Festivals and celebrations

All the men wore traditional ____________ consisting of green jackets and white trousers.

• dresses

• cloth

• dress

• clothe

Answer explanation

Dress is an uncountable noun when it refers to a style of clothing (e.g. traditional dress, formal dress). Don’t say traditional dresses; this would mean dresses for women only.

The festival _______ the beginning of the Celtic summer.

• makes

• marking

• marke

• marks

The festival is part of the region’s cultural ________.

• heritage

• inheritance

• inherits

• heritaging

Hundreds of people, locals and tourists, join ______ the festivities.

• in

• on

• up

• with

The annual ‘Day of the Horse’ _____ on 30 March this year.

• happened

• falls

• drops

• fell

Everyone in the village was in ____________ mood as the annual celebrations began.

• festiving

• festive

• feast

• festives

The average age at which couples tie the _________ is rising.

• string

• strings

• knotes

• knot

This region has a _____ tradition of folk singing and dancing.

• rich

• ripe

• enriched

• riped

Getting joined _____ matrimony is a significant reason for celebration.

• on

• in

• with

• up

Answer explanation

be joined in marriage/matrimony

(idiom) (formal): to become a married couple in an official ceremony

The area is famous for observing a number of ________ traditions.

• standing-long

• age-old

• long-standing

• old-age