Mid-Autumn Festival

            Mid-Autumn Festival is held on 15^th day of the eight lunar month to celebrate biggest full moon in the year. In Viet Nam, this festival is for children (56)___________ children are center of all activities on that day. (57)_____________ the festival is coming, the adults and the parents prepare many different foods -  moon cakes, candies, biscuits, jellies, and fruit. (58)_____________, the children are given many nice lanterns – star lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks, (59)__________ they can light the lantern during the Mid-Autumn night.

            (60)______________ the autumn is the time of the beginning of the new school year, the adults and parents give gifts to the children. The festival takes place (61)_______________ people have had good crops. (62)____________, it is also the congratulation for the full harvest.

            Nowadays, (63)__________ some of the traditional toys have been replaced by modern toys, the meaning of the festival has been kept and developed. It is certain that Mid-Autumn Festival is a good example of the traditional culture of the Vietnamese.

Task 1: Complete each blank in the passage with the correct linking word. (There may be more than one possibility)

Task 2: Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions.

64.                        When is Mid-Autumn Festival held? What is it for?

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65.                        What do the adults and the parents do to prepare for the festival?

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66.                        What are children given besides moon cakes?

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67.                        What can children do with their lanterns?

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68.                        Why is Mid-Autumn Festival also considered the congratulation for the full harvest?

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69.                        What is the importance of this festival?

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Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage:

Mid-Autumn Festival

There are hundreds of festivals in Vietnam each year. (1) _____ Tet holiday, the Mid-Autumn festival is one of the most famous festivals and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese (2) _______.

The Mid-Autumn festival is (3) ________on the 15th day on the 8th lunar month (often in late September or early October) in the middle of (4) _______ and it is celebrated for a whole day. On this day, the adults and the parents prepare a special cake called moon cake along with many candies, jellies, grapefruit, bananas, apples, etc. The Mid-autumn celebration is an opportunity for (5) ________ members to reunite. Young people express their gratitude to the elderly.

Question 1:

A. The

B. Therefore

C. Besides

D. So

Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage:

Mid-Autumn Festival

There are hundreds of festivals in Vietnam each year. (1) _____ Tet holiday, the Mid-Autumn festival is one of the most famous festivals and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese (2) _______.

The Mid-Autumn festival is (3) ________on the 15th day on the 8th lunar month (often in late September or early October) in the middle of (4) _______ and it is celebrated for a whole day. On this day, the adults and the parents prepare a special cake called moon cake along with many candies, jellies, grapefruit, bananas, apples, etc. The Mid-autumn celebration is an opportunity for (5) ________ members to reunite. Young people express their gratitude to the elderly.

Question 2:

A. children

B. child

C. girls

D. boys

Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage:

Mid-Autumn Festival

There are hundreds of festivals in Vietnam each year. (1) _____ Tet holiday, the Mid-Autumn festival is one of the most famous festivals and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese (2) _______.

The Mid-Autumn festival is (3) ________on the 15th day on the 8th lunar month (often in late September or early October) in the middle of (4) _______ and it is celebrated for a whole day. On this day, the adults and the parents prepare a special cake called moon cake along with many candies, jellies, grapefruit, bananas, apples, etc. The Mid-autumn celebration is an opportunity for (5) ________ members to reunite. Young people express their gratitude to the elderly.

Question 3:

A. held

B. remember

C. hold

D. celebrate

Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage:

Mid-Autumn Festival

There are hundreds of festivals in Vietnam each year. (1) _____ Tet holiday, the Mid-Autumn festival is one of the most famous festivals and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese (2) _______.

The Mid-Autumn festival is (3) ________on the 15th day on the 8th lunar month (often in late September or early October) in the middle of (4) _______ and it is celebrated for a whole day. On this day, the adults and the parents prepare a special cake called moon cake along with many candies, jellies, grapefruit, bananas, apples, etc. The Mid-autumn celebration is an opportunity for (5) ________ members to reunite. Young people express their gratitude to the elderly.

Question 4:

A. spring

B. autumn

C. summer

D. winter

Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage:

Mid-Autumn Festival

There are hundreds of festivals in Vietnam each year. (1) _____ Tet holiday, the Mid-Autumn festival is one of the most famous festivals and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese (2) _______.

The Mid-Autumn festival is (3) ________on the 15th day on the 8th lunar month (often in late September or early October) in the middle of (4) _______ and it is celebrated for a whole day. On this day, the adults and the parents prepare a special cake called moon cake along with many candies, jellies, grapefruit, bananas, apples, etc. The Mid-autumn celebration is an opportunity for (5) ________ members to reunite. Young people express their gratitude to the elderly.

Question 5:

A. royal

B. club

C. school

D. family

IV. Put the name of the celebration in each blank: Halloween/ New Year’s Day/ Boxing Day/
Passover/ Christmas/ Mother’s Day/ Easter/ Father’s Day/ Mid-Fall Festival.
1. It is celebrated in Viet Nam on the 15th of August in a lunar year.
2. It is celebrated on 26 December , the day after Christmas Day.
3. It is celebrated on the second Sunday in May when people give cards or gifts to their mothers.
4. It is celebrated in late March or early April in memory of freeing of the Jews from being slaves in
Egypt.
5. It is celebrated on the third Sunday in June when people give cards or presents to their fathers.
6. It is celebrated on Sunday in March or April when Christians think Christ coming back to life.
7. It is celebrated on 25 December when Christians remember the birth of Christ.
8. It is celebrated on the first day of the years, January 1st.
9. It is celebrated in the night of October 31, when children wear costumes and go from door to door to
ask for candy.

I. Read the passage and decide which statements are true (T) or false (F).

Mid-Autumn Festival

In Viet Nam, Tet Trung Thu or the Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most popular family holidays. It is held on the 15th day of the August lunar month. Vietnamese families plan their activities around their children on this special day. In a Vietnamese folklore, parents were working so hard to prepare for the harvest that they left the children playing by themselves. To make up for lost time, parents would use the Mid-Autumn Festival as an opportunity to, show their love and appreciation for their children. Appropriately the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Children’s Festival. In the United States, this tradition continues in many Vietnamese - American communities. Trung Thu activities are often centered on children and education. Parents buy lanterns for their children so that they can participate in a candlelit lantern procession at dawn. Lanterns represent brightness while the procession symbolizes success in school. Vietnamese markets sell a variety of lanterns, but the most popular children’s lantern is the star lantern. Other children’s activities include arts and crafts in Which children make face masks and lanterns. Children also perform traditional Vietnamese dances for adults and participate in contests for prizes and scholarships. Unicorn dancers are also very popular in Trung Thu festivities.

Like the Chinese, Vietnamese parents tell their children fairy tales and serve mooncakes and other special treats under the silvery moon. A favorite folklore is about a carp that wanted to become a dragon. The carp worked and worked and eventually transformed itself into a dragon. This is the story-behind the mythical symbol, Cá Hóa Rồng. Parents use this story to encourage their children to work hard so that they can become whomever they want to be.

1. In Viet Nam, the Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of every month.

2. To make up for lost time, parents would use the Mid-Autumn Festival as an opportunity to show their love and appreciation for their children.

3. Lanterns represent brightness while the procession symbolizes success in school.

4. It's difficult for children to buy lanterns in Vietnamese markets.

5. In Mid-Autumn Festival, Vietnamese parents tell their children fairy tales and serve mooncakes and other special treats under the silvery moon.