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# Funeral

## Common expressions

* *go to / attend* a funeral
* wear black at a funeral
* arrange a funeral
* the *funeral service* is held (in a church)
* the funeral was a **cremation**

## Exercise

### Common expressions

1. The funeral was ***held*** last Friday morning. The actual funeral ***service*** was wonderful.
2. In many countries, it is the custom to ***wear*** black at funerals.
3. As the eldest son, I had to ***arrange*** my mother's funeral.
4. Hundreds or mourners ***attended*** the funeral of the two little boys who drowned in the river last week.
5. My uncle's funeral was a ***cremation***. Everyone was surprised. The rest of his brothers and sisters were all buried.

## Note

1. **The people who attend a funeral are the *****mourners*****. A funeral is organized by a firm of *****undertakers*****.**