M3 Listening Lesson 7: British Council Celebrations

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 3

What are we going to do?

- Train our ears with an online listening lesson

- We are going to listen to a story about celebrations

Why are we going to do this?

- It is very important to train your listening skills.
- You need to be able to understand spoken English in order to be able to communicate in real-life situations

What kind of celebrations are there?

Celebrations

Celebrations

Match the words with the definitions

Words

1) Birthday party

2) Royal wedding

3) Notting Hill carnival 

4) golden wedding anniversary

5) end of exams party

Definitions

a) a party to celebrate the anniversary of someone's birth

b) a West Indian carnival held in London every August

c) the marriage of a king, queen, prince or princess

d) a celebration of 50 years of marriage

e) a party normally organised by students to celebrate finishing the school year and completing their exams

Matching

What is the speaker talking about?
choose from: golden wedding anniversary - surprise birthday party - Royal wedding - end of term party at school - Notting Hill carnival

SPEAKER A

What is the speaker talking about?
choose from: golden wedding anniversary - surprise birthday party - Royal wedding - end of term party at school - Notting Hill carnival

SPEAKER B

What is the speaker talking about?
choose from: golden wedding anniversary - surprise birthday party - Royal wedding - end of term party at school - Notting Hill carnival

SPEAKER C

What is the speaker talking about?
choose from: golden wedding anniversary - surprise birthday party - Royal wedding - end of term party at school - Notting Hill carnival

SPEAKER D

What is the speaker talking about?
choose from: golden wedding anniversary - surprise birthday party - Royal wedding - end of term party at school - Notting Hill carnival

SPEAKER E

After listening discussion

What would be your ideal birthday celebration? 

And what about your end of exams party?