1What festivals are celebrated in your community? What do people do at those festivals? Which one do you like most, and why?
2Why do people make wishes?
3Match the meanings with their corresponding words: combination, observed, exchange, commemorate, decorated, deceased, procession, monk.
4Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words: monk, decorated, commemorate, deceased, procession, exchange, observed, combination.
5Who celebrates Sonam Lhosar?
6Why is Gai Jatra celebrated?
7Who is Yama?
8What is done with cows at Gai Jatra?
9What do monks do at Buddha Jayanti?
10Which festival have you celebrated recently? Write a short description of it. Describe what people do at the festival.
11Complete the sentences with the given beginnings, as in the example: I don't have a car. I wish I had a car.
12Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the verbs in brackets: I wish we (not have) a test today, and the rest.
13When is your birthday? How do you celebrate it? What do people give you on your birthday?
14To whom was the email written, and when was Niru's birthday?
15What woke Niru up on her birthday, and what gift did she get from her cousins?
16Who did Niru get the message from, and why did Heena ask Niru to come to her house?
17What was the surprise for Niru at Heena's house, and what did they do there to celebrate?
18Complete the sentences with the words from the box: memorable, presence, occasions, surprise, chorus, hugged.
19Suppose you are Sangita. Write a reply email to Niru.
20The past forms of the given verbs appear in the email. Find and write them.
21Complete the sentences with the past simple forms of the verbs in brackets. Use negative forms where needed.
22How do you give your best wishes in these situations? Your friend's birthday is today; your friend is going on a week's holiday; your brother is attending the exam today; your friend is celebrating Lhosar tomorrow.
23What wish do you make in these situations? You want to be taller, rich, to have a big house, nice neighbours, a different English teacher, to live for 100 years, a younger brother, and to pass the exam.
24Which events do you celebrate at your school? Choose one and recall how it was celebrated last year. Write a paragraph about it in the past tense.
25What three wishes did the man and his wife make? Were they wise or foolish? How?
26Name the three kinds of Lhosar and say which communities celebrate each.
27What are the parts of an informal email? Show them from Niru's email.
28What is the difference between the verb after wish and the verb in an ordinary past sentence?