8 Language summary

VOCABULARY

Nouns Other picnic Verbs

ancestor reception (be) like
Holidays, festivals, barbecue relatives book
and celebrations boyfriend (engagement) ring date
April Fool’s Day bride samba destroy
Carnival candles sari dress
Children’s Day ceremony sculpture dress up
Chinese New Year costumes skeleton explode
Day of the Dead custom spring fill
Labor Day doll summer get engaged/married
Mother’s Day fall tradition get lost
New Year’s Eve fireworks trick get together
Saint Patrick’s Day get-together winter look forward to
Thanksgiving groom occur
Valentine’s Day honeymoon
Adjectives put on
wedding anniversary lunar
loaf of bread strike
messy
(good/bad) luck
national
marriage
romantic
mask
surprise
parade
traditional

EXPRESSIONS
Describing holidays, festivals, and celebrations Asking about customs
. . . is a day/a night when . . . . How long does it last?
. . . is the day when . . . . Is/Are there . . . ?
. . . is the month when . . . . What do people wear?
. . . is the season when . . . . What happens?
A/An . . . is a time when . . . . What happens during the . . . ?
After . . . , . . . . What kind of food is served?
Before . . . , . . . . When is it?
When . . . , . . . . Why do they do that?

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