II. Read the text carefully, then do the tasks.

Ok Om Bok is a traditional festival of Khmer people in Mekong Delta. Ok Om Bok Festival takes place on the Full Moon day of the tenth month in Vietnamese Lunar Calendar, aiming at worshipping the Moon.

At the night of the Full Moon day, Khmer people set up a table of offerings; new sticky rice, yam, coconuts, bananas, sweeties, etc and bow their head to show their thanks to the Moon. After that, there is a colorful and sparkling lanterns ceremony on Ba Om Lake. Khmer people not only drop these lanterns on the lake but also fly them to the sky. Dozens of great lantern lighten the night sky in bustling music and the joy of Khmer people. Khmer people believe that these lanterns will bring bad luck and risk far away.

The most attractive and exciting activity of Ok Om Bok Festival is Ngo race (a special kind of boat of Khmer people in shape of Nagar snake). Ngo race is a traditional sport of Khmer in Ok Om Bok Festival. Ngo is a long boat with 25 - 30 meters in length and 1 - 1.4 meter in width. There are about 40 to 60 boatmen in every “Ngo” with a leader at the top to guide the whole team. Before the race, people gather along the riverbanks making an exciting atmosphere. During the race, the boisterous sound of drum, trumpet, cheers and applause urge boatmen row as fast as possible to the end.

Overall, Ok Om Bok is an important festival in Khmer people’s life. Ok Om Bok Festival has sacred meaning in spiritual life of these people, making a cultural characteristic of this ethnic community.

A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Ok Om Bok Festival is celebrated in October in the Western Calendar.

2. At the night of the festival, Khmer people drop lanterns on the lake and fly lanterns to the sky.

3. Ngo is a snake-shaped boat of Khmer people.

4. Ngo boat race takes place right after Ok Om Bok Festival.

5. The boatmen are encouraged by the people gathering along the riverbanks.

6. Ok Om Bok Festival promote traditional cultural identity of Khmer community.

B. Answer the questions.

1. When does Ok Om Bok Festival take place?_______________________________________________________________

2. What is Ok Om Bok Festival celebrated for?_______________________________________________________________

3. Where do Khmer people float their lanterns

_______________________________________________________________

4. How long is a Ngo boat?

_______________________________________________________________

5. How many boatmen are there in every Ngo boat?

_______________________________________________________________

6. Why is Ok Om Bok an important festival in Khmer people’s life?_______________________________________________________________

giúp mk vs nha. mk tick cho

Work in groups. Read the following pieces of advice for tourists at the Ok Om Bok Festival. Put them in the correct column.

a. dress up for the Moon God offering ceremony

b. keep quiet when the monks and the elders are talking

c. climb on the animal statues in the temple groundd. show respect to the monks and the elders

e. refuse young rice when the elders offer it to you

f. litter the temple ground

Task 5: Read the text carefully, then do the tasks.

Ok Om Bok is a traditional festival of Khmer people in Mekong Delta. Ok Om Bok Festival takes place on the Full Moon day of the tenth month in the Vietnamese Lunar Calendar, aiming at worshipping the Moon.

On the night of the Full Moon day, Khmer people set up a table of offerings; new sticky rice, yam, coconuts, bananas, sweeties, etc and bow their heads to show their thanks to the Moon. After that, there is a colorful and sparkling lanterns ceremony on Ba Om Lake. Khmer people not only drop these lanterns on the lake but also fly them to the sky. Dozens of great lanterns lighten the night sky in bustling music and the joy of Khmer people. Khmer people believe that these lanterns will bring bad luck and risk far away.

The most attractive and exciting activity of the Ok Om Bok Festival is the Ngo race (a special kind of boat of Khmer people in the shape of Nagar snake). Ngo race is a traditional sport of Khmer in the Ok Om Bok Festival. Ngo is a long boat with 25 - 30 meters in length and 1 - 1.4 meter in width. There are about 40 to 60 boatmen in every “Ngo” with a leader at the top to guide the whole team. Before the race, people gather along the riverbanks making an exciting atmosphere. During the race, the boisterous sound of drum, trumpet, cheers and applause urge boatmen row as fast as possible to the end.

Overall, Ok Om Bok is an important festival in Khmer people’s life. Ok Om Bok Festival has a sacred meaning in the spiritual life of these people, making it a cultural characteristic of this ethnic community.

A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Ok Om Bok Festival is celebrated in October in the Western Calendar.

2. At the night of the festival, Khmer people drop lanterns on the lake and fly lanterns to the sky.

3. Ngo is a snake-shaped boat of Khmer people.

4. The Ngo boat race takes place right after the Ok Om Bok Festival.

5. The boatmen are encouraged by the people gathering along the riverbanks.

6. Ok Om Bok Festival promotes the traditional cultural identity of the Khmer community.

B. Answer the questions.

1. When does Ok Om Bok Festival take place?

2. What is the Ok Om Bok Festival celebrated for?

3. Where do Khmer people float their lanterns?

4. How long is a Ngo boat?

5. How many boatmen are there in every Ngo boat?

6. Why is Ok Om Bok an important festival in Khmer people’s life?

Listen again and tick (v) T (True) or F (False).

Mid-Autumn Festival

            Mid-Autumn Festival is held on 15^th day of the eight lunar month to celebrate biggest full moon in the year. In Viet Nam, this festival is for children (56)___________ children are center of all activities on that day. (57)_____________ the festival is coming, the adults and the parents prepare many different foods -  moon cakes, candies, biscuits, jellies, and fruit. (58)_____________, the children are given many nice lanterns – star lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks, (59)__________ they can light the lantern during the Mid-Autumn night.

            (60)______________ the autumn is the time of the beginning of the new school year, the adults and parents give gifts to the children. The festival takes place (61)_______________ people have had good crops. (62)____________, it is also the congratulation for the full harvest.

            Nowadays, (63)__________ some of the traditional toys have been replaced by modern toys, the meaning of the festival has been kept and developed. It is certain that Mid-Autumn Festival is a good example of the traditional culture of the Vietnamese.

Task 1: Complete each blank in the passage with the correct linking word. (There may be more than one possibility)

Task 2: Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions.

64.                        When is Mid-Autumn Festival held? What is it for?

________________________________________________________________________________

65.                        What do the adults and the parents do to prepare for the festival?

________________________________________________________________________________

66.                        What are children given besides moon cakes?

________________________________________________________________________________

67.                        What can children do with their lanterns?

________________________________________________________________________________

68.                        Why is Mid-Autumn Festival also considered the congratulation for the full harvest?

________________________________________________________________________________

69.                        What is the importance of this festival?

________________________________________________________________________________ 

Choose the correct option in each sentence below.

1. It takes more than a / an hour to drive to Can Tho.

2. It’s a / \(\varnothing\) tradition for children to wake up early on Christmas Day.

3. The Ok Om Bok Festival takes place in the / \(\varnothing\) October.

4. We went to Can Tho by an / \(\varnothing\) air.

5. A: Where’s a / the book?

 B: I thought you left it next to the TV.

II . Change each sentences into a question using the question words in brackets

 1. The girl with a shawl on her head is a member of the Thai ( who )

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 2. The Khmer have three main festivals in a year . ( how many )

____________________________________________________

 3 .Odu is the smallest ethnic group in vietnam . ( which )

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 4 Ok Om Bok Festival is the biggest festival of Khmer people .( what )

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5 . We can find terraced fields in the northern mountainous regions .( where )

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 6 . Bom Bo village is about 200 kilometres from HCM city ( how far )

______________________________________________________

7 . They built their houses on stilts to prevent flooding from tides or storms ( why )

______________________________________________________

8. The population of the Tay ethnic group is about 1.7 million ( what )

______________________________________________________

9. The Tay have lived in Vietnam for thousands of years . ( how long )

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10 . The M'nong mainly live in Dak Lak province ( where )

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I) Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival, and do the tasks, and do the tasks that follow

Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid autumn Festival í held on \(15^{th}\) day of the eight lunar month to celebrate biggest full moon in the year. In Viet Nam, this festival is for children ............... children are center of all activities on that day. ................. the festival is coming, the adults and the parents prepare many diferent foods - moon cakes, candies, biscuits, jellies, and fruit. .............., the children are given many nice lanterns - star lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks, ............. they can light the lantern during the Mid- Autumn night.

..................... the autumn is the time of the beginning ò the new school year, the adults and parents give gifts to the children . The festival takes places .................... people have had good crops. ..............., it is also the congratulation for the full harvest.

Nowaday, .............. some of the traditional toys have been replaced by modern toys, the meaning of the festival has been kept and developed. It is certain that Mid-Autumn Festival is a good example of the traditional culture of the Vietnamese.

Task 1: Complete each blank in the passage with the correct linking word. (There may be more than one possibility)

Task 2: Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions.

1/ When is Mid-Autumn Festival held? What is it for?

______________________________________________

2/ What do the adults and the parents do to prepare for the festival?

____________________________________________________

3/ What are children given besides moon cakes?

______________________________________

4/ What can children do with their lanterns?

__________________________________

5/Why is Mid- Autumn Festival also considered the congralulation for the full harvest?

____________________________________________________________________

6/ What is the importance of thí festival?

___________________________________

MẤY BN ƠI GIÚP MK VS MK ĐG CẦN GẤP. MK SẼ TICK CHO CẢM ƠN TRC!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. Read the passage carefully. Then answer True(T) or False (F)? (1pts )

The Hung Temple is on the top of Nghia Linh mountain in  Phu Tho province. The Festival makes it possible for Vietnamese people to visit their land of origin. A day before the festival, you can see ancient and modern flags along the road from Viet Tri to Hung mountain. On the day before the festival, people let 100 sky lanterns fly into the sky. The main worship service is held the following morning. A flowers ceremony starts the festival. In the upper Temple, there is a ceremony of offering a five-fruit tray, banh chung ( square cakes ) and Banh day ( circle cakes) to the 18 ^th  Hung King. Also, there is an elephant march followed by the cross- bow shooting, rice- cooking, swinging contests, cockfights and dragon dances.

1-      The Hung Temple is at the bottom of Nghia Linh mountain.                                      ______

2-       About  100 sky lanterns fly into the sky on the day before the festival.                     ______

3-      There is a buffalo march during  the festival.                                                  ______

4-      A flower ceremony starts the Festival.                                                                        ______

6. Circle the best option A, B, C, D to complete the following passage. (1pts )

 Vu Lan Festival takes (1)_______on 15 ^th    of the seven lunar month. It is one of the largest festivals  of Viet nam. Vietnamese people consider that it is an occasion for family gatherings as (2) ______ as  expressing love and gratitude to ancestors and parents. Vu Lan festival is known as Mother’s Day in Viet Nam. First, in the morning of that day, a lavish tray with various (3)________dishes is set on the altar, and the householder will burn incense and invite ancestor to come back home and celebrate with family. Then, at night the Vietnamese hold a ceremony of releasing lighted lanterns on the river, they believe by doing that their wishes for parents will come true. They also go to the pagoda, wearing either a red rose if their mothers are (4) _________ or white rose if their mothers have passed away.

      1. A. away             B. part                         C. much                       D. care

       2. A. good                        B. bad                          C. soon                        D. well

       3. A. terrible         B. delicious                             C. tasty                        D. B & C are correct

             4. A. dead                   B. lived                                    C. alive                        D. old 

7.Rewrite the sentences as directed. (1.5pts)

1. Lan started studying English five years ago and she still studies it.

-> Lan has………………………………………………………………………...

2. The sun was shining. It wasn’t very warm.

-> Although………………………………………………………………………………..

3. Nam doesn’t live with his parents any more.

-> Nam used …………………………………………………………………….

4. Never talk with food in your mouth.

-> You ……………………………………………………………………………………..

5. I like traditional dances better than modern ones.

-> I prefer………………………………………………………………..

6. Our grandmother usually tells us folk tales.

-> We…………………………………………………………………………