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
2., fun fight with tomatoes. People hold it in Buñol, Spain on the last Wednesday of every August. ______ 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.
When and where do people hold
La Tomatina?
What is on the top of the pole?
What signals the start and end of the festival?
How long is the fight?
What is paella?
Speaking
Work in groups. Interview your group and report to the class.
members. Take notes of their answers
How far is it from your house to your school?
How do you go to school?
What is good about walking?
What is good about public transport?
Listening
Listen to Trang talking about watching films with her family.
Fill in each blank with ONE word. Track
Trang's family mostly watches films at ______.
Watching films together improves their ______.
They can spend quality ______ together.
After watching a film, they talk about its ______ and what they like about the film.
Watching films in English is good for her ______ skills.
Writing
Write a paragraph of about 70 words about your favourite means of questions as cues.
transport. You may use the following
What is your favourite means of transport?
Why is it your favourite means of transport?
My favourite means oftransport is
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