The key answer of exercise 7
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4f - Writing for the textbook On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing
Question
- Read the rubric and find the key words.
- Think of a festival and make notes under the headings. Names - Date / place - Preparations - Events during the festival - Feelings / comments Use your notes and phrases from the Useful Language box to make sentences about the festival.
Answer
a)
- Your teacher
- a description of an interesting festival
- your country
- you attended
- 120-180 words
b)
- Name → La Tomatina
- Date / Place → August, Buñol, Valencia
- Preparations → shopkeepers covered their shop windows with plastic; trucks delivered loads of tomatoes into town centre; people greased a wooden pole and tied a ham to the top; people had a paella cooking competition
- Events during the festival → someone climbed up pole and got ham - then tomato fight began, went to music concerts, parades, watched fireworks displays
- Feelings / Comments → incredible festival; great time
La Tomatina is held every August in Buñol, Valencia.
The preparations started the day before when shopkeepers covered their shop windows with plastic. They also held a paella cooking competition the night before.
On the actual day, trucks delivered loads of tomatoes into the town centre.
There were also music concerts, parades and dancing.
In the evening, people watched fireworks displays.
It was an incredible festival.