A number of words have been removed from the text and placed in a word

bank. Use the words from the word bank to fill in the blanks in the text.
Write the words in the blanks provided. All text, words and phrases can be
found in this book.

There was some [1]_____________ about the difference between the

[2]___________ birth-year and the [3]_____________ birth-year.
Because the Chinese New Year starts in late [4]___________ or early February, the
Chinese year begins several [5]__________ after the it begins in the
[6]_____________ calendar.
If a person is born in early January, their Chinese birth-year is the [7]__________
Gregorian year, not the current one.
This caused problems because many people think of the years as the same.
For example, 1989 was the year of the [8]__________. The year 1990 was the year
of the horse. It began on 26 January 1990. This means that anyone born from
[9]___________ 1 to January 25, 1990 was actually born in the year of the
[10]__________ not the year of the [11]__________.

1. snake
2. January
3. January

4. horse
5. confusion
6. last

Celebrating the Chinese New Year

7. Gregorian
8. weeks
9. Gregorian

10. snake
11. Chinese

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A number of words have been removed from the text and placed in a word
bank. Use the words from the word bank to fill in the blanks in the text.
Write the words in the blanks provided. All text, words and phrases can be
found in this book.

There was some [1]confusion about the difference between the [2]Chinese
birth-year and the [3]Gregorian birth-year.
Because the Chinese New Year starts in late [4]January or early February, the
Chinese year begins several

[5]weeks after the it begins in the [6]Gregorian

calendar.
If a person is born in early January, their Chinese birth-year is the

[7]last

Gregorian year, not the current one.

This caused problems because many people think of the years as the same.
For example, 1989 was the year of the

[8]snake . The year 1990 was the year of

the horse. It began on 26 January 1990. This means that anyone born from
[9]January 1 to January 25, 1990 was actually born in the year of the
not the year of the

[11]horse .

1. snake
2. January
3. January

4. horse
5. confusion
6. last

Celebrating the Chinese New Year

7. Gregorian
8. weeks
9. Gregorian

[10]snake

10. snake
11. Chinese

www.staidenshomeschool.com (c) 2013