UNIT 8

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words
a. celebration b. decorate c. tomato d. festival
a. occasion b. sometimes c. house d. blossom
a. sometimes b. coloured c. money d. apricot
a. agrarian b. grand c. fatty d. January
a. throughout b. month c. themselves d. south
a. children b. exchange c. church d. machine
a. each b. clean c. great d. peach
a. spring b. beginning c. excitement d. traditional
a. fun b. luck c. kumquat d. influence
a. decorate b. preparation c. comment d. envelop
Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words
a. visit b. happy c. polite d. really
a. festival b. various c. envelop d. tomato
a. influence b. tradition c. decorate d. nowadays
a. occasion b. important c. holiday d. excitement
a. January b. entertainment c. preparation d. celebration
a. decorate b. pagoda c. relative d. calendar
a. between b. banner c. colour d. special
Fill in the blenk with suitable words / phrase
My birthday falls _______________ the 15th of November
They decorated the room ___________ flowers and ballons
Shops are always full ____________ goods at Tet
John: Have you ever __________ this food before?
Mary:Not yet, but I have eaten it several times
Tom is always nice __________ me
At Tet people usually meet and ___________ wishes
Have you any comment to ____________about the cause of the disaster?
She _____________ to God for an end to her sufferings
My father once took ___________ in the Olympic Games
What do you usually do __________ the first day of year?
Fill in the blank of the sentences with one word from the box
preparations decorate celebrate excited popular
wrapped represent influent traditional exchange
How do people _________________ New year in your country?
On the first days of Tet, people often visit relatives and friends to _______________New Year wishes
Japanese usually _____________ their houses with some small pine trees, which ______________ constancy and longevity
People that what they do on the first day of the year will __________ their luck during the whole year
People usually make _________ for Tet severals week beforehand
Tet is also the timefor the children to receive lucky money ___________ in red envelops
Besides the ____________ flowers for Tet such as peach flowers and apricot flowers, the kumquat trees are also __________throughout the country
Children are always __________ about the Tet holiday
Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition
Children are usually given ‘lucky money’ __________ Tet
Banh Chung, which is made __________ sticky rice, is one of Tet’s special foods
The New Year is celebrated ________________ night _____________ January 1st
There are usually a lot of parties ______________ New Year’s Eve
Vietnamese people prepare _____________ Tet several weeks beforehand
We decorated our Christmas tree _______________ a lot of coloured and shiny little bells
Many people go to the pagoda to pray _________________ a happy year
______________ the first days of Tet everyone tries to be nice and polite ___________ others
Lunar New Year usually falls sometime_________________ 19th January and 20th February ___________ the Western calendar
Both children and adults take park _________games and various forms of entertainment





choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words
celebration b. decorate c. tomato d. festival
occasion b. sometimes c. house d. blossom
a. sometimes b. coloured c. money d. apricot
a. agrarian b. grand c. fatty d. January
a. throughout b. month c. themselves d. south
a. children b. exchange c. church d. machine
a. each b. clean c. great d. peach
a. spring b. beginning c. excitement d. traditional
a. fun b. luck c