Unit 8. Celebrations

Tet occurs in late January or early February.
Language focus
Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS
Tet is a festival.
1. Join the sentences. Use relative clauses
Tet is a festival
which occurs in late January or early February.
Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet.
(relative clause)
(Noun of thing)
(relative clause)
(Noun of person)
Example:
My friend Tom can compose songs.
Tom sings Western folk songs very well.
-> My friend Tom
who sings Western folk songs very well
can compose songs.
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,
1. Join the sentences. Use relative clauses
Auld Lang Syne is a song which is sung on New Year’s Eve.
This watch is a gift which was given to me by my aunt on my 14th birthday.
My friend Tom, who sings Western folk songs very well, can compose songs.
We often go to the town cultural house, which always opens on public holidays
I like reading books which tell about different peoples and their cultures.
Tomorrow I’ll go to the airport to meet my friends, who come to stay with us during the Christmas.
On my mom’s birthday my dad gave her roses, which were very sweet and beautiful.
Judy liked the full-moon festival, which is celebrated in mid-fall, very much.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
2. Describe each of the people in the pictures. Use relative clauses.
Example:
I am the boy
My Aunt Judy is the woman
who is wearing a white T- shirt.
who is holding Jack.
- Mom is the woman who is sitting in an armchair / receiving a gift from the little girl.
- Dad is the man who is standing behind my sister.
- Linda is the little girl who is wearing a pink dress / giving a gift to Mom.
- Grandmother is the woman who is wearing a violet blouse / giving a gift to the baby.
- Uncle John is the man who is wearing a pink jumper.
- Jack is the little boy who is sitting on his mother’s lap.
a. Thu Ha is not satisfied with her preparations for Tet. Thu Ha has decorated her house and made plenty of cakes. (even though)
-> Thu Ha is not satisfied with her preparations for Tet even though she has decorated her house and made plenty of cakes.
3/ Join the sentences. Use the words in brackets. The first is done for you.
b. Although we don’t have a Mother’s Day in Viet Nam, Dad and I have a special gifts and parties for my mom every year on the 8th of March
c. We went to Ha Noi to watch the parade on National Day last year even though we live in Nam Dinh.
d. Many tourists enjoy festivals in Viet Nam though tourist do not understand Vietnamese culture very much.
e. Even though in Australia Christmas season is in the summer, the Australians enjoy Christmas as much as people in Europe countries do.
f. Although Jim came to the show late due to the traffic jam, he could see the main part of the show.
Example:
although
though
4. Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences. Use the correct tense of the verbs and the information.
Although Mrs Thoa was tired,
b. Watch / TV
a. Help / Tuan / homework
c. Weather bureau / predict / fine weather
Even though Liz has an exam tomorrow,
It rained yesterday although
ate a lot of food
e. Finish /letter
Even though the keyboard wasn’t working well,
d. Eat / lot / food
she helped Tuan
with his homework.
she is
still watching TV now.
the weather bureau
predicted the weather would be fine.
though he wasn’t very hungry.
Ba
she tried to finish her letter.
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Exercise
Combine the sentences using the word in brackets.
a. He is the man. He painted my house. (who)
b. This is the sweater. I bought it on Sunday. (which)
c. I couldn’t sleep. I was tired. (although)
d. It was raining heavily. I went out. (even though)
-> He is the man who painted my house.
->This is the sweater which I bought on Sunday.
-> I couldn’t sleep although I was tired.
-> Even though it was raining heavily, I went out.
- Write down the exercises in your notebook.
- Prepare new lesson Unit 9: Getting started + Listen & read.

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