreams ____
  7. celebrate ____
  8. riddle ____
  9. wish ____
  10. festival ____
  • a. do special things to show a day is important
  • b. find the answer to a problem or puzzle
  • c. hope for something good to happen
  • d. big public party for a special day or season
  • e. special day when people do not work and celebrate something
  • f. tricky question or puzzle with a clever answer
  • g. hopes or wishes for the future
  • h. object or shape that stands for an idea or feeling
  • i. way of doing something that families repeat every year
  • j. light made of paper or cloth with a small flame or bulb inside
Lantern Festival worksheet

B. Kweli au Si Kweli

  1. ____   The Lantern Festival happens on the fifteenth day after Chinese New Year.
  2. ____   On the night of the festival, the moon is small and dark.
  3. ____   People hang red lanterns on trees, doors, and streets.
  4. ____   Tangyuan is a kind of spicy soup.
  5. ____   The round shape of tangyuan is a symbol of family being together.
  6. ____   People write riddles on the lanterns and try to guess the answers.
  7. ____   Solving riddles at the festival is a new tradition from last year.
  8. ____   In Taiwan, there are big lantern shows in many cities.
  9. ____   Sky lanterns are sent up with people’s wishes and dreams on them.
  10. ____   Children are not allowed to carry lanterns during the festival.

C. Jaza Nafasi Zilizoachwa Hapo

Benki ya Neno: holiday, lanterns, symbol, tradition, solve, celebrate, riddle, festival
  1. The Lantern Festival is a special ___ in many parts of Asia.
  2. People hang red ___ on trees and doors.
  3. The round shape of tangyuan is a ___ of family being together.
  4. Friends read the riddles and try to ___ them.
  5. Writing riddles on lanterns is a fun ___ that is hundreds of years old.

D. Maswali ya Uelewa

  1. When does the Lantern Festival happen?
  2. What food do families eat during the Lantern Festival, and what does its shape mean?
  3. What do people do with sky lanterns in Taiwan?

E. Maswali ya Majadiliano

  1. If you could write any wish on a sky lantern, what would you write and why?
  2. What is your favorite holiday or festival, and how does your family celebrate it?
Answer Key (click to reveal)

A. Msamiati: 1-e, 2-j, 3-h, 4-i, 5-b, 6-g, 7-a, 8-f, 9-c, 10-d

B. Kweli/Si kweli: 1-T, 2-F, 3-T, 4-F, 5-T, 6-T, 7-F, 8-T, 9-T, 10-F

C. Jaza Nafasi Zilizoachwa: 1-holiday, 2-lanterns, 3-symbol, 4-solve, 5-tradition

D. Uelewa:

  1. It happens on the fifteenth day after Chinese New Year, when the moon is big and bright.
  2. Families eat tangyuan, small sweet rice balls, and the round shape is a symbol of family being together.
  3. They write their wishes and dreams on the paper lanterns and send them up into the night sky.

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