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Choose the correct variant. I'm not going to turn ... the invitation to Tom's birthday party.

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Choose the correct variant. The Prague Spring International Music Festival ... in the middle of May and lasts for about two weeks.

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Read the text and group the sentences into three categories: T (True), F (False) or NS (Not Stated). Hanami: A Flowering Celebration The beginning of spring (March-ApriI) is a very special time in Japan, because this is when Japan's famous cherry trees come into flower. The Japanese celebrate this happy time with festivals and flower-viewing parties. At the end of winter, everyone’s excitement starts to grow. The whole country wants to know the exact day when the cherry flowers ('sakura') will appear. Starting in February, weathermen try to guess when this day will be. When the first flowers open on the trees, national joy breaks out! There are rides and games for children in the street, music and dance performances, tea ceremonies, flower displays, and much more. But the most special thing that people do at this time is have 'hanami' parties. Hanami means flower watching. In hanami parties, families and friends take a picnic and go and sit under a cherry tree to Iook at and admire the flowers. Hanami parties take place during the daytime and also at night, because when it is dark, lights light up the cherry trees. Hanami is very important to the Japanese. Cherry blossoms appear on trees for only one week before they fall to the ground and die, and for the Japanese this symbolises the short nature of childhood and life. So hanami is a time when Japanese people Iike to think about how important Iife is.

Listen to some people talking on a radio programme about special occasions and match the speakers (1-5) to the statements.