UNIT 3: PARTY - LISTENING

2.What foods and drinks are often served at your birthday party?. VOCABULARY: LISTEN AND REPEATGATHERING RESTAURANT PRIZES BIRTHDAY CAKE DECORATED ICING SLICES CLAPPED... The birthd

Before Listening

WORK IN PAIRS ASK AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1.When would you like to organise your

birthday party?

2.What foods and drinks are often served at your birthday party?

3 What activities do you often

have at your birthday party?

VOCABULARY: LISTEN AND REPEAT

GATHERING

RESTAURANT

PRIZES

BIRTHDAY CAKE

DECORATED

ICING

SLICES

CLAPPED

- We are gathering at a new restaurant.

restaurant

gathering

The birthday cake was beautifully

decorated with pink and white icing

Cut into slices

A slice of orange

Clap hands

WHILE LISTENING:

TASK 1: Listen and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)

1.Mai’s birthday party

was held at home in

the evening

2.Over twenty guests

were at the birthday

party

3 The birthday cake was cut at the

beginning of the party

4 The birthday party lasted about three hours

5 All the friends stayed after the party

to tidy up the mess

Keys:

1 F 2 F 3 F 4 T 5 F

1 F 2 F 3 F 4 T 5 F

TASK 2: Listen again and answer the following questions.

1 How old was Mai?

- She was 16 years old

2 Why didn’t she like having her party

at a restaurant?

- Because it is noisy and expensive

3 What did Mai’s mother serve the

guests at the beginning of the party?

- She served them sorf drinks and

biscuits at the beginning of the party

4 What time was the birthday cake

brought out?

- The birthday cake was brought out at about four thirty

5 What was the birthday cake like?

-It was beautifully decorated with pink and white icing

6 What did all guests do while Mai was cutting the cake?

-They clapped their hands eagerly and sang” Happy birthday.”

7 What time did the birthday party

finish?

- At about six in the evening

EXTRA TASK: (If time allowed)

Listen again and fill in each of the numbered blanks with the words you hear.

Mai is my neighbor She turned (1)

recently and her parents held a birthday party for her I was one of those (2)

The party began at about (3) in the afternoon There were about twenty of us (4)

in Mai’s house She didn’t like having the

party at a restaurant because it is noisy and (5)

We gave (6) to Mai and she happily opened them It must really be exciting to receive all those presents After that Mai’s mother served us (7) drinks and biscuits.

We then listened to music and played

(8) The winners were given

prizes At about (9) Mai’s mother brought out the (10) It was

beautifully decorated with pink and white

icing Sixteen colourful (11) sat in the middles of the cake We all clapped our hands eagerly and sang “Happy Birthday”

as she (12) the candles and cut the cake We helped ourselves to slices of the delicious cake and sang all the songs

Finally at about (13) in the evening the party came to an end We were all tired but happy

The parents of other

children came to collect

them by (14) I

helped Mai and her mother clean up the mess we had made After that I walked

home, which was only (15) doors away.

Learn by heart new words.

Practise listening at home

Prepare for the next lesson - writing

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