CEFR Level: B1 - B2

QUESTION 1:- A FESTIVAL (MODEL QUESTION AND ANSWER)

In your class, you have been talking about festivals and your teacher has asked you to write
an essay on a festival that you and your family celebrate.

Use the information given below to write your essay. In your essay, you should:
 describe what you and your family do before and during the festival
 your opinion of the festival
 suggest how the festival could be better celebrated

Write your essay in at least 125 - 150 words in an appropriate style.

Read the model answer below. Fill in the boxes with appropriate structure.
 During the festival
 Opinion of the festival
 Before the festival

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Name of The festival that my family and I look forward to Introduction:

A short
the festival is the Hari Raya Aidil Fitri. It is to mark the end of the explanation
fasting month of Ramadhan. about the festival

A week before the celebration, my family and I

 use of the
would get ready for it. Even though everyone is fasting, present
we work hard to prepare various food. We will do some tense
spring-cleaning a few days before the special day.  the tone is
semi-formal
On the Hari Raya, we would wear our new  appropriate
traditional clothes to go to the mosque for a special vocabulary
(underlined
prayer. Then we will visit as many family members as we words)
can. My relatives and I take the chance to enjoy various
traditional meals that often come out during the festival
like the mouth-watering chicken or meat ‘rendang'. There
would also be modern and traditional delicious biscuits.
suggestion
I think the festival is best celebrated with family
and friends. It really shows the true Malaysian spirit.