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Gawai Dayak    

Gawai Dayak is huge thanksgiving festival after the rice harvest symbolizing unity, when all Dayak's people gathering in Gawai, aspiration, astrong desire to create Gawai succesfully, prosperity, symbol of Dayak's wealth to create a big Gawai festival, and recongnition of Dayak identity as part of the Indonesian nation. The word "Gawai" means party while "Dayak" is the name of the ethnic in West Kalimantan.
     The main program of festival is reading the spell traditional culture, the selection of prince and princess Dayak and exhibition of traditional craft. Also there are some interesting event, like "Bagi Tuak" in this event some people trade and testing their "Tuak". "Tuak" is traditional wine create from rice that has been fermentation about 1-6 weeks. Also there are some people selling their wood craft such as necklace, handband & ring.
     Dayak people come from all over West Kalimantan to participate in traditional and modern event.The traditional event is held in the during the day and the modern event held during the night. During the day many of partisipation is the older one because the one who can reading the spell of traditional culture is the older one. And during the night, the younger is doing their modern event.
     For Dayak people that living in the inner region Gawai represents of graditude to "Jubata" (GOD) as for urban people see the festival as a celebration for God blessing them with fortune, but their main goal is same, forcontinued the traditional culture of their ancient sister doing in the past.
     Gawai is happend from May 18-244 and it took place in traditional haouse, "Rumah Betang" or "Rumah Panjang" on Soetoyo Street, Pontianak. Meanwhile in other province it held in their "Rumah Betang" in that region.

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1.    (A)       ACTIVE

·         The government spends billions of dollars every year.

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·         Dollar are spends billions of every year by the government.

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·         MRS. Lucy almost never eats sushi in a restaurant.

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·         Sushi is almost never eaten in a restaurant by Mrs. Lucy.

2.    (A)       ACTIVE

·         People are destroying large areas of forest now.

PASSIVE

·         Large areas of forest are being destroyed by people now.

(B)       ACTIVE

·         Donny is keeping the butter in the fridge now.

PASSIVE

·         The butter is being kept in the fridge by donny now.

3.    (A)       ACTIVE

·         They should have finished the hotel by the time you arrive.

PASSIVE

·         The hotel by the time you arrive should has been finished by them.

(B)       ACTIVE

·         Roland has broken the record for sailing round the world single handed.

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·         The record has been broken for sailing round the world single handed by ronald.

4.    (A)       ACTIVE

·         Resty has been reading a thesis in the park before it rained.

PASSIVE

·         A thesis have been being reading in the park before it round by resty.

(B)       ACTIVE

·         The teacher has been explaning a difficult pattern for 2 hour.

PASSIVE

·         A difficult pattern have been being explaning for 2 hours by the teacher.

5.    (A)       ACTIVE

·         Which football team did you supported last season?

PASSIVE

·         Wich football team was supported by you last season?

(B)       ACTIVE

·         Which house did you bought for your mother?

PASSIVE

·         Which house was bought by you for your mother?

6.    (A)       ACTIVE

·         They were building a new supermarket near in the church.

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·         A new supermarket were being builded near in the church by them.

(B)       ACTIVE

·         The was taking the cake out of the oven.

PASSIVE

·         The cake was being taken out of the oven by him.

7.    (A)       ACTIVE

·         I had studied arabic before I moved here.

PASSIVE

·         Arabic has been studied by me before I moved here.

(B)       ACTIVE

·         I had saved my documen before the computer crashed.

PASSIVE

·         My document had been saved by me before the computer crashed.

8.    (A)       ACTIVE

·         They had been taking the refugees to camp outside the village for 5 hours.

PASSIVE

·         The refugees had been being taken to camp outside the village for 5 hours by them.

(B)       ACTIVE

·         I had been finishing some work in the garden.

PASSIVE

·         Some work had been being finished in the garden by me.

9.    (A)       ACTIVE

·         Will you sell this car to pay your debts?

PASSIVE

·         Will this car be sold by you to pay your debts?

(B)       ACTIVE

·         Will she spend her holiday a broad?

PASSIVE

·         Will her holiday be spend a broad by her?

10. (A)       ACTIVE

·         At 4:30 on Tuesday afternoon, I will be signing the contract.

PASSIVE

·         At 4:30 on Tuesday afternoon the contract will be being signed by me.

(B)       ACTIVE

·         You will be missing the sunshine.

PASSIVE

·         The sunshine will be being missed by you.

11. (A)       ACTIVE

·         You will have finished your work by this time next week.

PASSIVE

·         Your work will have been finished by this time next week by you.

(B)       ACTIVE

·         I will have picked up my mother by 3 o’clock.

PASSIVE

·         My mother will have been picked up by me by 3 o’clock.

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·         By the time I finish this course, I wil have been learning English for twenty years.

PASSIVE

·         By the time I finish this course, English will have been being learnt for twenty years by me.

(B)       ACTIVE

·         By the time I finish this course, I wil have been learning English for twenty years.

PASSIVE

·         The time Ifinished this course, english will have been being learnt by me for twenty years.