Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar. It is especially known as Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet. It begins between January twenty-first and February nineteen. The exact date changes from year to year. Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand. They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars. On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see New Year in, then they put on new clothes and...
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Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar. It is especially known as Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet. It begins between January twenty-first and February nineteen. The exact date changes from year to year. Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand. They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars. On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see New Year in, then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season. Tet lasts ten days. The first three days are the most important. Vietnamese people believe that how people act during those days will influence the whole year. As a result, they make every effort to avoid arguments and smile as much as possible.
1. What is Vietnam’s New Year known as?
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2. Is Tet celebrated according to the Lunar calendar?
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3. When does the Lunar New Year begin?
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4. What do Vietnamese people usually do to prepare for Tet?
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5. Do people sit up to midnight on the New Year’s Eve?
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6. Does Tet last five days?
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7. Why are the first three days the most important?
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Rewrite the following sentences as directed.
1. Vietnamese people celebrate Lunar New Year around January or February.
@ Lunar New Year is celebrated around January or February by Vietnamese people
2. People made shoes and sandals from recycled old car tires.
@ Shoes and sandals were made Vietnamese people
3. “Do Pyramids in Egupt attract a lot of tourists every year?”
@ Nam asked Nga if Pyramids in Egupt attracted a lot of tourists every year
4. “The pipes are broken.”
@ He said the pipes were broken
5. We are going to clean the environment. We are ready. (use adj.+ to inf.)
@ We are ready to clean the environment.
6. It is a contest in which participiants have to make a fire. (use compound adj.)
@ It’s a fire -making contest.
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