FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD - CONNECT PRIMARY 4 Term 2 - رابع ابتدائي
Unit 7: This is where I live
Unit 8: We had fun
Unit 9: What makes us special
Unit 10: I enjoy my life
Unit 11: What can we do
Unit 12: Fiction reader: Dalia saves the village
UNIT 9 LESSON 2 FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD 1 Read the captions. What do you think is happening in each of the photos? 2 Now listen and number the pictures 38 Can you see the cheese? How many kites can you see? Happy New Year! Wear some old clothes! 3 Match the festival to the picture Cheese rolling La Tomatina Chinese New Year Kite festival 35

5 6 Read and answer. Which festival are the people talking about? 1 I looked around, everything was red. La Tomatina 2 What happened to this cheese? It's covered in mud! 3 I looked up and saw birds, dragons, and monsters. 4 It had 502 yuan inside. 5 The way the wind pulled it, it felt alive. 6 She started running and fell. She couldn't stop laughing! 7 I gave it to her and wished her good luck. What do you remember? Listen and check 1 What's inside the red card? 2 Why do people throw tomatoes? 3 Is it easy to fly a kite? 4 Why do people run down a hill? Think and discuss with a partner Which festival is the most beautiful? Which festival is the strangest? Which festival do you want to take part in? Why? UNIT 9 39

UNIT 9 Write the past form of the verbs below. Write R (regular) or /(irregular) in the box. Listen and check 8 40 see saw I give push run ask tell fall win look fly try have say throw celebrate wear Complete the sentences with a verb from Exercise 7. Which celebration are they talking about? 1 Grandma and Grandpa gave it to me. Chinese New Year I'm going to put it in the bank. 2 She threw it up in the air. It on the floor and made a big, red mess. 3 Mom me to take a shower because I was covered in mud. 4 I closed my eyes and | the race! 5 I pulled on the string. It high into the sky. up 39

9 10 Imagine you went to one of the celebrations in Exercise 1. Write sentences We went to We saw We ate We wore Now write two more sentences. How did you feel? Look at the list of very common verbs. What is their past form? Use the clues to help you go be hit put eat read 1 rhymes with went 2 rhymes with 'because' 3 rhymes with 'it' 4 rhymes with 5 rhymes with 6 rhymes with What is special about 'hit' and 'put'? Why is 'read' confusing? UNIT 9 41


