UNIT 6 OUR TET HOLIDAY

A. PHONETICS
I. Write the sound /s/ and /∫/ of the underlined letter(s).
1. celebrate / / 6. wish / / 11. nice / / 16. English / /
2.should / / 7.special // 12.summer / / 17. wash / /
3.exciting / / 8.shopping / / 13.sure / / 18. sugar / /
4.blossom / / 9.spring / / 14.class / / 19. decide / /
5. show / / 10.shine / / 15.second / / 20. shirt / /
II. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently for the rest.
1. a. decorate b. calendar c. celebrate d. clean
2. a. shopping b. sugar c. sure d.summer
3. a. centre b. special c. decide d. rice
4. a. present b. sound c. sweet d. season
5. a. blossom b. chess c. messy d. passion
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Label the pictures.

fireworks lucky money apricot blossoms peach blossoms

pagoda calendar family gathering furniture

1. ______________ 2._______________ 3. ______________ 4._______________

5. ______________ 6._______________ 7. ______________ 8._______________

II. Complete the sentences with the words in part I.
1. Vietnamese children get _________________ in Lunar New Year.
2. On New Year’s Eve, thousands of people gather on Nguyen Hue Street to watch ___________.
3. In the north, people decorate their house with pink _________________.
4. Yellow _________________are the symbol of Tet for Southern Vietnamese.
5. Half a month before Tet, people begin to clean their houses and _________________.
6. On the first day of Tet, people often go to _________________to pray for a good new year.
7. Tet is a time for _________________.
8. A_______________is a set of pages showing the days, weeks and months of aparticular year.
III. Look at the flags and complete the sentences with the names of the country and the
nationality.

1. Vy is from _____________.She is _____________.

2.Sam is from _____________. He is _____________.

3. Kyoko is from _____________. She is _____________.

4. James is from _____________. He is _____________.

5. Anna is from _____________.She is _____________.

6.Minho is from _____________.He is _____________.

7. Baronis from _____________.He is _____________.

8. Flora is from _____________. She is _____________.

IV. Complete the sentences with appropriate prepositions.
1. The Vietnamese celebrate Tet ____________ different times each year.
2. Tet is the busiest time ____________ the year.
3. ____________ New Year’s Eve, people gather to watch the New Year fireworks.
4. Vietnamese people always make their houses look beautiful ____________Tet.
5. Tet is a time ____________ family gatherings.
6. This year, Vietnamese people celebrate Tet ____________ February.
7. Tet often falls ____________ late January and early February.
8. One tradition in Thai New Year celebration is to throw water ____________ people.

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V. Mai is talking about her family’s plans for Tet. Complete the sentences with the simple
future (will + infinitive) and the suitable verbs from the box.

buy make clean visit celebrate cook go decorate give hang

1. This year the Vietnamese ________________ Tet in the middle of February.

2. My father ________________ our house with flowers and plants.
3. My grandma and my aunts ________________ Chung cakes.
4. My mother ________________ a lot of special food.
5. We ________________ apricot blossoms and kumquat trees.
6. My brother ________________ new calendars, lanterns and scrolls.
7. My sister and I ________________ the house and furniture.
8. On the first days of Tet, my family ________________ our relatives.
9. My parents ________________ us lucky money in the morning of the first day.
10. On the first day of Tet, we ________________ to the pagoda to pray for a good year.
VI. Write sentences about what these children will do or won’t do this New Year.
1. Hoa/ clean the furniture.
Hoa will clean the furniture.
2. Nga/ help her mother cook special food
__________________________________________________________________________
3. Phong/ not buy fireworks
__________________________________________________________________________
4. Vy and My/ wear their new dresses
__________________________________________________________________________
5. Huy and Nam/ not go out to watch fireworks
__________________________________________________________________________
6. Nguyen/ visit his grandparents
__________________________________________________________________________
7. Nhu/ keep her lucky money in her piggy bank.
__________________________________________________________________________
8. Minh/ not play card games
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VII. Write should or shouldn’t to say what one should do or should not do during Tet holiday.
1. One ______________ visit relatives and friends.
2. One ______________ sweep house on the first day of the new year.
3. One ______________ give good luck wishes to others.
4. One ______________ give children and the elderly lucky money.
5. One ______________ say bad words or do bad things.
6. One ______________ break glassware.
7. One______________ buy and wear new clothes.
8. One ______________ wear black or white clothes.
9. One ______________ eat squids, duck meat or shrimps.
10. One ______________ offer visitors something sweet such as biscuits, candies or mut.
VIII. Underline the correct answers.
1. Children (should/ shouldn’t) listen to their parents.
2. You look tired. You (should/ shouldn’t) work so hard.
3. We (should/ shouldn’t) be rude to our elders.
4. Students (should/ shouldn’t) pay attention in class.
5. The students (should/ shouldn’t) use their mobile phone in the exam.
6. Tom (should/ shouldn’t) eat so many sweets. It’s bad for his teeth.
7. The kids (should/ shouldn’t) spend so much time in front of the TV.
8. You are overweight. You (should/ shouldn’t) go on a diet.
IX. Write the second sentence, using should or shouldn’t and the words given.
1. It’s past the children bedtime. (they/ be/ in bed)
__________________________________________________________________________
2. Can’t they see the ‘No Smoking’ sign? (they/ smoke/ in here)
__________________________________________________________________________
3. These windows are so dirty. (you/ clean them/ more often)
__________________________________________________________________________
4. We are in the library. (we/ talk/ too loudly)
__________________________________________________________________________
6. I think It’s going to rain, (we/ take/ our umbrellas)
__________________________________________________________________________
7. Suzy has to wake up early for school. (she/ go to sleep/ so late)
__________________________________________________________________________
8. You are always late for school. (you/ be/ punctual)
__________________________________________________________________________
X. Choose the correct modal to complete each sentence.
1. ‘______________ (Shall, Will, Must) we go to the beach?’‘Good idea.’
2. All students ______________ (shall, can, must) study hard in order to get good results.
3. ______________ (Could, Should, Would) you like some tea?
4. ______________ (Can, Should, Must) you help me lift this box?
5. You ______________ (should, must, will) wear a helmet on motorcycles - it’s the law.
6. You ______________ (can’t, won’t, shouldn’t) eat so many sweets - they aren’t goodfor you.
7. ‘My tooth really hurt!’‘I think you ______________ (mustn’t, will, should) go tothe dentist’s.’
8. You ______________ (can’t, should, mustn’t) stand on the desk. You’ll break it.
9. You ______________ (should, mustn’t, shouldn’t) never speak to your mother like this.
10. You ______________ (will, must, shouldn’t) do your homework more carefully.

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C. SPEAKING
I. Match the sentences with the correct advices.
1. I’ve got a headache. a.You should take it back to the shop.
2. I have an exam next week. b.You should eat less junk food.
3. There are no clean plates. c.You should take a painkiller.
4. I am always tired in the morning. d.You shouldn’t play computer games all night.
5. I want to lose weight. e.You should start revising.
6. I bought a new mobile but it is broken. f.You shouldn’t stay up so late.
7. My eyes hurt. g.You should do the washing up.
II. Writethe questions for the underlined parts.
1. __________________________________________________________________________
The Vietnamese celebrate Tetbetween late January and early February
2. __________________________________________________________________________
Tet lasts ten days.
3. __________________________________________________________________________
Before Tet, people should clean and decorate their houses.
4. __________________________________________________________________________
My family usually go to pagodas on the first day of Tet.
5. __________________________________________________________________________
We will visit our relatives on the second day of Tet.
6. __________________________________________________________________________
People shouldn’t eat duck meat at Tetbecause it brings unluckiness.
7. __________________________________________________________________________
My mother buys three apricot blossoms for Tet.
8. __________________________________________________________________________
They go home every New Year.
III. Complete the conversation with the questions from the box.

How do you celebrate? Will you buy Chung cakes?

Will you help your mother with cooking? What will you do for this New Year?
What do you do on the next days?

Peter: (1) _________________________________________________________________

Mai: I will clean and decorate our house.
Peter: (2) _________________________________________________________________
Mai: Yes, I will. My mother usually cooks lots of traditional food.
Peter: (3) _________________________________________________________________
Mai: No. We won’t buy Chung cakes. My grandma will make Tet cakes.
Peter: (4) _________________________________________________________________
Mai: In the morning of the first day, we wear our new clothes, make wishes to our parents
and get lucky money. Then my family go to some pagodas to pray for a happy new
year.
Peter: (5) _________________________________________________________________
Mai: On the second day of Tet, we often visit our relatives. And I go out with my friends on
the third day.
Peter: It sounds great! I hope you enjoy yourself this year.
D. READING
I. Complete the passage with the words from the box.

everywhere fortune money better care everybody decorate role

Since Tet occupies an important (11) ____________ in Vietnamese’s beliefs, Vietnamesewill

begin their preparations well in advance of the upcoming New Year. People willspend a few days
cleaning their homes, repaint, and (2) ____________ the house withkumquat tree, branches of
peach blossom, and many other colorful flowers. The ancestralaltar is especially taken (3)
____________ of, with careful decoration of five kinds of fruits.(4) ____________, especially
children, buy new clothes and shoes to wear on the firstdays of New Year. The color of red and
yellow can be seen (5) ____________ becauseVietnamese believe that these colors will bring
good (6) ____________.
During Tet, people always smile and behave as nice as they can in the hope for a(7)
____________ year. Gifts are exchanged between family members and friends andrelatives, while
children receive lucky (8) ____________ kept in red envelope.
II. Read the passage and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
New Year’s Eve, 31st December, is a time for the British to eat, drink and party when they
celebrate the beginning of a New Year. Many people go to Trafalgar Square inLondon or a street
party in their city. Others visit friends or go to pubs and restaurants, which are very crowded on
that night.
There is a great atmosphere when everyone waits for Big Ben to strike midnight. Then people
kiss and hold hands to sing the traditional Scottish song Auld Lang Syne. Many people also light
fireworks at midnight.
The main tradition is ‘First Footing’. This means the first person to come into your house after
midnight should be a tall dark-haired man. He should bring a piece of coal, some bread, salt or a
bottle of whisky to bring good luck to the family.
A lot of people also make New Year’s Resolution; they promise to do things like stop smoking
or ‘do more exercise’ in the New Year. January 1st (and 2nd in Scotland) is a public holiday so
their people can recover from their celebrations.
1. On New Year’s Eve everyone stays at home.
2. People sing a traditional song at midnight.
3. There are no fireworks on New Year’s Eve.
4. It is good luck for a blonde woman to be your first visitor after midnight.
5. Lots of people promise to change in the New Year.
6. New Year’s Day is a public holiday in Britain.

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