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REAL ENGLISH 8

F Express

F1 Writing a paragraph

Have you ever visited a public festival or a village fair or a busy marketplace? Write a few sentences
in answer to each of these questions. Then write a connected piece in the form of a paragraph.

1. Where do you usually find a large crowd?
2. Have you been to any festival?

3. What do you see at such crowded places?
4. Why do people go to such fairs?

5. Why did you choose to go?
6. How do people behave at such places?

7. What do you think of such fairs? Did you like the fair that you went to?
8. Mention one thing that you really liked about the fair. Say one thing that you did not
appreciate. Write your impressions about such fairs.

F2 On festivals

Write a paragraph on festivals. You can consider the following questions when writing your
paragraph.
 What do you understand by a festival? What is the purpose of festivals?
 What are the major festivals celebrated in our country?

 In which months do they come?

 How do people celebrate them? Do the festivals have common customs or traditions?
 How do festivals bring people together?

G Learn by Doing

G1 Tastes of India

Does your home state have a special dish? Take the
help of your parents and bring that dish to class on
a specified day. Share it with your classmates and
teacher. Enjoy the dishes which others will bring,
representing different parts of India. Note what is
common or different among the dishes. How many of
them are sweet and how many are savoury? In groups
of five, discuss the things you liked about the various
dishes. Which one did you like the most?

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