SPECIAL PEOPLE AND CELEBRATIONS

Exercise 1. Work in pairs, look at the photos and discuss. What are the people doing?
Read about the people in the picture and answer the questions below.

a) What is Nadia Sawalha’s job

b) What is she doing today?
c) What is James Thornton’ job?
d) What’s Charlie Baker’s job
e) What are they doing today?
Exercise 2. Complete the paragraph with the present simple or present continuous form of the verb in
brackets

James Keen is a taxi driver from Windsor, near London. He ____________ (work) six days a week, fifty
weeks a year. Today – Red Nose Day – he ___________ (drive) his taxi as usual, but he ____________
(raise) money for Comic Relief at the same time.
“I usually ___________ (give) something to Comic relief, but this year I _____________ (want) to do
something more. I ____________ (wear) a red wig and a Red Nose Day T-shirt and my taxi
_____________ (have) a Red Nose on the front. But today I ______________ (ask) all my customers to pay
£1 extra for Red Nose Day

Exercise 3. Read and choose the correct option

a. Are you learning / Do you learn to drive at the moment?
b. How many languages do you speak / are you speaking?
c. Are you liking / Do you like football?
d. Do you read / Are you reading fashion magazines?
e. Are you playing / Do you play any sport?
f. Do you wear / Are you wearing trainers today?
g. How are you usually coming / do you usually come to class?
 h. Do you usually study / Are you usually studying at the weekend?
i. Are you looking / Do you look for a job at the moment?
j. Are you knowing / Do you know how to play chess?
Exercise 5: Listening “New Year’s celebrations”

● Look at the people of New Year’s celebrations. What is happening?

● Do you know any other way people celebrate New year?

A- You are going to hear Lucas and Freya talking about New Year’s Eve in Brazil and Iceland. First read
the sentences below. Do you think they refer to New Year’s Eve in Brazil (B), in Iceland (I) or both
(B/I)?

a) Everyone goes down to the beach in the evening.

b) The bonfire is huge and that keeps you warm
c) Everyone wears warm clothes
d) There is a ceremony broadcast from the cathedral,… so we listen to that on the radio.
e) There is a lot of music and people bring flowers and candles
f) Everyone wears white
g) There is a big firework display
h) we have dinner… usually roast meat and various tinned vegetables

B- Listen again and complete the information about New Year’s Eve in the table below.

Brazil Iceland

When it happens 31st December

Special clothes

Special food

Other customs

Discussion
Which things are similar about New Year celebrations in Brazil and Iceland?
Which things are different?