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UNIT 1
In this lesson you will ...
Talk about an upcoming special
occasion
Vocabulary & Expressions Grammar Item
to have a party housewarming Passive voice, future. For example: The party will
special occasion baby shower be held on July 4th.
upcoming surprise (party)
graduation to hold (a party)
WARM-UP
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Celebrations
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graduation surprise party housewarming party baby shower
class reunion wedding anniversary
FYI
Baby and bridal showers
The terms baby shower and bridal shower come from the expression “to shower
someone with gifts,” which means to give someone a lot of gifts.
GRAMMAR
Where will it be held?
We will hold the party at Dave’s house. → The party will be held at Dave’s house.
We won’t tell Tony about the party. Tony won’t be told about the party.
Will they cancel the wedding? → Will the wedding be canceled?
When will they serve dinner? When will dinner be served?
– Have the invitations been sent out yet? – Will the flowers be delivered on Friday?
– Not yet. They’ll be sent out tomorrow. – No, they won’t be delivered until Saturday.
READING
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Special occasions
What special occasions do you celebrate? How do you celebrate them? Who do you celebrate
with?
– What lovely flowers. Who are they – Are you doing anything special for
from? Thanksgiving?
– They’re from my husband. Today’s our – My whole family is coming to our place
anniversary. to celebrate. My parents, my brother
– Congratulations. Are you going and his family, and my sister and her
anywhere special to celebrate? boyfriend.
– We’re going out to dinner. Every year on – That sounds wonderful. Will you be
our anniversary, we go to the place we serving a traditional turkey dinner?
went to on our first date. – Oh, yes. It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving
without it.
PERFORMANCE
An upcoming special occasion
Can you talk about an upcoming special occasion?
Talk to your colleague about an upcoming special occasion.
ONLINE PRACTICE
Unit Photo Credits (listed from beginning-to-end, left-to-right English 4
within this unit): Age Fotostock, iStockphoto, Inmagine, ©2018 Berlitz Languages, Inc. All rights reserved.
iStockphoto, iStockphoto, Age Fotostock, PhotoDisc, Age
Fotostock
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