III. Choose the correct answer, circling letter A , B , C or D. (10p)

1. Has the committee .................. a decision yet?

A. given            B. made               C. done              D. arrived

2. .................. the time you get to the theatre, the play will have finished.

A. Until              B. In               C. By               D. On

. .................. her five dresses, she likes the red one best.

A. Of              B. In                C. From             D. Among

4. Because of the bad weather, we had to put ..................our picnic until next weekend.

A. out               B. away            C. up                 D. off             

 5. By the year 2015, the world population .................. 8 billion people.

A. will reach                    B. reaches                    C. will have reached                D. reach

6. We are destroying our environment by adding more .................. to it.

A. pollutes                B. pollutants               C. pollutives                  D. pollutions

7. He tried to explain the reason .................. he got to class late yesterday.

A. for which             B. of which               C. in which                       D. by which

8. We didn’t remember .................. our document into our removable disk, so we have lost all now.

A. saving                 B. to be saving               C. saved               D. to save

9. There is a crowd of students .................. for the lecturer outside the lecture hall.

A. to wait                  B. waiting                      C. to be waiting                D. are waiting

10. The storm was on .................. Thursday of that week.

A. the                    B. x                  C. a                   D. an

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (5p)  1. A.says              B.plays              C.rays               D.stays

2. A.appeared             B.formed                C.imagined              D.vanished

3. A.exchanged            B.champagne                      C.teacher                  D. children

4. A.sensitive                      B.benefit                     C.pretty                 D.remedy

5. A.oranges          B.figures                C.classes             D.watches

II. Choose the word that has the stress on a different syllable from the rest in each group. (5p)

1. A. education B. community C. development D. unbreakable

2. A. exciting           B. important            C. delicious               D. beautiful 

3. A. recreation          B. entertainment              C. literature                D. information

4. A. natural          B. department               C. exception              D. attentive

5. A. performance         B. industry               C. importance                D. provision

VI. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. The office looked very ______________with its Christmas tree, (festival)

2. Samba schools compete for prizes based on their music and dance    ______________and costumes. (perform)

3. La Tomatina will always be one of my most______________memories ever! (amaze)

4. Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western______________. (superstitious)

5. On New Year’s Eve I usually give a party, which is always______________. (chaos)

6. Day of the Dead is one of the most______________festivals in the world. (usually)

7. Christmas dinner is a meal______________eaten at Christmas. (tradition)

8. A lot of______________ activities are held as part of the Flower Festival in Da Lat. (art)

9. Every year, millions of______________visit Rio de Janeiro to enjoy the Rio Carnival.(tour)

10. Festivals with a______________meaning are very important in our country. (religion)

V. Write the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Last month I___________ (join) a course to learn how to make Christmas decorations.

2. Right now, the stars _______________(parade) on the red carpet at the CannesFilm Festival.

3. The Songkran Festival _______________  (mark) the beginning of the Thai New Year.

4. The first Oktoberfest Festival ________________ (hold) on October 12,1810 in Munich.

5. The biggest prize, the Palme d’Or, ___________ (award) to the best film.

6. Next year, the festival ___________    (take place) from June 26th to July 1st.

7. The Elephant Racing Festival ___________ (be) the village’s most Importantand interesting event for years.

8. _________________ (you/ ever/ attend) any food festivals?

9. I’d like you ___________ (write) up your reports on festivals around the world.

10. He suggested ______________ (take) part in the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Roll competition

VII. There is one mistake In each sentence, find and correct it.

1. A lot of cultural and artist activities are held in Dalat Flower Festival.

2. There are a special celebration called Doll’s Festival for Japanese girls on March 3^rd every year.

3. We arrived at Bunol, Spain yesterday to take part in La Tomatina Festival.

4. La Tomatina is hold on the last Wednesday of August every year.

5. Tomorrowland is the world’s bigest dance music festival.

6. One of the most weird festivals in the world is Day of the Dead.

7. What do people celebrate New Year around the world?

8. Could you please give me some informations about the festival?

XI. Write sentences with the cues given. Use the correct form of the verbs.

1. Christmas / be / one / most famous / religious festivals / the world.

2. Easter / hold / celebrate / the resurrection from the dead / Jesus Chris.

3. Japanese Girls’ Day / celebrate / March 3rd / pray / the health and happiness / young girls / Japan.

4. My family and I / go / Thailand / last April / take part / the Songkran Festival.

5.  Elephants / spray / water / tourists / during / the Songkran festival / Ayutthaya, Bangkok.

6. The highest prize / award / the Cannes Film Festival / be / the Palme d’Or / which / give / best film.

7. Vietnamese people / prepare / Tet / clean / their houses / cook / traditional special foods.

8. Thanksgiving / be / seasonal holiday/ hold / annually / give thanks / God /successful harvest.

IV. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

1. Day of the Dead is celebrated_______ November 1st in Mexico.

a. on                                   b. in                                    c. at                                     d. during

2. People throw tomatoes ________each other at La Tomatina in Bunol.

a. on                                   b. to                                    c. at                                     d. for

3. The festival starts with an opening ________ where people walk through the streets.

a. party                             b. ritual                             c. feast                              d. parade

4. Summerfest is the world’s largest_________festival. It features more than 700 bands performing on 11 stages.

a. arts                                b. music                           c. religious                      d. seasonal

5. In the UK and US, people give coloured chocolate eggs to each other at ___________.

a. New Year                    b. Halloween                 c. Christmas                   d. Easter

6. ________do people celebrate Diwali? - They celebrate it with music, lights, fireworks and traditional sweets.

a. How                              b. What                             c. Why                d. Where

7. Bon Jovi will ___________ at the 2019 Rock in Rio music festival in Brazil.

a. display                         b. perform                       c. gather                           d. attend

8. _________, the hard rock Louder Than Life festival was cancelled.

a. After raining heavily            b. When it rains heavily

c. Due to heavy rain               d. Despite heavy rain

9. What is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival?

a. Palme d’Or                 b. Oscar                            c. Golden Globe             d. Black Lady

10. “In the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling Festival, people attempt to chase a rolling cheese wheel   down the hill.” “____________            ”

a. That’s a great idea.                        b. Oh, I totally agree.

c. It sounds crazy.                              d. OK, that’s interesting

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. a. religious                    b. highlight                      c. firework                          d. lively

2. a. feast                           b. greasy                            c. great                               d. seasonal

3. a. chaos                      b. chance                     c. school                     d. Christmas

4. a. called                     b. gathered                       c. played                         d. watched

5. a. carnival                    b. fascinate                      c. celebrate                       d. exciting

II. Choose the word that has different stress pattern. 

1. a. carnival                       b. festival                      c. holiday                        d. Thanksgiving

2. a. enjoy                             b. special                         c. culture                         d. worship

3. wonderful                 b. performer                       c. seasonal                         d. celebrate

4. a. lantern                      b. costume                         c. parade                         d. stuffing

5. a. creative                  b. religious                        c. musician                         d. superstitiousI. 

II. Write the second sentence so that It has the same meaning as the first one. Use the word in brackets.

1. When did people hold the first Cannes Film Festival? (held)

    When     ____________________________________________

2. More than 70 samba schools participated in the five-day carnival, (part)

    More than 70 samba schools _________________________________

3. Omizutori is the oldest festival in Japan, (than)

       No festival ____________________________________________

4. The music festival was held although the weather was bad yesterday, (spite)

   The music festival   ____________________________________________

5. I can't wait to watch the samba parade in Rio Carnival, (forward)

   I am   ___________________________________________  

6. The date for La Tomatina is the last Wednesday of August, (place)

    La To matin a ________________________________________________

7. Thousands of people lined the streets because they wanted to watch the massive colourful parade, (in order to)

    Thousands of people __________________________________________

8. The festival took place in a remote area. However, a lot of people attended it. (although)

     ___________________________________________________________

I. Arrange the words to make sentences meaningful.

1. carnival / Rio I has I famous / the / most / in / the / world.

→ ____________________________________________________________________

2. festival / when / the / starts / people / square / gather / in / the / town.

→ ____________________________________________________________________

3. the / starts / festival / with / opening / parade / an / where / walk / people / the I streets / through.

→ ____________________________________________________________________

4. than / 2 million / there / people / in I are / more / the I streets / on / during / Rio / the / carnival.

→ ____________________________________________________________________

5. highlight / the / main / carnival / is / of / samba / the / parade / samba / two hundred I with / the / schools.

→ ____________________________________________________________________

6. we / have / and / parties / other / throughout / festival / celebrations / the.

→ ____________________________________________________________________

7. Diwali/ of / festival/ five-day/ celebrated / across / lights / is / the / by/ millions / Hindu/the/world / of.

→ ____________________________________________________________________

8. houses / celebrate / are / candles / decorated / with / to / colourful / Dlwall / and / lights.

→ __________________________________________________