Let’s celebrate!

1 SHARE YOUR IDEAS 
Let’s celebrate!

Think about special occasions in your country. Which ones are most important? What’s your favourite day of the year?

2 READING

A Reading skills Scanning
Read the texts quickly. Match invitations 1–3 with the right description.

Now match invitations 1–3 with the corret reply. Listen and check your answers.

B Look at the three invitations and find answers to these questions. Don’t read every word. You’ve got two minutes!

C Comprehension check
Read the texts again and answer the questions.

3 WORD WORK 
Verbs with look

A Complete the sentences with the verbs in the list.

B Test a friend Write a sentence for at least one of the verbs in 3A, but leave a blank. Can your friend complete the sentence?

I’m going to look ... a birthday present for Mike.

4 WRITING 
An invitation and a reply

Use what you know

Think about an invitation that a friend would like to receive, for example:

  • An actor is inviting him/her to go to the Oscars award night in Hollywood. 
  • A football star is inviting him/her to watch the football World Cup final.

Write the invitation and give it to a classmate. Then reply to the invitation that you receive.

WRITING GUIDE 
Invitations and replies

  • Inviting
    Would you like to come … ?
    I hope you can come. / Let me know if you can come.
    RSVP (= Please reply)
    Text me. / Email me. / Give me a ring. 

  • Replying
    Thank you (very much) for the invitation.
    Thanks (a lot) for inviting me. 

  • Accepting
    I’d love to come.
    I’m looking forward to it / to seeing you. 

  • Saying you can’t come
    I’d love to come, but … / I’m really sorry, but …
    I’m afraid I won’t be able to come. What a pity!