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8.4

Everyday English

Congratulating & Responding
8 a) 4.26 Listen and repeat.

• A: I passed my Maths test.
B: Well done!
A: Thanks. Let’s celebrate.
• A: We moved into a new house!
B: All the best!
A: Thanks. We’re having a party next
Saturday.

Functions
Congratulating & Responding
• Congratulations! • Congratulations on (passing your
driving test/your new home! etc) • Well done! • Thanks!
• Thanks a million! • Why don’t we celebrate?
shall (suggestions/offers)
6 Read the theory, then use shall to form b) In pairs, act out similar exchanges.
questions. Write in your notebook. Use the ideas below and phrases from the
Functions box.

We use shall to make suggestions and offers. • You won a competition.
Shall we meet outside the aquarium? (suggest) • It’s your birthday next Saturday.
Shall I cut the cake? (offer)
Speaking
1 we/go to the party? 9 a) You are going to have a birthday
Shall we go to the party?
party. Your partner wants to know what you
2 I/help you with the decorations? are going to do. Talk about: ■ place ■ date
3 I/bake a cake for you? ■ activities ■ food.
4 we/go in my dad’s car?
A: Where are you going to have your party?

Listening B: In the garden.
7 a) 4.25 Tom is from the UK. Listen to b) Copy the Place
how they celebrate birthdays and decide if table into your Date
the sentences are T (True) or F (False). Write notebook. Use the Activities
in your notebook. answers from Ex. 9a
to complete it. Food
1 On their birthdays, most UK teens have a big
party at home with their families. Writing (see Writing Skills pp. WS19-WS20)
2 Younger children invite more friends.
3 UK teens usually go home after the concert or 10 a) Use your answers in Ex. 9 to write
film is over.
an invitation inviting your friend
4 Parents sit with their children in restaurants.
to your party (40-50 words).
5 On their birthdays, UK teens like to feel
grown-up. (see Guided Writing p. GW2)
b) Imagine your cousin has just got engaged. Write
b) How do the British celebrate
birthdays? Discuss in pairs. him/her a congratulations card (20-30 words).
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