Unit 2 Vocabulary practice

Celebrations and festivals 4 Look at the British English words and complete their
American English equivalents.

1 Complete the sentences about the different festivals with the biscuit cookie
correct seasons and months of the year. 1 chemists d_______________
(37/11/13) The Hindu festival Diwali is celebrated in autumn 2 crisps p_______________ c_______________
from 3 to 7 November. 3 cinema m_______________ t_______________
1 (46/9/13) Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish festival thats 4 handbag p_______________
celebrated in ___________________ from 5 chips f_______________
46 ___________________. 6 mobile phone c_______________ phone
2 (8/8/13) Eid al-Fitr is a Muslim festival thats 7 trousers p_______________
celebrated in ___________________ on 8 sweets c_______________
8 ___________________.
3 (29/31/4/13) Easter is a Christian festival thats celebrated Compound nouns
in ___________________ and begins on
29 ___________________. 5 Match 15 with AF to make compound nouns.

4 (25/12/13) Christmas is a Christian festival thats history A trophy

celebrated in ___________________ on 1 washing B club
25 ___________________. 2 sports C holidays
3 youth D machine
2 Complete the sentences with the correct bold words. 4 summer E homework
I cant decide who to invite to my birthday party. 5 bus F pass
(carnival / ceremony / party)
6 Complete the sentences with the compound nouns from
1 In the UK, its a ___________________ to eat turkey on
exercise 5.
Christmas Day. (celebration / tradition / wedding)
Im not allowed to go out until Ive finished my history
2 The guests at the ___________________ were waiting
homework.
impatiently for the bride to arrive.
1 That _______________ _______________ is for a tennis
(parade / party / wedding)
competition I won last year.
3 During the ___________________, the groom put a ring on
2 Please could you put your dirty clothes in the
the brides finger.
_______________ _______________?
(carnival / celebration / ceremony)
3 Since the _______________ _______________ closed,
4 The ___________________ will go around the streets this
there hasnt been anything for young people to do round
evening. (parade / party / tradition)
here.
5 I love going to the Notting Hill ___________________ to see
4 If you havent got your _______________
the costumes and dance to the music.
_______________, youll need to buy a ticket to travel.
(carnival / tradition / wedding)
5 Were going to France in the _______________
_______________.
Language
3 Choose the correct alternatives.

I dont translate / understand this exercise.

1 How do you say / speak agradable in English?
2 Sorry, can / do you say that again?
3 How do you spell / write that, please?
4 Could you remember / repeat that, please?
5 How do you spell / translate en absoluto into English?
6 Before my English exam, I had to memorize / remember a
lot of new words.
7 If you dont understand something, you can always
ask / tell me for help.