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A CLOSER LOOK 1

3 Choose a word/phrase from the box to
Vocabulary complete the sentences.

1 Match a verb in A with a word/phrase in B. illiterate face to face physical
strict rules street vendors seniority
A B
1. go a. to drum music 1. Paying respect to people of ______ is a tradition in
2. collect b. themselves Viet Nam.
3. entertain c. stories 2. Quite a large number of ethnic people in the
4. dance d. a diary mountains are still ______. They can’t read or
5. act out e. your imagination write.
3. Eating from ______ is a popular habit of people in
6. use f. bare-footed
big cities in Viet Nam.
7. preserve g. the post
4. There should be ______ on the roads to reduce
8. keep h. our traditions the number of accidents.
5. ______ punishment was common at schools in
2 Use the newly-formed phrases in 1 with the the past.
verbs in their correct forms to complete the
sentences. 6. I prefer talking ______ to talking on the phone.
1. In my time, most girls ______ where they could
write down their daily thoughts and feelings. 4 Complete the sentences with the right form
2. ‘Grandpa, how did the children in your village of the words below.
use to ______?’ – ‘They played games like tradition habit behaviour practice
tug of war, hide and seek, or fl ew their kites.’
3. We should work together to ______. They are of 1. It’s never easy to break a bad ______.
great value to us.
4. ______ and draw a picture of your dream house. 2. His bold ______ shocked everybody present.
3. It runs as a ______ in Viet Nam that elderly
5. Children are very creative. They are good at grandparents and parents are taken care of by
______. their children until they die.
6. A postman comes once a day to ______ from the 4. It was his ______ to take a nap after lunch.
post box.
5. Using blackboards and chalk as the only teaching
7. I love ______ on the beach and feeling the sand aid is still a common ______ in most developing
under my feet. countries.
8. The Lion Dance is usually performed at 6. He could be fi red for his rude ______ towards the
Mid-Autumn Festival, where the dancers VIP guest.
skilfully ______.
REMEMBER!
tradition: an inherited way of thinking or acting
habit: what you frequently do
behaviour: the way in which one acts,
especially towards others
practice: the actual application or use
of an idea, belief, or method

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