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3C Special days Real World phrases for special days;

suggestions
Vocabulary months and dates
Help with Listening dates
QUICK REVIEW Review be; Present Simple
Write four ways to end this sentence: On a perfect day I... {get up in
the afternoon /don't go to work). Work n pairs. Compare your days.

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a) Match cards A - E to special When's your birthday?
days 1-5.
^1 a) Put the months i n the correct order.
1 a wedding
2 a New Year's Eve party July March Decmber jinuary 7 pril Octber
3 a birthday August June Flbruary Novmber May Septlmber
4 a wedding anniversary
5 the birth of a new baby
b) Listen and check. T h e n listen again and practise.
b) Listen to five
conversations. W h i c h special a) Match the dates w i t h the words. Notice the two letters at the end
day i s each conversation about? of each number and word. T h e n check i n 23 p L 2 6 .
second twenty-second
fourth 20 - thirteenth
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first 22 nd
thirty-first
fifth 23 rd
twentieth
Match these phrases to the Ai third V* twenty-third
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special days i n 1a).
Happy birthday! Listen and practise the dates i n 5a).
Hppy Nw Ye'ar!
Congratulations! Help with Listeni
Happy anniversary
a) U&2U3 Listen and fill i n the gaps.
1 A What's the date today? B it's the fifth of
a) |gJ Q Listen and practise 2 A What's the date tomorrow? B It's the sixth.
the phrases i n 2. 3 A When's your birthday? B It's on the twentieth of

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a n d b) Listen again. Notice how w e say the /a/ and of /ov/.
w i t h the correct phrase.
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^ a) (jJH| L i s t e n . W h i c h date do you hear? Real World

1 (^ptember^yseptember 1S' h
4 July 22" /July
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2nd

a) L o o k at the conversation
2 DecemberJ^/December 13th
s October 12*/October Z0 th
in 9b). T h e n fill i n the gaps
3 March4 /March
th
14th
6 February V'/February 3ra

in the tablc.
b) JJ|f Q L i s t e n and practise the dates i n 7a). asking for suggestions
get him?
a) Write four dates that are important to y o u .
What we buy him?
b) W o r k i n pairs. Say all your dates to your partner. Write your give her?
partner's dates. T h e n ask w h y they are important.
making suggestions
(why is May 20 important? )
th
Q Because it's my birthday.^) get him a book.
buy him a DVD.
give her a CD.
What shall we get him?
about a DVD?

responding to suggestions

/ That's a good
// l'm not
/ No, I don't think so.

b) C h e c k i n R W 3 . 2 pl27.

a
) (SH Q L i s t e n and practise.

What shall we get him forhis birthday?

Let's get him a bdok.

b) W o r k i n pairs. Practise the

conversation i n 9b) until you
remember it. Use today's date.

C) Cise your book. Practise

the conversation again.

^ a) W o r k i n groups of four. Make

a list of typical birthday presents.

b) Choose one birthday present

from your list for each student
i n another group. D r a w the
a) Listen to Tanya and her husband, Simn, talk about their
presents on four pieces of paper.
friend Tom's birthday. W h a t do they decide to buy?
C) W o r k w i t h the other group.
b) L i s t e n again and Fill i n the gaps.
Take turns to give your presents
TANYA What's the date today? and say thank y o u .
SIMON The 1
_ Why?
TANYA It's Tom's 2
tomorrow. What shall we get h i m ? Happy birthday, Mara.
SIMN Let's get him a 3
This s for you.
TANYA l'm not sure.
Oh, thank y o u T j

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SIMN OK. I know! He's got a new player. Let's buy h i m a
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It's great/lovely.
TANYA That's a idea. What about a Star Trek D V D ?
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SIMN Yes, or the Simpsons.

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TANYA Oh yes. Let's give him the new Simpsons DVD. Then
we can 7
it first!