Vu Lan Festival

            Vu Lan Festival takes place on 15^th day of the seventh lunar month. It is also called “Xa toi vong nhan” festival (16)__ _______ this is the day for the death’s souls. Many people believe that on that day, (17)__ _______ the gate of the hell opens, souls of the dead can come back to their home (18)_ _______ gather with their family. (19)___ ______, Vietnamese people consider that it is also the occasion for family gatherings as well as expressing love (20)_____ _____ gratitude to ancestors and parents. (21)_________, Vu Lan Festival is known as Mother’s Day in Vietnam.

(22)____ _____, in the morning of that day, a lavish tray with various delicious dishes set on the altar, and the householder will burn incense and invite ancestor to come back home and celebrate the festival with family. (23)___ _______ at night the Vietnamese hold a ceremony of releasing lighted lanterns on the river, (24)__ ________ Vietnamese people believe by doing that, their wishes for parents will come true.

Pagodas are crowded during the festival say (25)___ ______ Buddhist gather for the monk’s lecture. Each Buddhist has a flower (usually rose) in front of their chest: red flower (26)___ ______ their parents are living and white flower (27)____ _________ their parents are dead

IV.    Make questions for the underlined parts.

1.     La Tomatina Festival is held in Spain.

2.     Lan went online for more information about Diwali festival.

3.     The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

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

5. The Lim festival takes place every year.

6. The three official festival days are held in a joyful and exciting way.

7. The parade coursed around the town square. 

8. Thousands of fans travel to Belgium to attend Tomorrowland.

9. Tet is usually celebrated between late January or early February.

10. The Rio Music Festival is celebrated with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.

8. The date for the Vu Lan Festival is the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. (place)

     The Vu Lan Festival ………………………………………………………

9. While we were going home, we had an accident. (way)

     We …………………………………………………………………………

10. I can’t wait to see the elephant race festival in Dak Lak. (forward)

     I am            …………………………………………………………………………

      VI. Complete the text with the verbs in the box in the correct form. Maybe some verbs can be used more than once.

                John has a lot of hobbies. He (1)                                      chess at school and he also (2)……………… skating. After dinner, he (3)                                           for a walk and he (4)……….. to music every evening in his room. John loves sports. He (5)                             athletics at school, and he (6)                                          football after school. On Saturdays, John and his friends (7)………. swimming. On Sundays, they (8)                      basketball in the park. On Sunday evenings, they sometimes (9)                                             a film.

VII. Complete the questions, using the verbs from the box in the correct form.

1.                                             your father like                    rock music?

2.                                             your parents like                                  on holiday?

3.                                             you enjoy                              ice-cream?

4.                                             your friends hate                                                 their homework?

VIII.       Choose the correct answer A, B, c or D to fill each blank in the following passage.

                Coin collecting is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. Most coin (1)…………. enjoy trying to have a complete set of a country’s coins. Some people collect coins for pleasure; (2)                              collect coins in order to sell them later. From coins, we can also (3)……………. something about certain famous people and events in a country’s (4)______. Many beginning collector go to the bank and buy coins. Then they (5)                 coins for their collection.

1.A. collectors               B. collecting                                  C. collected                                   D. collections

2.A. another                  B. other                                          C. others                                        D. the other

3.A. teach                      B. learn                                          C. give                                            D. offer

4.A. history                   B. nature                                       C. science                                      D. geography

5.A. look                        B. see                                             C. watch                                        D. find

      VI. Complete the text with the verbs in the box in the correct form. Maybe some verbs can be used more than once.

                John has a lot of hobbies. He (1)                                      chess at school and he also (2)……………… skating. After dinner, he (3)                                           for a walk and he (4)……….. to music every evening in his room. John loves sports. He (5)                             athletics at school, and he (6)                                          football after school. On Saturdays, John and his friends (7)………. swimming. On Sundays, they (8)                      basketball in the park. On Sunday evenings, they sometimes (9)                                             a film.

VII. Complete the questions, using the verbs from the box in the correct form.

1.                                             your father like                    rock music?

2.                                             your parents like                                  on holiday?

3.                                             you enjoy                              ice-cream?

4.                                             your friends hate                                                 their homework

Correct the mistakes. There may be more than one mistake in a sentence) 1. Finally, we could found a hotel that was not fully booked 2. The girl stands next to the window is my close friend. 3. The Mid-Fall Festival is taken place in some Asian countries as Vietnam and China. 4. The team members make fire by rub two pieces of bamboo together. 5. We stopped on the way buying some souvenirs. 6. We'd like our house look beautiful in the winter. 7. This is the first time I eat this kind of food. 8. Tet is an occasion for people who live apart to most together. 9. Many Vietnamese people prepare for the holiday by pay their debes and cleaning their homes. 12. The study of the sculptures of the Cham aty truly fascinating and sume books have been written about them. 13. Although the water is highly polluted, we cannot awam in this part of the river. 14. Don village's elephants ran more fastly than all other ones in the race 11. Que grand mother used to by telling us fairy tales when we were small. 10. The Muong ethnic people in Coc Phuong leg mainly in farming and be keeping

I. Complete the sentences, using the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. If I were you, I would take part in that game.

· You should

2. The date for the Vu Lan festival is the 15th day of the seven Lunar month.

=> The Vu Lan festival takes

3. Although the weather was bad, we went out.

=> The weather was bad; however,

4. Playing beach games is very interesting.

=>It's

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

1. or/ you/ Would/ urban/ like/ to/ mountainous/ live/ in/ in/ the/ the/ areas/ areas?

2. I/out/friends/fancy/with/weekend./at/hanging/my/the

III.Fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases matching with the verbs. Maybe some verbs can be used more than once.

1.clean:_____________________________________________________________________________

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2.donate:____________________________________________________________________________

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3.help:______________________________________________________________________________

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4.provide:___________________________________________________________________________