The OCR of the image is: -- OCR Start -- It nd listen are you? Who else ures and of each ed and ow nese do Birthday Treats Britain In Britain, we have a party to celebrate our birthdays. Everyone brings a small gift. My mum always makes me a birthday cake. We have a table full of food, crisps, sandwiches, small cakes and chocolate biscuits, ice cream and very small sausages you eat on a stick. I just love them. We decorate the house with balloons and I play party games with my friends. It's fantastic. John (12) Word formation CHINA Birthday celebrations are very special in China. We eat very long noodles that mean we will have a long life. I eat them in soup and try not to cut them because it's unlucky! We also eat red eggs. Red is a special colour in China. It always means something happy and brings good luck. We decorate the house with red paper and all the family comes for a party. We also get money in red envelopes. It's fun. Lee (13) We use un- to form negative adjectives, adverbs and nouns, unhappy, unlucky (adj); unusually, uneasily (adv); unsafety (n). Writing (a magazine entry) 4. Portfolio: Write a short magazine entry about birthdays in your country (about 60 words). Write about: • food decorations • activities 1 Pu i -- OCR End --