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cultural event
/ˈkʌltʃərəl ɪˈvɛnt/CUL·tu·ral EV·ent
Band 4-5speakingtask2
An organized occasion such as a concert, exhibition, or festival that relates to arts or culture.
Examples
“The city sponsors several cultural events every summer.”
“Young people often go to cultural events to learn about traditions.”
“Many cultural events were cancelled due to the storm.”
Band 8 sentence
“Attending local cultural events has given me a deeper appreciation of our town's traditions.”
Collocations
- organise a cultural event
- attend cultural events
- promote cultural events
Word family
culture nouncultural adjectiveevent noun
Common mistakes
culture event→cultural event
make a cultural event→organise/host a cultural event
Say it for a higher band
5event→6culture event→7+cultural event
Synonyms
cultural occasion
Easily confused
public event
“The town announced a public event in the park this Saturday.”
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In Art & Culture
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