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XI. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. There were lively New Year ________________all over the town. (celebrate)

2. She gave a wonderful _______________ as the Iron Lady - the former British Prime Minister Margaret-Thatcher. (perform)

3. When we heard she’d got the job, we all went off for a __________________ drink. (celebrate)

4. The hall looked very  _________________ with its Christmas tree. (festival)

5. There are many ____________________ differences between the two communities. (culture)

6. What forms of _______________ do you participate in during the festival? (entertain)

7. The Chinese New Year marks the  __________________ of spring and the start of the Lunar New Year. (begin)

8. Her eyes were wide with _____________________when she heard the news. (excite).

9. Street are decorated with _______________ lights and red banners. (colour)

10. It is _____________________ in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day. (tradition)

VI. The following passage is what a teacher of English told his students about harvest festivals around the world. There are missing gaps in the passage. Fill in the gaps

into wine                                                       as part of the celebrations                                      to bring some food

to celebrate the Yam harvest                           next week                                     every year                                    around the world (2)

in the north                                                                  to church to be eaten

Today I am going to tell you about harvest festivals. They are held [1] _______________. We are going to have our own Harvest Festival (2) _________________. Which foods are you thankful for? Think about foods that grow (wheat for bread, fruit or vegetables). Write yourself a reminder (3) ______________next Wednesday.

There are lots of different festivals (4) _______________. In Britain Christian people celebrate Harvest festival (5) ________________. In America people celebrate Thanksgiving. In west Africa there is a festival of Yams - (6)________________. Yams are a  bit like sweet potatoes. In Germany they hold Oktoberfest - which celebrates the end of the grape harvest. Many of the grapes are made (7)_________________.

In India there are many different harvest festivals, as different areas grow different foods. These include rice in the south, and wheat (8) ________________. Animals are also decorated (9) ________________.

In Scotland they have Lammas - which celebrates the wheat harvest. A loaf of bread is made from the first harvest of wheat. It is then taken (10) __________________.

VII. Make questions for the underlined parts.

1. Tomorrowland is an electronic dance music festival.

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2. The Songkran Festival is usually celebrated between 13 and 16 April.

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3. Vietnamese people go to pagodas at Tet to pray for a year of good luck and happiness.

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4. Diwali is celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world.

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 5. The Vietnamese celebrate Tet with family gatherings, traditional foods, and lion dances.

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6. The festival site is three miles from the nearest town of Shepton Mallet.

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7. During Tet, children and the elderly receive lucky money put in red envelopes.

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8. It cost about £400 to go to Glastonbury Festival last year.

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9. Many people went to Han River to witness the Danang International Fireworks Festival.

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10. Jean visits Dalat every two years to attend the Dalat Flower Festival.

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11. \Diwali is celebrated in October or November each year. (When)

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12. It marked the last harvest of the year before winter. (What)

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13. Indians celebrate Diwali with family gatherings, glittering clay lamps, festive fireworks, strings of electric lights, bonfires, flowers, sharing of sweets, and worship to Lakshmi. (How)

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14. Some people believe that Lakshmi wanders the Earth looking for homes where she will be welcomed. (What)

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15.People open their doors and windows and light lamps to invite Lakshmi in.(What)

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 VII. Make questions for the underlined parts.

1. Tomorrowland is an electronic dance music festival.

__________________________________________________________

2. The Songkran Festival is usually celebrated between 13 and 16 April.

__________________________________________________________

3. Vietnamese people go to pagodas at Tet to pray for a year of good luck and happiness.

__________________________________________________________

4. Diwali is celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world.

__________________________________________________________

 5. The Vietnamese celebrate Tet with family gatherings, traditional foods, and lion dances.

__________________________________________________________

6. The festival site is three miles from the nearest town of Shepton Mallet.

__________________________________________________________

7. During Tet, children and the elderly receive lucky money put in red envelopes.

__________________________________________________________

8. It cost about £400 to go to Glastonbury Festival last year.

__________________________________________________________

9. Many people went to Han River to witness the Danang International Fireworks Festival.

__________________________________________________________

10. Jean visits Dalat every two years to attend the Dalat Flower Festival.

__________________________________________________________

11. \Diwali is celebrated in October or November each year. (When)

__________________________________________________________

12. It marked the last harvest of the year before winter. (What)

__________________________________________________________

13. Indians celebrate Diwali with family gatherings, glittering clay lamps, festive fireworks, strings of electric lights, bonfires, flowers, sharing of sweets, and worship to Lakshmi. (How)

__________________________________________________________

14. Some people believe that Lakshmi wanders the Earth looking for homes where she will be welcomed. (What)

__________________________________________________________

15.People open their doors and windows and light lamps to invite Lakshmi in.(What)

__________________________________________________________

Rewrite each sentence or question so it has the same meaning. Use "Used to" 19. Ricardo got up at 6.00 when he was training for the Olympics. 20. What did you usually do on Saturday evenings? 21. Sophie was afraid of dogs when she was a little girl. 22. We always gave our teachers presents at the end of term. 23. Did you live next door to Mrs. Harrison? 24. My mum lived in a small village when she was a girl. My mum 25. There are more vehicles on the roads now. There did not 26. We cycled to school two years ago. We 27. There did not use to be many traffic accidents before. Now there are 28. My uncle was a bus driver some years ago, but now he has a desk job. My uncle

VII. Read the passage and fill in the chart.

Tomato Festival

People are throwing tomatoes at one another. It looks like a fight, but everyone is laughing. What is going on?

You can see this exciting scene during La Tomatina, a tomato fight festival in Bunol, Spain. This festival is held every year on the last Wednesday of August. Back in the 1940s, some friends got in a fight on the streets.

They took fruit from a nearby food stand and throw it at one another. Passers-by joined in their fight. Everyone had so much fun that it became a yearly festival.

On the morning of the festival, people begin to gather at the town's main plaza. At 11 o'clock, tons of tomatoes arrive and are poured out onto the crowd. Tomatoes start flying everywhere and soon everything is covered in red tomato juice. People shout and have great fun. Two hours later, the fight ends and everyone helps to clean up. In a few hours, the streets are clean again... until next year.

 Complete the summary of the passage above with the correct words.

one another joined and had fun gather at

clean up tomato fight in the 1940s

La Tomatina is an exciting (1)_______________ festival in Brunol, Spain. It is held on the last Wednesday of August every year. (2)______________, some friends fought with fruit and passers-by (3) __________.

It became a festival called La Tomanita. On the festval, people (4) ______________ the main plaza. At 11 o’clock, the tomatoes arrive and people begin to throw them at (5) ____________. They have great fun. Two hours later, people help to (6) ____________ the street.