1Make a wish in each of these situations: (a) Your friend has a birthday today, wish him or her. (b) A festival is coming, wish your teacher.
2What festivals do you celebrate, and which festival do you like most? Why?
3Complete the table for each festival: who is it celebrated by, when is it celebrated, and what do people do?
4Find the words from the text for these meanings: (a) full moon day (b) a structure erected to commemorate persons or events (c) repeat aloud from memory (d) name of the Goddess prayed to during Chhath (e) marked by some ceremony or observation.
5Talk about a local festival celebrated in your community: what it is, when it is celebrated, and what activities people do.
6Work in pairs. Express good wishes on the occasion of these festivals: Dashain, Udhauli, Chhath, Holi, Eid, Teej, Buddha Jayanti, Maaghi, Christmas.
7Circle the correct word: (a) Gaura is a very popular festival in the Eastern/Western Nepal. (b) It falls in the month of Bhadau/Asoj. (c) Women worship Gauri/Shiva at the festival.
8Write Yes or No: (a) Men fast at Gaura festival. (b) Deuda is performed on the occasion of Gaura. (c) Deuda is played with traditional music.
9With a partner, ask and answer questions about the Gaura festival.
10Read the class rules and tick the rules you have in your class: Try your hardest in class. Don't eat food. Close the window if you're cold. Put your hand up to ask a question. Don't shout out! Don't hit other children. Don't chew gum.
11Put the words in the correct order to make sentences: (a) door / please / Answer / the (b) lunch / Don't / your / forget (c) English / Speak / please / in (d) Wait / please / for / me
12Rewrite this paragraph with the necessary corrections: "mahashivaratri is a festival of hindu people. they go to pashupatinath temple of Kathmandu to worship shiva? other temples of shiva are also crowded with devotees. this festival falls In the month Of Phagun"
13What things do you do in the festival you like most? Write a short paragraph about the festival, covering who celebrates it, when it is celebrated, what people do, and why you like it.
14Project work: In groups of five, collect information about a festival of your locality, draw pictures and paste them on chart paper, then present it to the class.
15Why is Buddha Jayanti also called Buddha Purnima?
16What is Yama Panchak, and name its five days in order.
17Turn these into polite requests using "please": (a) Open your books. (b) Don't talk in the library.
18Add the correct punctuation: (a) You are coming to Tihar aren't you (b) He was born on March 17th 1981 (c) The colours are red blue and green