Unit 03: Listening- 0988 055 990

present
/ gift
*Warm-up: Kim’s Game
candles a cake
flowerscards chocolate
*What do you think of when
you see these things?
A birthday
party.


Before you listen:
Before you listen:
Ask and answer the following

questions:

1. When do you like to organize your birthday party,
during the day or in the evening?
2. What foods and drinks are often served at your
birthday party?
3. What activities do you often have at your
birthday party?

I. Before you listen
* Listen and repeat
gathering restaurant prizes birthday cake
decorated icing slices clapped
cake

Eg: We are gathering at a new restaurant.
Eg: The birthday cake was beautifully
decorated with pink and white icing.
*Listen and repeat:
*Listen and repeat:
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Gathering /'gæð ri /ə ɳ
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Decorated:/'dek reit/ə
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Restaurant: /'rest ront/ə
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Icing: /'aisi /ɳ
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Prizes: /prize/
•
Slices: /slais/
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birthday cake: /'b :ə θdei keik/
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Clapped: /klæpid/
While you listen:
While you listen:
Set the scene:
You are going to listen
to a girl telling about a
birthday party that she
has been to. Listen and
do the tasks:
Task 1: True/ False statements:

Task 1: True/ False statements:
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.
F
F
T
F
At about 3 in the afternoon.
About 20.
At 4:30
Only the writer, Mai and Mai’s mother tidied up the
mess.
F
*Task 2: Comprehension questions:
*Task 2: Comprehension questions:
1.How old was Mai?
2.Why didn’t she like having her party at a restaurant?
3.What did Mai’s mother serve the guests at the
beginning of the party?
4.What time was the birthday cake brought?
5.What did all the guests do while Mai was cutting the
cake?
6.What time did the birthday party *nish?
1.How old was Mai?
She is sixteen years old.
2.Why didn’t she like having her party at a
restaurant?

Because it’s noisy and expensive.
3.What did Mai’s mother serve the guests
at the beginning of the party?
Soft drink and biscuits.
*Keys:
*Keys:
4.What time was the birthday cake
brought?
At about 4:30
5.What did all the guests do while Mai was
cutting the cake?
They clapped their hands and sang “Happy
birthday”
6.What time did the birthday party finish?
At about 6 in the evening.
*Keys:
*Keys:
After you listen
After you listen
Supposed you were busy, you didn’t come
to Mai’s party. Now, ask your friend
about Mai’s party.
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Place where the party was held
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When it began and ended
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Who came
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What the guests did there

(as many questions as possible)
What is it?