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    Notting Hill Carnival is the largest of its kind in Europe, with over a million carnival revellers and 20 miles worth of colourful (4) __________. The tradition started in 1964 as a local festival set up by the West Indian community. Carnival has lengthy roots in Trinidad where it was first organised to mark the abolition of the slave trade. Visitors can try jerk chicken, rice and peas, fried plantain and of course some punch to wash it down.

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    Notting Hill Carnival is the largest of its kind in Europe, with over a million carnival revellers and 20 miles worth of colourful (4) __________. The tradition started in 1964 as a local festival set up by the West Indian community. Carnival has lengthy roots in Trinidad where it was first organised to mark the abolition of the slave trade. Visitors can try jerk chicken, rice and peas, fried plantain and of course some punch to wash it down.

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    Notting Hill Carnival is the largest of its kind in Europe, with over a million carnival revellers and 20 miles worth of colourful (4) __________. The tradition started in 1964 as a local festival set up by the West Indian community. Carnival has lengthy roots in Trinidad where it was first organised to mark the abolition of the slave trade. Visitors can try jerk chicken, rice and peas, fried plantain and of course some punch to wash it down.

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    Carnival Worksheet

    1 Read about the Notting Hill Carnival in this excerpt from a brochure. Fill the gaps with words from the box below. You will not need to use all of them.

    Dancing in the Streets

    The Notting Hill Carnival in London is the largest (1) ___________ of its kind in Europe. It hits the record books by being the biggest (2) ___________, with over a million carnival revellers and 20 miles worth of colourful (3) ___________.

    The tradition started in 1964 as a local festival set up by the West Indian (4) ___________. Carnival has lengthy roots in Trinidad where it was first organised to mark the abolition of the slave trade there. The Notting Hill Carnival has now grown to be a general (5) ___________ celebration attended by people from many different corners of the world.

    It takes place on the August Bank Holiday weekend with a steel band (6) ___________ on Saturday, kids day and costume prizes on Sunday and on Monday the legendary parade.

    The music reflects the Caribbean theme with (7) ___________, soca, calypso, and more recently reggae, funk, house and dub. The food, too, has a West Indian flavour. Visitors can try jerk chicken, rice and peas, (8) ___________, fried plantain and of course some punch to wash it down.

    curries street festival celebration

    dancing costumes sunshine

    competition eating steel bands

    Caribbean community music

    Author: Louise Delahay r: Katie Jones. Pearson Education 2010

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    Carnival Worksheet
    2 Then find words or phrases in the text which have a similar meaning to the following:
    a b c d e f people who dance, sing and enjoy a celebration long history the official ending of a custom many places admired and spoken about drink (it) with (paragraph 1) (paragraph 2) (paragraph 2) (paragraph 2) (paragraph 3) (paragraph 4)

    Author: Louise Delahay r: Katie Jones. Pearson Education 2010

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