A. Reading comprehension
Read our article about Jamaica on pages 27-30 of
English Now
No 101. Then drag and drop the words below into the correct spaces to complete the sentences, which are adapted from the article.
dry-rubbed
jerk
sorrel
ska
cod
pepper
Patois
parishes
uptempo
breadfruit
Jamaica’s official language is English, but it also has a second language, called
______
.
Reggae evolved in Jamaica in the late 1960s from
______
, and became popular internationally through Bob Marley.
Dancehall is an
______
style of dance music.
Jamaica gave the world the popular cooking technique
______
.
This requires meat to be
______
or marinated in a mixture of hot spices.
At Christmas, Jamaicans decorates their streets with lights they call ‘
______
lights’.
For breakfast on Christmas Day, they eat ackee & saltfish,
______
and boiled banana.
Ackee & saltfish is made of ackee fruit and salt
______
.
Later, at dinnertime, they drink the rum-based drink
______
.
Jamaica is 10,990 square kilometres and is divided into 14
______
.
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