General knowledge
What do people do just before New Year ?
People clean their houses and throw away anything that is old or broken.
What does "Diwali" mean ?
Rows of lighted lamps
A person who sits between two babies in a Baby crying contest ?
A referee
What is the meaning of "Hang on a minute" ?
Wait a minute/moment!
When do we use prepositions preceding in time phrses " on, in, at " ?
Use "on" with days and dates
Use "in" with months, years and seasons
Use "at" with clock times, festivals, the weekend, the start/end of...
What do people do at the first week of New Year ?
People visit their friends and family .
When do Hindu people celebrate Diwali ?
The festival takes place at the end of the October or at the beginning of the November.
What does "BCE" mean ?
Before the common era
"To catch on"
To become popular
Give 4 examples to compound nouns !
Fur-lined
home-made
snow-covered
horse-drawn
What do people do at the second week of the New Year ?
The second week ends with the Lantern festival on the fifteenth day of Lunar month. People light lanterns to put in their windows of their houses.They walk in the streets carrying them under the light of full moon.
What is a "Rangoli" ?
Rangoli is a traditional decoration made from coloured rice, sand or flower petals.
What does "beast" mean ?
An animal, especially a dangerous or strange one
Nice one !
An exclamation of showing that something was well done.
Make up sentences to non-defining relative clauses : who, which, whose !
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, whose name means "twice the joy".
The referee, who sits between the babies.
Nakizumo, which is a 400 year-old tradition...
How do they make New Year dragons ?
The dragons are made of paper, silk and bamboo.
What do muslim people do in Ramadan ?
It's time of fasting - going without food or drink during the day.
People celebrate Eid-al Fitr at the end of the Ramadan.
What do "fetters" mean ?
Chains for a prisoner's feet
By the way...
An expression you use to introduce a new subject or to give further information.
Explain participle adjectives ending -ed and -ing !
Adj-s that end in -ed describe how people feel . amused, frightened.
Adj-s that end in -ing describe the thing causes the feeling or a situation. Boring, interesting.
What do dragons symbolise ?
Long life and wisdom.
Tell about Maslenitsa ?!
This russian festival takes place in February or March and lasts a week. It's time to say goodbye to winter and welcome to spring......
What does "scatter" mean ?
Move away in different directions
Guess what !
An exclamation to get the attention of someone when you want to tell them smth interesting or exciting.
Surprize !!!
Surprize !!!