2. • Lead in – Pictures describing celebrations – (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – New Year celebrations – (5 mins)
• Reading (1) Short stories on New Celebrations (10 mins)
• Reading (2) Comprehension questions (10 mins)
• Grammar focus – irregular past – Finding examples (5 mins)
• Grammar presentation – Past tense verbs (10 mins)
• Grammar exercises – irregular past simple (15 mins)
• Vocabulary building – short quiz – get / have (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building go / have / get (10 mins)
• Interviewing your partner about the activities (5 mins)
• Listening practice – New Year in Rio (10 mins)
• Preparing for a talk – writing about New Year (5 mins)
• Interviewing your partner about their New Year (15 mins)
• Writing homework – My memorable New Year.
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4. • When is New Year’s Eve in your country?
• It’s in .............. It’s on ...................
• Is it an important celebration in your country?
• Yes, it is................ / No, it isn’t.
• What do people usually do on New Year’s Eve?
• People usually ..................................
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1. “Just before midnight people came out”
2. His watch was broken
3. She was stuck in the lift
4. He was working as a DJ at a party
5. “I could hear people outside celebrating”
6. “It was really strange”
17. She didn’t wear a red dress. She wore a blue dress (one)
We didn’t go by train. We went by bus.
He didn’t say hello. He said goodbye.
You didn’t have a sandwich. You had a salad.
He didn’t know her surname. He knew her first name.
I didn’t come home early. I came home late.
23. 1. go for a walk
2. go to a restaurant
3. go to the beach
4. go on holiday
5. go home (from school)
6. go back (to work)
7. go to church
8. go by bus
9. go shopping
10. go out
11. go to bed
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25. 12. have long hair
13. have a good time
14. have a drink
15. have a car
16. have a sandwich
17. have a shower
18. have breakfast
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27. 19. get an email
20. get a newspaper
21. get dressed
22. get to the airport
23. get a taxi
24. get up
25. get home
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31. Denisa was on the beach in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.
32. 1. Marcelo – is her Brazilian
boyfriend.
2. She wore white clothes because
it’s a Brazilian tradition.
3. Marcelo’s mother bought the
dress.
4. They had a typical dinner with
Marcelo’s family.
5. They got a bus to Copacabana.
6. They went to a show at a place
near the beach and danced samba.
7. When it was nearly midnight, they
went to the beach and watched
fireworks.
8. They had their first swim of the
New Year at another beach called
Praia do Arpoador.
