UNIT 3: PARTY
Part C: Listening
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Before Listening
WORK IN PAIRS. ASK AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
When would you like to organise your birthday party?
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).
Mai’s birthday party was held at home in the evening.
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
Keys:
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 that we knew.
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.
HOMEWORK
Learn by heart new words.
Practise listening at home.
Prepare for the next lesson - writing
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