The document provides information about various celebrations and feasts. It discusses Mother's Day traditions like giving carnations and honoring mothers. It also includes quotes about what mothers mean from famous figures like Victor Hugo and Abraham Lincoln. The document then has exercises asking the reader to match quotes to authors, find meanings of words, complete sentences in reported speech and more. The high-level summary is: The document discusses various celebrations like Mother's Day and provides quotes about the importance of mothers. It includes exercises testing the reader's understanding of celebrations, reported speech, meanings of words and authors of quotes.

1. FEAST AND
CELEBRATIONS
*UNIT 10

2. a. How do you celebrate
Mother’s Day in your country?
*A

3. b. Read the passage and find out which
flower is the symbol of this special day
We love and care for our mothers every single day of
the year but the second Sunday of May is a special day to show
our love. People almost everywhere in the world celebrate
Mother’s Day. The date and the ways may be different, yet
the idea is still the same - to honour our mothers in some
special way. In some countries carnations symbolize this special
day – pink to be worn for a living mother and white if the
mother has died. We honour our mothers with gifts and visits on
this special day.
Mothers are angels on earth. They guide us through the
difficulties in our life. No relationship we form can ever be as
close as the one we have with our mothers.

4. Here are some sayings of famous people on
what mothers mean to us:
‘A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and
children sleep soundly in them.’ Victor Hugo
‘All that I am or hope to be I owe to my
angel mother. I remember my mother’s
prayers and they have always followed me.
They have clung to me all my life.’
Abraham Lincoln
‘A mother has a slender, small body, but
a large heart – a heart so large that
everybody’s grief and everybody’s joy
found welcome in it, and hospitable
accommodation.’ Mark Twain

5. c. The sentences below are the paraphrases of
the quotation of the famous people above.
Match the sentences with the quotes.
Mothers are ready to share the
feelings of people around them.
We feel comfort and peace
when we are with our
mothers.
Our mothers wish the best
for us all through our
lives.

6. Abraham LİNCOLN

7. Victor HUGO

8. Mark TWAIN

9. d. Find the words in the passage which mean:
1. show close attention ...............
2. to respect ...............
3. presents ...............
4. advise ................
5. quotations ................
6. delicacy ................
7. be in debt to ................
8. stuck to ................
9. sorrow ................
10. happiness ................
love and care
to honour
gifts
guide
sayings
tenderness
to owe
cling to
grief
joy

10. *B
a. Complete the following sentences using the
correct form the verbs given in parentheses.
1. The Dragon Boat Festival ................. (hold) to honour the
memory of Qu Huan, a politician and poet in China.
2. The Rio Carnival ................. (take place) before the start
of Lent.
3. The first true valentine card ................. (send) in 1415 by
Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife.
4. In Germany, Santa ................. (call) Nikolaus and he
................. (wear) a red suit and ................. (have) a
long white beard.
5. There ................. (be) a fancy dress ball last weekend. I
................. (dress up) as a fairy.
is held
takes place
was sent
is called
wears has
was
dressed up

11. 6. We ................................ (look for) a nice present for our
mother for hours, but we ............................ (not buy) it yet.
7. They .......................... (celebrate) my father’s birthday when
I ................. (phone) them last night at nine o’clock.
8. On the graduation day the students ................. (queue up) in
the order in which they ......................... (call). Their names
................... (read out) one by one and students .................
(go) up onto the stage to receive their degrees.
9. He ................................ (look forward to) his 18th birthday
party, because it ................. (be) a really different occasion and
his parents ................. (buy) him a car.
10. Everybody ................. (be) very busy at the moment. We
.......................... (decorate) our living-room with balloons,
streamers and coloured lights, and our mother ................. (make)
delicious food for the party.
have been looking for
have not bought
were celebrating
phoned
queue up
are being called
are read out go
was looking forward to
was
bought
is
are decorating
is making

12. b. Put the following into reported speech.
1. ‘It’s a wonderful wedding reception’, said Carol.
................................................................................
2. ‘I’m going to a birthday party tonight’, said Sue.
...................................................................................
3. ‘Blow all the candles’, said his mother to Tim.
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4. ‘I’ll buy a gift because tomorrow is Father’s Day’, said Paul.
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...........................
5. ‘You needn’t send birthday cards to them’, says Leo.
...................................................................................
6. ‘Decorate the new planted tree with ribbons and painted
eggshells, please’, told Catherine Anna.
...................................................................................
...........................
Carol said that it was a wonderful wedding reception
Sue said that she was going to a birthday party that night.
His mother told to Tom to blow all the candles.
Paul said that he would buy a gift because the following day
was Father’s Day
Leo says that you did not need send birthday cards to them
Catherine Anna requested to decorate new planted tree
with ribbons and painted eggshells.

13. 7. ‘In Wales, wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February
14th’, said James.
.............................................................................................
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8. ‘When I came home, I found lots of flowers with a message yesterday’,
said Pauline.
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9. ‘While we were coming back from my friend’s birthday party, we saw a
terrible accident’, said Sila.
.............................................................................................
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10. ‘I’ve been preparing for my graduation ball these days and I’m very busy
indeed’, says Didem.
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................. ……………………………………..
11. ‘If you sacrifice an animal, it must be healthy. What’s more, it must not
be pregnant’, says my grandfather.
.............................................................................................
........................................ ……………………………………….
12. ‘Festival areas used to be like fairs in the past’, said my mother.
.............................................................................................
James said that wooden spoons had being carved and given as gifts
on February 14th in Wales.
Pauline said that when she had come home, she had found lots of
flowers with a message the previous day
Sıla said that while they were coming back from her friend’s birthday
party, they had seen a terrible accident.
Didem says that she has been preparing for her graduation ball these
days and she is very busy indeed.
My grandfather says that if you sacrifice an animal, it must be healty and
what’s more, it must not be pregnant.
My mother said that festival areas had used to be like fairs in the past.

14. c. Rewrite the following dialogues in reported speech
1.Mrs Candan : I’m going to Istanbul for a wedding reception. Would
you mind looking after my house while I’m away?
Mrs Do¤ru : No, I wouldn’t mind at all. When will you be back?
Mrs Candan : I’ll be back next week.
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…………………………………………………………………………...........................
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…………………………………………………………………………...........................
....................................................................................
....................................................................................
Mrs. Candan told that she was going to Istanbul for a wedding
reception and requested Mrs Dogru if she would mind looking after
her house while she was away.
Mrs Dogru answered her that she would night mind at all and asked
her when she would be back
Mrs Candan answered that she would be back the following week

15. 2. Armagan: Have you written the invitation cards for
the party?
Nilden: No, not yet. Can you help me to finish them?
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………....
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
Armağan asked if Nilden had written the invitation
cards for the party.
Nilden answered that she had not yet and asked
if Armagan could help her to finish them.

16. d. Put the following into reported questions.
1. ‘Are you enjoying the party?’, asked Jane’s mother.
.........................................................................................
2. Have you ever been in a henna ceremony?’, Fatma to Sevil.
.........................................................................................
3. ‘How many people are we going to invite to our wedding, Baris, asked
Elif.
..........................................................................................
...................
4. ‘Have you made up your mind about dressing up as a butterfly?’, Henry
asked Felicity.
..........................................................................................
...................
5. ‘Did you go shopping for Christmas, Jane?’, asked Barnie.
..........................................................................................
Jane’s mother asked if we were enjoying the party.
Fatma asked Sevil if she had ever been in henna ceremony.
Elif asked Baris how many people they were going to invite to
their wedding
Henry asked Felicity if she had made up her mind about dressing up
as a butterfly
Barnie asked Jane if she had gone shopping for Christmas.

17. 6. ‘What kind of places do you prefer for anniversary celebrations?’, the
secretary asks her boss.
...........................................................................................
..................
7. ‘What are your plans for the next bayram?’, Nermin asks to Sevim.
...........................................................................................
..................
8. ‘Where’s the party?’, asked Deniz.
...........................................................................................
9. ‘What time are we supposed to be here?’, asked her husband.
...........................................................................................
The secretary asks her boss that what kind of places he perefers
for anniversary celebrations.
Nermin asks Sevim that what her plans are for the following
Bayram.
Deniz asked where the party was.
Her husband asked what time they ere supposed to be there.

18. 10. ‘Where’s your wedding suit?’, asked the bridegroom’s mother.
.........................................................................................
11. ‘Shall we dance a waltz?’, her father asked Angelica.
.........................................................................................
12. ‘How can I decorate the room for the party?’, Günes asked to Feride.
.........................................................................................
The bridegroom’s mother asked where his wedding suit is.
Her father asked Angelica if they should dance a waltz.
Gunes asked Feride how he could decorate the room for the party.

19. *C
Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the words in parentheses.

20. Students who deserve (1) .......................
(graduate) sit in rows facing the stage. They are all (2)
....................... (dress) in caps and gowns waiting (3)
....................... (patience) to be moved right to left to
signal the end of school. A graduation ceremony is not
complete without a speaker. Students need to hear (4)
....................... (encourage) words from a parent, an
elected official or a minister. They clue the students into
some (5) ....................... (real) which they may have
been told before – but may not have caught the first
time. After the (6) ....................... (announce) of the
names one by one, students get their diplomas in honour
of their parents. They are the ones who are always with
their children when they need (7) .......................
(motivate).
GRADUATION DAY
to graduate
dressed
patiently
encouraging
reality
announcement
motivation

21. a. Have you ever Abeen to a ceremony
(wedding / circumcision / funeral etc.)? If
so, tell about the event.
*D
WEDDING ?

22. b. Listen to a gourmet who is giving some information
about feasts to a group of tourists in Turkey and name
the occasions he is mentioning.

23. c. What is traditional to do:
1. a wedding feast in
Anatolia?
2. during the holidays in
Turkey?
3. after the death of
someone?
henna ceremony
visits to grand families
serving halvah

24. *E
a. February 14th is Saint Valentine’s Day - the day when lovers
send each other cards with secret messages. Read the letters in
bold in order to find out who the valentine’s poem is for.

25. 1. MECNUN
2. FERHAT
3. ROMEO

26. b. Prepare your own
valentine’s card writing your
own poem as the ones
above.