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Activity B
Answer the following part 3 questions. Outline your answer by identifying
the main points, supporting sentences, and conclusion.
1. How do different cultures celebrate events?
2. What is the importance of festivals?
3. How have special occasions such as weddings changed in your culture?
4. How do you think weddings will change twenty years from now in your
country?
5. Do you think people will still celebrate festivals in the future? Why do you
think so?
Answer
1.

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Main idea:
There are peculiar ways with which each group of people celebrates events.
Supporting sentence 1:
This can be evident in the kind of food each prepares. For instance, Filipinos
usually prepare food that is sweet and sticky—the must-have during this
occasion. However, the Chinese always make sure that they have fish on their
table on New Year’s Eve.
Supporting sentence 2:
Another is the clothes they wear. For Filipinos, they want to wear clothes with
polka-dot prints regardless of colour, but the Chinese wear red.
Conclusion:
All in all there are differences but these make the holidays very interesting.
2.
Main idea:
Festivals are valued by a society a lot for many reasons.
Supporting sentence 1:
They reinforce social bonds. During the celebration, people from different
communities and societies gather to witness and participate in every activity.
This similar experience will serve as their union.
Supporting sentence 2:
Festivals show the society’s culture and lifestyle. Through this, a nation can
showcase what it has and be known to others.
Conclusion:
It is a good experience to celebrate festivals, and I think one must try it.
3.
Main point:
There has been a massive change on how people celebrate weddings in my
country.
Supporting sentence 1:
Firstly, in the olden times, the head of the tribe was allowed to officiate the

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wedding rites. These days, this duty is given to the priests and religious leaders.
Thus, there are no government officials given the authority to officiate the union
of a husband and wife.
Supporting sentence 2:
Secondly, in the past, uninvited guests were welcomed, and in fact, the reception
looked like a community event, for most of the people in the village gathered
and attended the special event. However, today weddings seem to be a family
matter alone. Guests are limited in number, and they must have an invitation
card with them.
Conclusion:
Everything is bound to change, and believe there will be more changes in the
near future.
4.
Main point:
The major change in weddings can be seen mostly in the increasing age of the
couple getting married.
Supporting sentence 1:
In an industrialized time, most women surely prefer to stay single longer and
focus more on their career.
Supporting sentence 2:
Weddings will be very costly, and preparation for the financial requirement will
be longer, and couples are likely to postpone their wedding day until such time
that they are both ready.
Conclusion:
These are some of the changes in weddings two decades from now.
5.
Main point:
Festivals will still be celebrated, but it won’t be as huge as now.
Supporting sentence 1:
People will be much busier in the future than they are now, and they can’t find
time to take part in some activities in the festival. They will be more occupied

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with making a living than having leisure time.
Supporting sentence 2:
The government will reduce the holiday duration in order to allocate more time
on working to stimulate economy.
Conclusion:
Indeed there will be several changes, but celebrating these or not will still be an
individual choice.

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