a) Nowadays, the Eyo Festival is mainly held as an event for locals and visitors to attend and enjoy.

b) The festival no longer takes place if the Oba of Lagos dies.

c) Many of the beliefs that are connected to the festival, which people believed in the past, are no longer held by the Yoruba who attend the festival.

a) Our parents (teach) us to behave ourselves in the company of adults.

b) She (hold) the door open for her grandmother.

c) She (understand) what the man was saying to her about the festival.

d) I (write) an essay for school about the importance of our festivals.

e) My sister (buy) a new dress for the festival.

f) Mother (make) a delicious supper.

g) Father (run) in an important race yesterday.

h) The sun (rise) early this morning!

i) He (catch) the ball before it (bounce).

j) The dogs (fight) over the bones.

a) I (am reading) an interesting novel for English.

b) He (is playing) with the litter of puppies when one ran away.

c) Father (is talking) to our neighbours about the new fence when their grandparents arrived.

d) We (are listening) to the president’s speech when the electricity went off.

e) They (are crying) about the sad news when I came.

f) We (are standing) in the street when the Eyo came past us.

g) He (is studying) architecture last year.