EXERCISES UNIT 9

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Summer Vacation
Today is the last day of school. It is summer vacation. Grace is very _________. This
summer will be fun. Grace is going to visit her ___________. They have a cottage. The
_________ is on Lake Erie. It is a lot of fun. Grace is going to swim. She is going to play
board games. She is going to talk _______ her grandparents. Grace is going to have
fun. Grace is going to a summer camp. She will sleep in a __________. She will make
lots of new friends. Grace will learn _________ songs. Camp will be fun. Grace is going
to Cape Cod with her parents. We are going for _________ weeks. We are going to
drive. Grace will see the _________. Cape Cod will be beautiful. Summer vacation is
_______.
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 III. Listen and complete the text with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN
A great number of people consider Halloween to be an (31) _______ holiday.
In reality, it originates from the Celts of Ireland. These days, people do not do
what the old Celts did in the past. They do not have a (32) _______ before
the winter starts and do not leave their houses cold, without lighting during
the night, hoping to stop spirits wanting to live there. It was believed that the
souls of (33) _______ could come back if they find a person to stay in.
Therefore, wearing scary masks and costumes to make the spirits go away, is
an old Celtic tradition.
Today, people and especially (34) _______ enjoy Halloween costume
parties. They dress up as witches, vampires and ghosts. Children in masks go
from house to house and when the door opens, they say: “Trick or Treat”! If
they do not get sweets, they do something bad like throwing eggs at the
house.
The classic (35) _______ of Halloween are horror characters: black cats,
spiders, witches, and ghosts and big orange pumpkins. Great Britain and the
USA celebrate Halloween every year on the last day of October.