UNIT 8

Fill in each blank of the sentences with one word from the box.. On the first days of Tet, people often visit relatives and friends to ______ New Year wishes.. People believe that what t

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UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS

II. Fill in each blank of the sentences with one word from the box.

preparations decorate celebrate excited popular

wrapped represent influence traditional exchange

1 How do people New Year in your country?

2 On the first days of Tet, people often visit relatives and friends to New Year wishes

3 Japanese usually their houses with some small pine trees, which constancy and longevity

4 People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will their luck during the whole year

5 People usually make for Tet severals weeks beforehand

6 Tet is also the time for children to receive lucky money in red envelopes

7 Besides the flowers for Tet such as peach flowers and apricot flowers, the kumquat trees are also throughout the country

8 Children are always about the Tet holiday

III If appropriate, replace the underlined words or phrases with one or ones If it's not possible or unlikely,

write No after the sentence.

1 I answer most of the questions, but had to miss out some very difficult questions

2 The female violinists in the orchestra outnumber the male violinists by about three to one

3 Traffic is light in most of the city, but there is heavy traffic near the football stadium

4 The issue discussed at the meeting was an extremely complicated issue

5 If you're making a cup of coffee, could you make a cup of coffee for me?

6 If you're buying a newspaper from the shop, could you get a newspaper for me?

7 He used to work for a finance company, but he moved to an insurance company

8 'Was it these earrings you wanted?' 'No, the earrings on the left of those, please?'

9 Many people are happy about the new road being built, but' there are some angry people, too

10 Dave is really good at taking photos of old buildings There's an excellent photo of a local church in his office

11 On one channel was a war film and on the other was a horror film, so I turned the TV off

12 ‘Are these your shoes?' 'No, the blue shoes are mine.'

13 There are a lot of gloves here Are these your gloves?

14 The damage to the car was a problem, of course, but an easily solved problem

15 ’I’ll just clean my shoes before we go out.' 'Can you do my shoes, too, please?'

IV Complete these sentences with someone, something, anyone, anything, no one, nothing, everyone,

everything.

1 We arranged the meeting, but _ came

2 Janet Jones is _ I rarely see these days

3 She valued friendship more than _ in the world

4 I always get to work before _ else

5 While you are making dinner, I'll get on with _ else

6 _ has changed Everything is the same as it was

7 I hope _ will be comfortable here We try to make each guest feel at home

8 We don't think there's _ wrong with her reading ability,

9 Hardly _ turn up to the meeting

10 I am not going to the party because I've got _ to wear

11 I thought I heard _ knocking at the door

12 _ calls her Maggie, but her real name's Margaret

13 The earthquake destroyed _ within a 25-mile radius

14 There was complete silence in the room _ said _

15 Sarah was upset about _ and refused to talk to _

V. Find the mistakes in these sentences and correct them

1 Has everyone seen Lucy recently? I haven't seen her every day

2 He didn't want something to do with the arrangements for the party

3 Normally I don't like wearing a scarf, but it was so cold I put it on,

4 I couldn't fit all the boxes in the car, so I have to leave ones behind and pick it up later

5 If anyone calls, tell them I'm not at home

6 There was hardly no one on the beach It was almost deserted

7 Sarah is invited to lots of parties and she goes to everyone

8 Have everybody remembered to bring pen and notebook?

9 If anybody wants a ticket for the concert, he can get it from my office

10 The material felt softer than everything she had ever touched before

VI. Complete the sentences with the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets

1 I have been trying to sell my car for ages, but nobody _ (want) to buy it

2 'The office staff _ (claim) that they have been treated badly by management

3 At present, the Managing Director, together with his heads of depart-ment, _ (prepare) a new budget

4 It's a really quiet at night Everything (shut) at around 10 o'clock

5 Every letter and parcel _ (carefully/ check) before posting to make sure it has the correct address

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6 A number of refugees _ (turn) back at the border recently

7 The number of books in the library _ (rise) to over five million

8 All the furniture _ (destroy) in the fire two10 days ago

9 Practically everyone _ (think) that Phil should be given the job

10 One of the reasons I took the job _ (be) that I could work from home

11 If anybody _ (want) to leave early, they can

12 Either the president or his representatives _ (be) to attend the meeting

13 It's the first time either of us _ (be) to China, but everyone we've met here (be) very welcoming and helpful

14 A couple of my friends _ (go) to Honolulu next week,

15 Someone _ (forget) their umbrella

VII. Which is correct?

1 On my last visit to Wixton I found that the village didn’t change/ hadn’t changed much

2 The smoke alarm went off when he lit/ was lighting a cigarette underneath it

3 My teacher didn't encourage to work/ me to work hard at school

4 If Bob wasn't/ hadn't been so lazy, he would pass/ would have passed the exam easily

5 If the doctor was called/ had been called earlier, Mary would still be/ would have been alive today

6 If my grandfather is/ was still alive, he will be/ would be a hundred today

7 While the children swam/ were swimming, their mother kept/ was keeping a watchful eye on them

8 The accident seems to happen/ to have happened at around 1.00 p.m yesterday

9 With a good 0telescope you can see the eagles feed/ feeding their chicks in the nest

10 I had Beth clean/ to clean her bedroom before I let her go/ going out to play

11 The injury stopped him playing/ from playing tennis for 6 months,

12 The new students hope to include/ to be included in many of the school's social activities

13 After I decided to have/ having a garage build/ built next to the house, I hired a carpenter to do/ for doing the work

14 It'll be surprising unless Rachel passes/ if Rachel doesn't pass her piano exam

15 None of the candidates applying/ applied was accepted,

VIII. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition.

1 Children usually are given 'lucky money' _ Tet

2 Banh Chung, which is made _ sticky rice, is one of Tet's special foods

3 The New Year is celebrated _ night _ January 1

4 There are usually a lot of party _ New Year’s Eve

5 Vietnamese people prepare _ Tet several weeks beforehand

6 We decorated our Christmas tree _ a lot of colored and shiny little bells

7 Many people go to the pagoda to pray _ a happy year

8 _ the first days of Tet everyone tries to be nice and polite _ others

9 Lunar New Year usually falls sometime _ 19 January and 20 February _ the Western calendar

10 Both children and adults take part _ games and various forms of entertainment

IX. Write sentence with the cues given.

1 Christmas Day/ celebrate/ Christians/ as/ day/ Jesus Christ/ bear//

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2 midnight/ New Year's Eve/ it/ traditional/ people/ sing/ 'Auld Lang Syne'/ wish/ 'Happy New Year//

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3 Children/ look/ Easter Sunday/ because/ they/ give/ chocolate Easter eggs//

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4 Halloween/ children/ dress/ witches/ ghosts/ monsters/ go/ house/ house/

ask/ sweets or candy//

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5 Thanksgiving/ celebrate/ US/ fourth Thursday/ November/ originally/ give thanks/ God/ harvest/ health//

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6 Valentine's Day/ day/ people/ give/cards/ flowers/ small gifts/ person/ they/ love//

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7 Tet/ time/ Vietnamese people/ celebrate/ beginning/ spring//

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8 Children! especially/ happy/ Mooncake Festival/ as/ they/ have/ lots/ fun/ their lit lanterns/ night//

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