Underline the most suitable coniunction in each sentence. l. Even though/ When/ Becouse the New Year's Eve is a very important moment of the year, the whole family stays awake to experience it 2. We have finished the preparations on time for the party while/ even though/ however we had a lot of things to do.

3. While/ When/ Since you come to the Lantern Festival in Hoi An, you may be surprised about the beauty of the floating lanterns.

4. You can get there by airplane, but/ and/ so it is a bit costly

5. Chung coke is very tasly, but/ however/ additionally, it is a type of coke for festivals more than for a daily life.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the given word.

1. Participating in the Lim Festival is one the most ......events in (memory)

2. This is a.... festival in vietnam( year) 3. When do the...... for the festival begin( prepare) 4. Among many traditional activities at the Hung King Temple Festival, I was ....festival in Vietnam year .for the festival begin? prepare perform the most interested in the Xoan singing......(perform )

5 At the beginning of the festival, people have to do a welcome.......(rite)

Chol Chnam Thmay Festival

          This holiday is the New Year festival in ancient calendar of Khmer people. Held in mid-April, the festival occurs in 3 days (4 days for the leap year). People prepare new clothes, food and drinks for whole festival days. They also repair, clean and decorate their house. Everyone is excited to care for holiday.

          At night of New Year's Eve, every family prepares a lavish meal, burns incense and candles to welcome the new god, farewell the old god. On the altar, they present 5 flower branches, 5 candles, 5 incense, 5 cereal seeds and fruit crops. They pray for health and luck in the New Year.

          On the first New Year - Chol Sangkran Chmay, major activities are bathing, dressing nice, bringing sacrifice gifts to the temple in good time which has been selected.
          On Wonbof day - the second day, they make rice offerings and cover the sand mountain. People cook rice and bring it to the temple in the morning and the afternoon.

          On Lom Sak day - the third day, they do Buddha bathing and monk-bathing ceremony. In the morning. people bring breakfast to monks and listen to the sermon. At noon, they burn the lamps, offer sacrifice gifts and bring fragrant water to bathe Buddha statues. After the ceremony at the temple, the monks go to the grave to pray for the souls of those who died.

1.What is the festival?

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2. When is it held? And how long does it last?

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3.What do people prepare to celebrate the festival?

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4.How do Khmer people prepare the altar at night of New Year's Eve?

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5.What do people do on the first New Year Day?

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6.When do people cook rice and bring it to the temple?

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7.When do they do Buddha bathing and monk-bathing ceremony?

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8.What do the monks do after doing Buddha bathing and monk-bathing ceremony?

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Choose the correct word for each blank in the following passage.

Spring is a time when there are many festivals in our country. Among them, Hoa Ban Festival is the most beautiful and interesting and it takes place in Lai Chau. It is typical of the (1)………life of the Thai people. In the second lunar month of the year, when it (2) ……..warmer and hoa ban - a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is (3)………... This is a great time for everyone, (4) …………… for boys and girls. The boy (4)………… the most beautiful flower and gives it to his girlfriend. This is not only a time for love but also for the Thai people to (5)………..for good crops, for happiness, and express their special thanks to the Gods and ancestors. The festival is always full of songs and prayers.

Question 3:

A. seen

B. arranged

C. observed

D. celebrated

Choose the correct word for each blank in the following passage.

Spring is a time when there are many festivals in our country. Among them, Hoa Ban Festival is the most beautiful and interesting and it takes place in Lai Chau. It is typical of the (1)………life of the Thai people. In the second lunar month of the year, when it (2) ……..warmer and hoa ban - a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is (3)………... This is a great time for everyone, (4) …………… for boys and girls. The boy (4)………… the most beautiful flower and gives it to his girlfriend. This is not only a time for love but also for the Thai people to (5)………..for good crops, for happiness, and express their special thanks to the Gods and ancestors. The festival is always full of songs and prayers.

Question 1:

A. minor

B. cultural

C. custom

D. festival

Choose the correct word for each blank in the following passage.

Spring is a time when there are many festivals in our country. Among them, Hoa Ban Festival is the most beautiful and interesting and it takes place in Lai Chau. It is typical of the (1)………life of the Thai people. In the second lunar month of the year, when it (2) ……..warmer and hoa ban - a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is (3)………... This is a great time for everyone, (4) …………… for boys and girls. The boy (4)………… the most beautiful flower and gives it to his girlfriend. This is not only a time for love but also for the Thai people to (5)………..for good crops, for happiness, and express their special thanks to the Gods and ancestors. The festival is always full of songs and prayers.

Question 2:

A. gets

B. goes

C. comes

D. runs

Choose the correct word for each blank in the following passage.

Spring is a time when there are many festivals in our country. Among them, Hoa Ban Festival is the most beautiful and interesting and it takes place in Lai Chau. It is typical of the (1)………life of the Thai people. In the second lunar month of the year, when it (2) ……..warmer and hoa ban - a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is (3)………... This is a great time for everyone, (4) …………… for boys and girls. The boy (4)………… the most beautiful flower and gives it to his girlfriend. This is not only a time for love but also for the Thai people to (5)………..for good crops, for happiness, and express their special thanks to the Gods and ancestors. The festival is always full of songs and prayers.

Question 4:

A. largely

B. especially

C. generally

D. typically

Choose the correct word for each blank in the following passage.

Spring is a time when there are many festivals in our country. Among them, Hoa Ban Festival is the most beautiful and interesting and it takes place in Lai Chau. It is typical of the (1)………life of the Thai people. In the second lunar month of the year, when it (2) ……..warmer and hoa ban - a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is (3)………... This is a great time for everyone, (4) …………… for boys and girls. The boy (4)………… the most beautiful flower and gives it to his girlfriend. This is not only a time for love but also for the Thai people to (5)………..for good crops, for happiness, and express their special thanks to the Gods and ancestors. The festival is always full of songs and prayers.

Question 5:

A. ask

B. look

C. pray

D. call

Rearrange the words/phrases given to make to make complete sentences

1. For/ethnic groups/in/many/the/the/the/mountains/,/horse/is/suitable/most/means of transport

2. groups/how/there/many/Vietnam/ethnic/are/in/?

3.or/you/would/urban/like/to/mountainous/live/in/in/the/the/areas/areas?

4.do/Khmer Krom/when/women/of/village/this/to/the/river bank/?/go

5.most/our/festival/important/Chol Chnam Thmay/of/the/is/the year

6.Khmer Krom/is groups/of/one/the/ethnic/in/the/southern/biggest/Vietnam

7.these/love/of/costumes/,/pink/I/traditional/most/the/one

8.are/the/their/Yao/famous/people/costumes/celebrate/for

9.Hung Kings/Festival/is/Vietnam/a/significant/Temple/festival/in

10.held/annually/the/the/Gong/Central/Festival/is/in/Highlands

B/ Mid – Autumn Festival

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

The Mid – Autumn Festival is (3)………….. on the 15^th day on the 8^th lunar month ( often in late Semtember or early October) in the middle of Autumn 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. Tha Mid- autumn celebration is an opportunity (4) …………………. Family members to reunite. Young people express their gratitude to the elderly.

Question 1: A. and         B. therefore         C. besides         D. so

Question 2: A. children         B. child         C. girls         D. boys

Question 3: A. held         B. remembered          C. taken         D. done

Question 4: A. on          B. for         C. in         D. at