UNIT 5 : OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Lesson 7: Looking back + Project

Trịnh Thị Mai Dung
Quang Trung secondary school

WARM-UP

VOCABULARY

1 Choose the correct option to complete each sentence below.
1. It is becoming a ______ for many families in Viet nam to celebrate
Women's day and family day.
A. habit
B. custom
2. ______, we hold the Spring festival on the 15th of January in lunar
calendar.
A. Traditionally
B. In the past
3. Janet is from a family of doctors, but she broke with ______ when
she went to an art college.
A. tradition
B. habit

VOCABULARY

1 Choose the correct option to complete each sentence below.
4. Having dinner at my grandparents' house on Saturdays is one of
the customs our family ______.
A. does
B. practises
5. Story telling is a great way to ______ the local tradition alive.
A. maintain
B. keep

VOCABULARY

2 Fill in each blank with the suitable form of the word given.
1. Kien was so tall that no one recognized him at the family _______
reunion last
summer. (union)
offerings to worship our
2. My mum puts in a lot of effort to prepare ________
ancestors. (offer)
3. The festival ______
goers gathered on the riverside to cheer the boat racers. (go)
traditional Vietnamese game for
4. Dragon-snake (Rong ran len may) is a __________
children. It is very enjoyable. (tradition)
worshipping animals in their village
5. We happened to see some locals ___________
temples. (worship)

GRAMMAR

3 Complete the sentences with a, an, the or Ø (zero article).
Ø emails instead of
1. These days, many teenagers write ______
letters.
2. My dad bought ______
an ornamental kumquat tree for Tet.
3. I don't like that restaurant. ______
the food there isn't very good.
4. Don't wear ______
hat when you go into a temple or a pagoda.
a
5. It's becoming a custom for us to stay out very late on ______
Ø
New Year's Eve.

GRAMMAR

4 Complete the text with a, an, the or Ø (zero article).
Here are two easy ways to raise children's awareness of
(1) ______
a
Ø customs and traditions. First, it is (2) ______
good idea for parents to teach children to cook. By
doing this, children can learn and preserve their family
recipes. Second, parents can take children to (3) ______
Ø
local festivals. This helps them discover (4) ______
the
culture of their community and develop (5) ______
an
understanding of local traditions.

PROJECT

LOCAL CUSTOMS AND
TRADITIONS

CONSOLIDATION

1

Wrap-up

Vocabulary review

Grammar review

Project: Local customs and traditions

CONSOLIDATION

2

Homework

Learn the new words by heart.
Prepare for the next lesson.

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