E. Unscramble the words to make sentences.

(Sắp xếp lại các từ để tạo thành câu hoàn chỉnh.)

1. always / fireworks / we / watch / on / New Year’s Eve ____________________

2. Valentine’s Day / never / I / send / on / cards ____________________

3. sometimes / we / neighbors / visit / on / New Year’s Day ____________________

4. I / often / get / on / my / don’t / presents / birthday ____________________

5. usually / it’s / Independence Day / hot / on ____________________

Choose the correct answer

1.my brother and I will(to decorate/decorates/decorate/decorating) our house before tet

2.children often receive(mooncake/lucky money/books/peace)on tet holiday

3.(peace blossom/daisy/rose/tulip)is the symbol of tet in northern of Vietnam

4.we celebrate tet(at/in/on/for)the first day of January

5.chung cake is the(more/most/little/much)mommon cake in tet holiday

6.we(saying/said/say/says)"happy new year"on the first day of new year

. Vietnamese children get _________________ in Lunar New Year.

2. On New Year’s Eve, thousands of people gather on Nguyen Hue Street to watch ___________.

3. In the north, people decorate their house with pink _________________.

4. Yellow _________________are the symbol of Tet for Southern Vietnamese.

5. Half a month before Tet, people begin to clean their houses and _________________.

6. On the first day of Tet, people often go to _________________to pray for a good new year.

7. Tet is a time for _________________.

8. A_______________is a set of pages showing the days, weeks and months of aparticular year.

VI. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to make a converation between Mai and Michiko.

1. It's on January \(1^{st}\). It lasts three days through January \(3^{rd}\).

2. They watch television and then television will broadcast 108 bells. As soon as the \(108^{th}\) bell is rung, people all say " Happy New Year ''.

3. What do they usually do next ?

4. Yes, they usually decorate their houses with some pine trees on both sides of the door. People also exchange cards and presents.

5. What do people do to celebrate the New Year.

6. They clean and decorate their house a few days before the New Year.

7. Could you tell me something about Japanese Year? When is the New Year?

8. Some families put on special kimonos to go to visit pagodas. Then they come home and eat the special New Year's day's food and drink a lot of rice wine.

9. Do they decorate the houses with trees and flowers?

10. I see. And what do they usually do on the New Year's Eve.

. Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn T (True) cho câu Đúng hoặc F (False) cho câu Sai

Vietnamese people celebrate the New Year (Tet) on the first three days of the January according to the lunar calendar. On these days, they often paint and decorate their houses. They buy a lot of fruit, flowers and they also make many delicious dishes. They make sticky rice cakes because they are their traditional cakes. People who work far away try to get home on these days. On the first day of Tet, people often offer these good fruit and food to their ancestors and after that, the whole families enjoy the food. They also visit pagodas, temples and their relatives or friends. Children are given (được tặng) lucky money which represents (đại diện) the adults’ good wishes to them. There are a lot of traditional games and contests at Tet, such as rice-cooking, fire-making, water-fetching and buffalo-fighting. They are really interesting. People play and enjoy themselves very much on this occasion.

............. 145. Vietnamese people celebrate their New Year on the first day of January according to the lunar calendar.

............. 146. They make sticky rice cakes at Tet because they are traditional ones.

............. 147. People try to get home at Tet because they earn a lot of money.

............. 148. Adults often give children lucky money because lucky money represents good wishes.  

............. 149. There are no traditional games at Tet.

ĐỌC RỒI TRẢ LỜI CÂU HỎI

Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family get together for the reunion dinner. Every member of the family should be present during the dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served. On New Year morning, the young members of the family pay their respects to the elders. And the children receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes. Then people go to visit the neighbors, friends and relatives.

* QUESTION

1. What do they do on the New Year's Eve?

2. When do people make Chung cake?

3. When is Tet celebrated?

4. What do the Vietnamese do before Tet?

5. Do people receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes?

C. Complete the sentences with the words in blue from B.

(Hoàn thành câu với các từ màu xanh nước biển ở bài B.)

1. Diwali is called the festival of light.

2. We watch the ______ in the sky on New Year’s Eve.

3. On Halloween, children dress up in ______.

4. During Diwali, people in India ______ streets and houses in many colors.

5. Mexicans ______ the Day of the Dead from October 31st to November 2nd.

6. I get ______ on my birthday, and I often have a big ______ with my family and friends.