Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is the biggest festival on the planet and I (1) __________ been enjoying it with millions of people from (2) __________ the world. There are street parties all over the city organised by local community groups (3) __________ 'blocos'. They write the songs, organise the dances (4) __________ provide the musicians.
The main event takes place in a special stadium called the Sambadrome. The audience sees samba schools from different parts of Rio present their samba, which is performed (5) __________ musicians and dancers and includes beautifully decorated floats. All these schools compete against other schools (6) _________ see which school can be judged the best. Schools prepare these performances for many months and the result is wonderful.
If you're planning to visit Carnival, you should think about it well in (7) __________ as hotels and tickets (8) _________ sold out very quickly.