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5. Name some major festivals of Christians. Which is the most popular Christian

festival widely celebrated around the world?

Think and Answer • Critical Thinking
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• Communication Skills
A. Do you think that celebrations during festivals are important and bring people
together? Mention how we benefit from such occasions.

Word Wise • Word pairs

• Compound adjectives (Use of hyphen)
We already know that in English we use some words together as pairs. These paired

words improve our vocabulary.

Examples: black and white; pots and pans.

A. Look at the given pictures and complete the pairs.

1. and 2. and

3. and 4. and

B. Complete the following list of pairs of words.

1. Rise and 2. Lost and

3. and groom 4. and write

5. Toss and 6. Give and

7. and peace 8. and order

 We often use the sign ‘-‘, called a hyphen, to join words in order to show that they
have a combined meaning.

 A compound adjective is formed when we join two or more adjectives together or an
adjective and another word, usually grouped together using hyphens (-).

Examples: green-eyed; four-foot; open-minded

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