Fact file: Describing a festival

1. Festival vocabulary.

Choose the correct option.

2. Festival activities.

Match the two parts to make the phrases.

3. Read a student's description.

Read a student's description of a festival in her country. Choose the best picture for her description.

4. Reconstruct the text.

Choose the correct option to reconstruct the text.

5. Write.

1. Write about a local festival.

Write about a local festival or celebration where you live. Write a description like in exercise 3. Try to answer these questions:

  • Where is it celebrated?
  • When is it celebrated?
  • How is it celebrated?
  • What do you do to celebrate?
  • Do you wear special clothes?
  • Do you eat special food?
  • Do you like this celebration? Why? / Why not?

You can send an image file of a photo, too!

Check spelling, grammar and organisation carefully. Write between 100 and 120 words.