Answer — Exercise 4
3.4 - Diwali celebrations·Speakout Elementary - Students' Book
Question
- Watch the DVD. Which of the activities in Exercise 2A do you see? What other customs do you see?
- Work in pairs. Are sentences 1-8 true (T) or false (F)? Watch the DVD again and check your answers.
- Complete sentences 1-8 with words from the box. Then match again and check.
Answer
a)
Activities from Ex.2A
- eat special food
- give presents / gifts to each other
- watch fireworks
- decorate your home
- wear new clothes
Other customs
- clean rooms
- wash money
- buy gold and silver
- throw food and water on the ground
- make a picture
- visit parents and grandparents (and bow to show respect)
- send each other cards
b)
- T
- F → It lasts for five days
- T
- F → She throws it in four directions
- T
- T
- F → People visit their parents and grandparents
- T
c)
- full
- before
- long
- back
- about
- time
- everywhere
- everyone