Unit 3: A Party AV10

Warmer: Matching the following
pictures with the suitable words.
a. Christmas
c. Wedding
d. Halloween
e. Valentine’s day
f. Birthday
b. New year’s
1 2 3
4
5 6

Warmer: Matching the following
pictures with the suitable words.
a. Christmats
c. Wedding
d. Halloween
e. Valentine’s day
f. Birthday
b. New year’s
Christmats
New year’s
Wedding
Halloween
Valentine’s day
Birthday

what do people often do
on these occasion?

receive gifts/flowers
drink
Talk
dance
eat
sing
What do people often
do at the parties?


I. Before reading
1. Describing the pictures.
1. what ‘s the relationship between the people in the pictures?.
3. How do they feel now ?.
2. what are they celebrating?.

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Milestone (n) : an important event in one’s life
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Golden anniversary :celebration of the 50
th
wedding anniversary.
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Silver anniversary : celebration of the 25
th
wedding anniversary.


2.Vocabulary

II. While reading
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Task 1: Decide which of the activities below takes
place at a birthday party or at a anniversary party or
at both.
Birthday
party
Wedding
anniversary
party
Both
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 to dinner. .
7. People blow out candles, one for each year

Key
Birthday
party
Wedding
anniversary
party
Both
1.People sing a song.
2.People eat cakes.
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 to dinner.
7. People blow out candles, one for each year
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Task 2: In each of the following sentences,
there is ONE word which is not true according
to the reading passage. Find the wrong word &
provide the correct one.
Ex:1. Lisa’s family and friends are at her eighth birthday
party.

Task 2: In each of the following sentences,
there is ONE word which is not true according
to the reading passage. Find the wrong word &
provide the correct one
Ex:1. Lisa’s family and friends are at her eighth birthday
party.
seventh

2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.
3.Lisa opens birthday cards and food from her family and friends.

4.Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their
anniversaries.
5.Fifty months ago , Rosa and Luis got married.
6.People call the 5
th
wedding anniversary the
“golden anniversary”.
7.Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary.

2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.
3.Lisa opens birthday cards and food from her family and friends.
4.Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their
anniversaries.
5.Fifty months ago , Rosa and Luis got married.
6.People call the 5
th
wedding anniversary the
“golden anniversary”.
7.Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary.
eats

2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.
3.Lisa opens birthday cards and food from her family and friends.
4.Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their
anniversaries.
5.Fifty months ago , Rosa and Luis got married.
6.People call the 5
th
wedding anniversary the
“golden anniversary”.

7.Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary.
eats
presents

2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.
3.Lisa opens birthday cards and food from her family and friends.
4.Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their
anniversaries.
5.Fifty months ago , Rosa and Luis got married.
6.People call the 5
th
wedding anniversary the
“golden anniversary”.
7.Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary.
eats
presents
age

2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.
3.Lisa opens birthday cards and food from her family and friends.
4.Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their
anniversaries.
5.Fifty months ago , Rosa and Luis got married.
6.People call the 5
th
wedding anniversary the
“golden anniversary”.
7.Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary.
eats
presents

age
years

2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.
3.Lisa opens birthday cards and food from her family and friends.
4.Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their
anniversaries.
5.Fifty months ago , Rosa and Luis got married.
6.People call the 5
th
wedding anniversary the
“golden anniversary”.
7.Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary.
eats
presents
age
years
50
th

2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.
3.Lisa opens birthday cards and food from her family and friends.
4.Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their
anniversaries.
5.Fifty months ago , Rosa and Luis got married.
6.People call the 5
th
wedding anniversary the
“golden anniversary”.
7.Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary.

eats
presents
age
years
50
th
golden

III. After reading
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Work in groups; Answer the following
questions.
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Question 1: What do you often do to prepare
your birthday party?.
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Question 2: Where do you prefer to celebrate
your birthday, at home or in the restaurant ?
Why?.