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👉SKILLS
Reading
1. Read the passage. Match the headings in the box with the paragraphs.
A. Food after the festival
B. General information about the festival
C. Activities at the festival
1. _____
La Tomatina is an unusual festival. It's a fun fight with tomatoes. People hold it in Buñol, Spain on the last Wednesday of every August.
2. _____
In the town square, there is a high pole with a ham on top of it. People climb the pole and get the ham. At 11 a.m., a jet of water shoots from the water cannons, and people start throwing tomatoes. People throw bags of tomatoes at the crowd. They then throw tomatoes at one another. After one hour, there is another jet of water, and people stop throwing. The whole square now is red with rivers of tomato juice.
3. _____
After the fight, many people go to restaurants to try paella. It is a traditional Spanish rice dish. It has rice, chicken, seafood, and herbs.
2. Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. When and where do people hold La Tomatina?
2. What is on the top of the pole?
3. What signals the start and end of the festival?
4. How long is the fight?
5. What is paella?
Speaking
3. Work in groups. Interview your group members. Take notes of their answers and report to the class.
1. How far is it from your house to your school?
2. How do you go to school?
3. What is good about walking?
4. What is good about public transport?
Listening
4. Listen to Trang talking about watching films with her family. Fill in each blank with ONE word. 🎧
1. Trang's family mostly watches films at _____.
2. Watching films together improves their _____.
3. They can spend quality _____ together.
4. After watching a film, they talk about its _____ and what they like about the film.
5. Watching films in English is good for her _____ skills.
Writing
5. Write a paragraph of about 70 words about your favourite means of transport. You may use the following questions as cues.
1. What is your favourite means of transport?
2. Why is it your favourite means of transport?
My favourite means of transport is _____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________.
