u3 a party + reading

I want to celebrate my birthday, so I’ll have a party tonight.. Decide which of the activities below takes place at a birthday party or at a wedding anniversary party or at both.. BIRT

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Before you read

• Work in pairs Look at the pictures and

answer the questions.

1 What is the relationship between the people in

the pictures?

2 What are they celebrating?

While you read

Read the passages silently for 5 minutes

New words and phrases

anniversary (n)

 Today is my birthday I want

to celebrate my birthday, so I’ll have a party tonight.

 Say something funny that makes people laugh.

 People celebrate golden anniversaries when they got married for 50 years.

 People celebrate their silver anniversaries when they got

Task 1

Work with a partner Decide which of the activities below takes place

at a birthday party or at a wedding anniversary party or at both.

Put a tick () in the right box.

BIRTHDAY PARTY ANNIVERSARY WEDDING

PARTY

1 People sing a song.

2 People eat cake.

3 People receive cards and gifts from friends

and relatives.

4 People joke about their age.

5 People remember their wedding day.

6 People go out for dinner.

7 People blow out candles, one for each year.

Task 1

BIRTHDAY PARTY ANNIVERSARY WEDDING

PARTY

1 People sing a song.

2 People eat cake.

3 People receive cards and gifts

from friends and relatives.

4 People joke about their age.

5 People remember their wedding

Task 2

Work with a partner.

In each of the following sentences, there is ONE word which is not true according to the reading passages

Underline the wrong word and provide the correct one.

1. Lisa’s family and friends are at her

eighth birthday party

eighth

2 Everyone makes cake and ice cream

at the birthday party

the birthday party

makes

3. Lisa opens birthday cards and food

from her family and friends

friends

food

4. Many Americans over the age of 30

don’t like to talk about their

anniversaries

anniversaries

5. Fifty months ago, Rosa and Luis got

married

months

6 People call the 5th wedding

anniversaries the “golden

anniversaries”

anniversaries the “golden

anniversaries”

the 5th

7 Rosa and Luis are happy to be

together for their silver anniversary

anniversary

silver

After you read

Work in groups of 3 or 4 students.

Tell your friends about your birthday, using the guiding

questions.

at a restaurant?

neighbours, etc.)

decorating the house, making some cake, etc.)

games, etc.)

 Learn new words and phrases

 Practice reading the passages and

translate them into Vietnamese

 Prepare a small talk about your parents’ wedding anniversary

 Do Reading exercise in Workbook

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