Unit 9 festivals around the world

(Bài 1 - Pronunciation trang 66) (Điền khuyết chọn từ danh sách) Choose the word with a different stress pattern from the others. 1. A. driver B. distance C. traffic D. repeat: [ ___ ] 2. A. travel B. sentence C. obey D. safety: [ ___ ] 3. A. grammar B. describe C. accept D. suggest: [ ___ ] 4. A. believe B. pretty C. decide D. complete: [ ___ ] 5. A. confuse B. shocking C. useful D. boring: [ ___ ]

(Bài 2 - Pronunciation trang 66) (Phân nhóm) Put the underlined words in the correct column according to their stress pattern. Practise reading the sentences.

(Bài 1 - Vocabulary & Grammar trang 66-67) (Điền khuyết nhập từ phím) Solve the crossword puzzle. Write the correct words. 1. A large vehicle that is decorated and used in festivals: [ ___ ] 2. A public celebration that includes people moving down a street: [ ___ ] 3. A public holiday in the US and in Canada to give thanks to God for the harvest and good health: [ ___ ] 4. A special large meal with very good food: [ ___ ] 5. A festival in some countries where children dress as ghosts, witches, etc.: [ ___ ] 6. The clothes typical of a particular country: [ ___ ]

(Bài 2 - Vocabulary & Grammar trang 67) (Nối hai cột) Match each festival with its activity / activities.

(Bài 3 - Vocabulary & Grammar trang 67) (Điền khuyết chọn từ danh sách) Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 1. On New Year’s Eve, we go to Hoan Kiem Lake to watch the fireworks [ ___ ]. 2. Look at the dancers. They are performing a Dutch [ ___ ]. 3. On [ ___ ], children wear costumes and go trick or treating. 4. Did he get the Best Actor Award at the [ ___ ] last year? 5. She wore a beautiful [ ___ ] in the school play.

(Bài 4 - Vocabulary & Grammar trang 67-68) (Điền khuyết chọn từ danh sách) Find a mistake in each sentence and correct it. 1. Can you watch folk music performances at the Russian Winter Festival last year? Correction: [ ___ ] you watch folk music performances at the Russian Winter Festival last year? 2. Did they went to the Tulip Festival with their family? Correction: Did they [ ___ ] to the Tulip Festival with their family? 3. Do she carve pumpkins every year at Halloween? Correction: [ ___ ] she carve pumpkins every year at Halloween? 4. Will he asks his brother to go to the cinema with him? Correction: Will he [ ___ ] his brother to go to the cinema with him? 5. Are they perform an Indian folk dance on the stage? Correction: Are they [ ___ ] an Indian folk dance on the stage?

(Bài 5 - Vocabulary & Grammar trang 68) (Điền khuyết chọn từ danh sách) Change the following sentences into Yes / No questions. Choose the correct question. 1. Last year their family went to Da Nang to enjoy the International Fireworks Festival. [ ___ ] 2. They will go to the music festival next week. [ ___ ] 3. We can design some posters to sell food at the Mid-Autumn Festival. [ ___ ] 4. My mother usually cooks special food at Tet. [ ___ ] 5. People should behave well on the first day of the new year. [ ___ ] 6. He is singing a song about the beauty of his country. [ ___ ]

(Bài 1 - Speaking trang 68) (Điền khuyết chọn từ danh sách) Choose the correct answer to each question below. 1. How was the film festival last week? - [ ___ ] 2. Do you like this performance? - [ ___ ] 3. When do Americans celebrate Halloween? - [ ___ ] 4. Did he wear a clown costume on Halloween last year? - [ ___ ] 5. Can you tell me what the Vietnamese do just before Tet? - [ ___ ]

(Bài 2 - Speaking trang 69) (Kéo thả vào chỗ trống) Rearrange the sentences to make a complete conversation. Then practise it with a friend. (A) Is it the festival where people throw tomatoes at one another? (B) What are you doing, Mai? (C) Yes, it is. (D) I went to it about two years ago. (E) Really? What was it like? (F) I hope I can see it someday. (G) It was exciting. We threw tomatoes for about an hour. (H) Did you wear goggles to protect your eyes? (I) I’m searching for some information about La Tomatina. (J) Yes, I did. Everyone wore goggles. The correct order is: [ ___ ] - [ ___ ] - [ ___ ] - [ ___ ] - [ ___ ] - [ ___ ] - [ ___ ] - [ ___ ] - [ ___ ] - [ ___ ]

(Bài 3 - Speaking trang 69) (Điền khuyết chọn từ danh sách) Choose the correct words or phrases to complete the information about the festivals. (A) Monkey Buffet 1. Monkey Buffet is a festival where people feed about [ ___ ] monkeys fruit and vegetables. 2. It is held in a town north of [ ___ ]. 3. It happens on the last Sunday every [ ___ ]. 4. [ ___ ] join the festival. 5. People prepare [ ___ ] kilograms of fruit and vegetables for the monkeys. (B) Children’s Day 6. Children’s Day is a festival for children in [ ___ ]. 7. It happens on [ ___ ] every year. 8. [ ___ ] join the festival. 9. Parents take their children to the park, buy them toys, or give them [ ___ ]. 10. Families eat out and have [ ___ ] together.

(Bài 1 - Reading trang 70) (Điền khuyết chọn từ danh sách) Choose the correct answer to fill in each blank in the following passage. The Edinburgh Festival is the biggest arts festival in the world. (1) [ ___ ] August, thousands of people come to the city to join the festival. It (2) [ ___ ] for three weeks and has a lot of activities. People enjoy music and dance performances in the streets (3) [ ___ ] early morning until late at night. They also see artists painting pictures in the streets. One of (4) [ ___ ] most interesting parts of the festival is “Fringe”. Here people enjoy comedy shows by students in small halls and cafés. At this festival, tourists also have a chance to (5) [ ___ ] new films, plays and listen to famous musicians playing great music. Although it is the world’s largest arts festival, its tickets (6) [ ___ ] quite cheap. This is one of the reasons why it attracts so many people every year.

(Bài 2 - Reading trang 70) (Điền khuyết chọn từ danh sách) Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights. It lasts (1) [ ___ ] eight days. People usually celebrate it (2) [ ___ ] November or December. People light candles at this festival. They light one (3) [ ___ ] every evening. To celebrate the festival, people make special pancakes. They make the (4) [ ___ ] with potatoes, onions, eggs, flour and oil. Jam doughnuts (5) [ ___ ] also very popular. People (6) [ ___ ] their family and friends presents and money at Hanukkah. Adults give (7) [ ___ ] chocolate coins. People also give cards (8) [ ___ ] others.

(Bài 3a - Reading trang 70-71) (Điền khuyết chọn từ danh sách) Read the passage about two carnivals and choose the suitable carnival for each sentence. Which carnival ... 1. lasts for about 14 days: [ ___ ] 2. has people wearing costumes: [ ___ ] 3. has samba competitions: [ ___ ] 4. is the biggest in the world: [ ___ ]

(Bài 3b - Reading trang 70-71) (Điền khuyết chọn từ danh sách) Read the passage about two carnivals and choose the correct short answers. 1. How often do people have carnivals? [ ___ ] 2. Do people celebrate carnivals in the same way? [ ___ ] 3. What do people on floats throw to the crowd at the New Orleans Carnival? [ ___ ] 4. How long does the Rio Carnival last? [ ___ ] 5. How much do samba schools spend preparing? [ ___ ]

(Bài 1 - Writing trang 71) (Trả lời tự luận) Make sentences, using the words and phrases given.

1. Easter \ important \ Christian \ festival \ and \ holiday.

2. People \ celebrate \ around \ world \ between \ 22nd March \ 25th April.

3. People \ give \ chocolate eggs \ friends \ and \ family.

4. They \ also \ organise \ egg hunt \ children.

5. People \ go \ church \ and \ have \ special \ family meal.

6. Each year \ shop \ sell \ million \ of \ chocolate \ Easter bunnies.

(Bài 2 - Writing trang 72) (Trả lời tự luận) Write a short story of about 50 words based on the pictures given. Start the story as follows:

Last September, Mi and Lan went to the Mid-Autumn Festival at their school.

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(Bài 3 - Writing trang 72) (Trả lời tự luận) Write an email of 60 - 80 words to a friend to tell him (her) about a festival you went to. Use the following questions as cues:

1. What festival did you go to?

2. Where and when did you go to it?

3. Why do people celebrate it?

4. What did you do there?

5. Did you like the festival? Why or why not?

Dear ............,

How are you? I’m going to tell you about ................