II. Use of english

Choose the correct item to complete the sentence.

A Welsh festival

Wales has a (0) population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year for one week (1) ……… August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It (2) ……… place in a different town each year so everyone has the (3) …….. for it to be near them.

Local people (4) …….. years making plans for when the festival will be in their town. Each festival is (5) ……. by about 160,000 people. They (6) …….. not only from nearby towns and villages (7)……… also from the rest of the British Isles and (8) ………… from abroad. There are concerts, plays and competitions, and shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as (9) ………. as food and drink. There is also a place (10) …………. Welsh learners can go to practise the language.

1	A	on	B	by	C	in	D	at
2	A	takes	B	finds	C	has	D	comes
3	A	choice	B	chance	C	luck	D	ability
4	A	pass	B	put	C	spend	D	last
5	A	arrived	B	accompanied	C	joined	D	attended
6	A	bring	B	move	C	travel	D	tour
7	A	but	B	and	C	although	D	however
8	A	just	B	hardly	C	quite	D	even
9	A	long	B	far	C	good	D	well
10	A	when	B	where	C	which	D	that

III. Writing

1) You recently took part in a school event which was very successful

Write an email of 50-80 words to an English friend in which you:

• Talk about the preparations before the event

• Describe the event and talk about your part in it

• Explain why it was successful

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