Fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text.

Thailand has long tradition of floating (a) ________ . It sits early in the (b)_______ . Goods are kept on small (c) _______ that move slowly in the canals. Sellers here are mainly elderly Thai (d) ________ and the buyers are mainly local people. So people in the market (e) _________ each other.

The boatman rowed slowly so that people in the boat could see and buy things easily.

'Pad Thai' is a kind of noodles with shrimps, tomato and some vegetables with freshly roasted crushed peanut.

The boatman started to row the boat slowly.

Mainly, Thai elderly women were selling goods. They were selling goods displaying them in their small boats.

The Tha Kha people are simple, easy, very friendly and polite.

There was a noisy atmosphere at the market as everyone was busy buying and selling goods.

The Tha Kha floating market used to sit only six or seven days a month.

Tha Kha Floating market is traditional as it is an old market and tourists come here to visit it.

The trade takes place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays nowadays.

'Kanom Krok' is a coconut pancake which is very sweet.

It was a floating market.

The boatman rowed slowly to take the people to the centre of the market.

Mainly, Thai elderly women were selling goods. They were selling goods with their small boats.

They were selling bundles of lotus flowers, farm fresh coconuts, fruits, vegetables, local food and delicious sweets.

As buying and selling was going on among different people, we can say that it was a noisy atmosphere at the market.

Tha Kha floating market is traditional as it has a conventional sitting time according to the phase of the moon.

The market sits three or four days in a week.

People at the floating market know each other so well. We think so as they were seen smiling and calling each other by name.

laden = unloaded

natives = local

slowly = quickly

market = bazar

notice = ignore

Tha Kha floating market is a tourist place. - True

It sits only six or seven days a month. - False

The buyers and sellers are the local people living near Tha Kha river. - True

They all knew each other. - True