W2 ss6 - Language Review

Canadians ___ Canada Day on July 1 with parades and fireworks.

• celebrate

• highlight

• visit

• decorate

The United States is a young country. Its ____ is much shorter than countries like Egypt.

• ground

• highlight

• culture

• history

Hundreds of thousands of ____________ from around the world attend the Berlin Film Festival every February.

• villagers

• visitors

• singers

• athletes

There were no chairs at the outdoor music festival, so everyone brought blankets and sat on ____.

• the floor

• the ground

• the stadium

• the car

Learning about new holidays is a good way to understand a(n) ___ that you don’t know much about.

• celebration

• history

• culture

• idea

Fireworks are usually the ___ of Independence Day in the U.S. Everyone loves to see them.

• celebration

• history

• culture

• highlight

New Year’s Eve ​ (a)   in many countries around the world start (1) ​ (b)   the evening (2) ​ (c)   December 31 and finish early (3)  in the ​ (d)   (4) on New Year’s Day, January 1st.

• celebrations
• in
• on
• morning

New People often have ​ (a)   with friends and ​ (b)   in their homes, and then they go outside ​ (c)   about 11:45 p.m. to wait for the fireworks. ​ (d)   London, the New Year officially starts when Big Ben strikes midnight.

• parties
• relatives
• at
• In

People often have ​ (a)   with friends and relatives in their homes, and then they go outside (b)   about 11:45 p.m. to wait for the fireworks. ​ (c)   London, the New Year ​ (d)   starts when Big Ben strikes midnight.

• parties
• at
• In
• officially

​ (a)   one minute to midnight, the ​ (b)   starts coming down the tower, and  at exactly ​ (c)   , people celebrate ​ (d)   music and fireworks.

• At
• ball
• midnight
• with