Complete the text with the words below

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**Exercise 1: Complete the text with the words below**

Last year, I was in New Orleans for the Mardi Gras. It is famous (1) **festival**. There was a big (2) **parade**. Thousands of people dressed in (3) **special clothes** and drank in big tents. The people wore (4) **traditional** clothes and played jazz and folk music and there was an all-night party with (5) **fireworks** and dancing. We also watched amazing (6) **bands** under hundreds of stars.

**Exercise 2: Write the names of the electrical items I-6.**

1. It wakes you up: Alarm clock
2. You can use it after you wash your hair: _______
3. You use it to make toast: _______
4. You can listen to the news on it: _______
5. Use it to clean your teeth: _______
6. You use it to boil water: _______

**Exercise 3: Write the missing letters to complete the verbs.**

1. Ferdinand Porsche d **esi**gned the Volkswagen Beetle car.
2. The Wright brothers b **uilt** the first successful aeroplane.
3. The Belgian musician Adolphe Sax in **vented** the saxophone.
4. Wilhelm Roentgen d **iscovered** X-rays in 1895.
5. In 1972, Atari d **evelo**ped the early video game Pong.

**Exercise 1: Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.**

On Saturday, I stayed (stay) in bed late and (1) **read** a book. I (2) **did** (not do) my homework. In the afternoon, I (3) **met** my friends at the sports centre. We (4) **played** basketball. After the weather (5) **was** (not be) very good so we (6) **went** home and (7) **watched** a film. The film (8) **was** (not) boring so we (9) **enjoyed** it. I (10) **did not have** a very good time and now it’s Sunday and time to do my homework!

**Exercise 2: Complete the questions to match the answers.**