Answer yes or no.

1. no Kuwait celebrates two national holidays on the same day.
2. yes Turkey celebrates two national holidays on the same day.
3. yes National Day in Saudi Arabia is celebrated on September 23rd.
4. no Countries around the world have national holidays on the same day.
5. yes In many countries, people celebrate their national holidays in the streets.

Unit 6: Let’s Celebrate

A Look at the photos. Complete the sentences.

1. A: Tomorrow is September 23rd.
B: That’s right! It’s National day in Saudi Arabia.

2. A: When is Eid Al-Adha?
B: It’s on the 10th day of the 12th Islamic month.

3. A: When is Eid al-Fitr?
B: It’s on the first day of the month of Shawwal.
A: What day?
B: The Wednesday. It’s on 23rd September this year.

B Amr and Fahd are giving a graduation party. Complete the conversation. Use want or need.

Amr: Let’s have our graduation party at my house on Thursday night.

Fahd: OK. Do you want to invite all our friends?

Amr: Yes. We need to invite all of them. We don’t want of them to get upset.

Fahd: Are you going to make sandwiches and salads?

Amr: I want to make them, but I need to ask my mother first.

Fahd: I need to buy a new shirt for the party.

Do you want to go to the mall this afternoon?

Amr: I can’t. I need to study for a test.

Fahd: I need to study for a test too, but I want to go to the mall right now.

Amr: Well, let’s go to the mall now and study for the test later.

C Ashraf and Saeed are spending the afternoon together. They are planning to go to the mall.
Fill in the blanks. Use me, you, her, him, it, us, or them.

Saeed: What are we going to do this afternoon?

Ashraf: Let’s go to the mall.

Saeed: How are we going to get there?

Ashraf: My father can drive us there.

Let’s ask him.

Saeed: But your father is going to drive your mother to your aunt’s house.

Ashraf: No, my older brother is going to drive her.

Saeed: Okay, then. But I need to be home by 6:00 p.m.

Ashraf: No problem. We can drive you home.

Saeed: I just remembered. My brothers are going to be at the mall.

They can drive me home.

Ashraf: Great! Call and arrange to meet them there.

Saeed: Good idea! Let’s do it.

D Unscramble the sentences.

1. our cousins / us / country home / their / always / invite / to

Our cousins always invite us to their country home.

2. friends / invite / to / want / they / their

They want to invite their friends.

3. they / go / for / need / to / shopping / food

They need to go shopping for food.

4. want / to / they / have / game console / a / graduation party / at / the

They want ti have a game console at the graduation party.

5. buy / to / a / he / cell phone / wants / new

He wants to buy a new cell phone.

E Look at the photos. Write a suggestion for each one.

1. Look at Faisal and Badr!

Let's play video games with them.

2. Get your racket.

Let's play tennis!

3. Our history test is next week, but

Let's study for it now.

4. I want to cook a special dish.

Let's surf / search / look on the Internet for a recipe.

5. I really like your camera.

Let's take our photo with it.

F Write the dates. Use words.

1. National Day in Oman November 18^th.

2. UAE National Day December 2^nd.

3. first day of school this year

4. last day of school

5. your country’s National Day September 23^rd (Saudi Arabia).

G READING

Answer yes or no.

1. no Kuwait celebrates two national holidays on the same day.
2. yes Turkey celebrates two national holidays on the same day.
3. yes National Day in Saudi Arabia is celebrated on September 23rd.
4. no Countries around the world have national holidays on the same day.
5. yes In many countries, people celebrate their national holidays in the streets.

H WRITING

Write about how you want to celebrate your country’s national holiday this year.

The National Holiday in My Country

Our National Day is on the 23rd of September.

I want to celebrate it in Riyadh with a lot of people.

I want to fly our flag and go to performances and cultural events.

I need to tell my older brothers, so we can be together.