A listening activity for world events to practice dates and ordinal numbers. How to use: 1. The classroom teacher or ALT reads the script and students match the event to the month and date. Script: - Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas. Let's open our presents on December 25th. - St Patrick's Day is from Ireland. It is on March 17th. - Diwali is from India. It is on October 20th this year. - 3, 2, 1... Happy New Year! It's January 1st - Cinco de Mayo is from Mexico. It's on May 5th.