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New Year’s Traditions Around the World

Practice using there, their, and they’re correctly while you learn all about different New Year’s customs!

Directions: Choose the correct choice of there, their, or they’re in the sentences below. We’ve done the first one for you.

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1. In Switzerland, dropping a blob of ice cream on the ground on New Year’s Day is considered lucky. And it better be—otherwise, everyone there will have wasted their ice cream!

2. When people in Spain hear the clock strike midnight this New Year’s Eve, they’ll quickly pop 12 grapes into there/their/they’re mouths—one to bring luck for each month of the coming year.

3. On New Year’s Eve, you’ll find farmers from Romania whispering into there/their/they’re cows’ ears. There/Their/They’re hoping the cows will talk back, which is said to bring a year of good luck.

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4. In Brazil, the color of a person’s underwear on December 31 is said to determine there/their/they’re fate for the year. Green undies? Good health. Yellow? Wealth. And red? Love, of course!

5. People in Denmark smash dishes against there/their/they’re loved ones’ houses on December 31, which represents destroying the past year’s problems. There/Their/They’re going to have a lot of cleaning up to do there/their/they’re!

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