Welcome to class 11C11
listen to a song
and answer the question
What are we going to
listen about today?
What are we going to listen about today?
A birthday party
MAI
UNIT 3: A PARTY
Lesson 3: Listening
Friday, September 27 th , 2019
I. BEFORE YOU LISTEN
I. Before you listen
* Listen and repeat
gathering restaurant prizes birthday cake
decorated icing slices clapped
Eg: The birthday cake was beautifully decorated with pink and white icing.
Thousands of people ____________ in front of the big buildings at the moment.
are gathering
They are clapping their hands.
Listen and repeat
Gathering/`gæðəriɳ/ (v)
Decorated /`dekəreitid/ (v)
Restaurant /`restərʤ:ɳ/
Icing /`aisiɳ/ (n)
Prizes /‘praiz/
Birthday cake/`bə:θdei keik/
Slices /slais/ (n)
Clapped /klæpt/ (n)
: Tụ tập
: Trang trí
(n): Nhà hàng
: Lớp kem phủ
(n) : ( nhiều) Phần thưởng
: ( nhiều) Lát bánh
(n): Bánh sinh nhật
: Vỗ tay
Task 1
Underline key words and guess whether the statements are True or False
Mai’s birthday party was held at home in the evening.
Over twenty guests were at the party.
The birthday cake was cut at the beginning of the party.
The birthday party lasted about three hours.

All the friends stayed after the party to tidy up the mess.
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II. WHILE YOU LISTEN
Task 1
Listen whether the statements are
True or False
Mai’s birthday party was held at home in the evening.
Over twenty guests were at the party.
The birthday cake was cut at the beginning of the party.
The birthday party lasted about three hours.

All the friends stayed after the party to tidy up the mess.
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afternoon
About
about four thirty.
From three in the afternoon to six in the evening
The speaker
1. Mai was ………………..…years old.
2. She didn’t like having her party at a restaurant because……………………..
A. 16
C. 6
D. 18
B. 26
A. it’s noisy but cheap.
C. flowers
D. it’s not beautiful.
B. it’s far from her house.
Task 2
Listen again and circle the best answer.
3. Mai’s mother served them soft …………….and biscuits.
A. food
C. it’s noisy and expensive.
D. fruits
B. drinks
4.The cake was decorated with ………………………icing.
5. All the guests……….their hands eagerly and sang ……….. while Mai was cutting the cake
A. red and yellow
C. white and red
D. pink and brown
B. pink and white
C. clapped/ ‘Happy birthday’.
D. raise / ‘Happy New Year’
A.raising/ ‘Happy birthday’.
B. clapping/ ‘Happy New Year’.
A. 7:00 p.m
C. 7:30 p.m
D. 6 :30 p.m
B. 6 :00 p.m
6. The birthday party finished at……………….
III. After you listen
Role- play: Work in pairs, one is Tom, one is Jane.
Suppose that Tom was busy and didn’t come to Mai’s party.
Now, Tom asks Jane about Mai’s party.
Can you tell me about Mai’s birthday party?
Sure. It was a nice party.
When and where was it held?
……………..………
What did you do there?
I went with my friends
What time …………?
It finished at…..
Who ……………?
…………………..
…………………..
…………………..
Tom
Jane
HOMEWORK
Learn by heart vocabulary
Prepare the next lesson.
Write a short paragraph about
Your last birthday party.

Write a short paragraph about
your last birthday party, following these guidelines.
4/ Who did you invite?
5/ What time did it finish ?
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