I. Write complete sentences using the prompts given.

1. There/ be/ a lot of/ festivals/ around/ world.

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

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

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4. People/ usually/ have/ celebratory drinks/ special occasions.

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5. the Perfume Pagoda Festival/ Viet Nam/ take place/ January?

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6. they/ celebrate/ the festival/ August 15th of the lunar calendar?

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7. A lot of people/ go/ Cusco in Peru/ attend/ Festival of the Sun

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8. Children/ eat/ moon cakes/ cake/ sing/ traditional songs/ Mid-Autumn Festival

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9. Easter/ be/ important/ Christian festival/ holiday

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10. How people/ celebrate/ New Year/in/ your place?

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II. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one.

1. Japanese Boys’ Day is celebrated on May 5th. (celebrate)

à Japanese people

2. Can I ask you some questions about your favourite festival? (possible)

à Is it

3. How beautiful the samba dancers are!

à The samba

4. Eric Clapton plays the guitar very well.

à Eric Clapton is very good

5. Does the film festival have an award show?

à Is there

6. Seeing a parade of flower floats is interesting.

à It’s interesting

7. Can you tell me when the Annual Harvest Festival will take place?

à Would you mind

8. Why don't you go and watch the show with US?

à Would you like

9. No other music festival is as big and famous as the Rio Carnival.

à The Rio Carnival is the

10. Watching fireworks on TV isn’t as interesting as watching them in real life.

à Watching fireworks in real life is

III. Write the description of Halloween, using the prompts below.

1. Halloween / a holiday / October 31st / every year

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2. children and adults / wear / different costumes I their choice / attend costume parties

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3. big pumpkins / carved into lanterns / put on display / houses

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4. superstitious people I light bonfires / their yards / keep their houses safe / ghosts and evil spirits

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5. Halloween / a very special holiday I children / because / they / wear costumes / their favourite characters / and / they/ go / trick or treat / their neighbourhood / collect sweets

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6. according / an old tale / a drunken farmer named Jack Stingy / not allowed / enter / both heaven / hell after his death

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7. his soul / wandered I the darkness / and / he / carved out / a lantern I out / turnip / light his way

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8. the Celtics / believed / this story / Jack Stingy / so / they I put / Jack o'Lanterns outside their houses

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9. the purpose / to guide / lost souls home

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10. the Jack o' Lanterns / carved out / potatoes / and then / people / began / use pumpkin