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A LearnEnglish-Listening-C1-Birthday-parties - WORD VERSION
A LearnEnglish-Listening-C1-Birthday-parties - WORD VERSION
A LearnEnglish-Listening-C1-Birthday-parties - WORD VERSION
Birthday parties
Listen to a conversation about birthday parties between three friends to practise and improve your listening
skills.
Before listening
Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.
Preparation task
Match the definitions (a–h) with the vocabulary (1–8).
Vocabulary Definition
1. …d… self-indulgent
a. something that is annoying because it causes difficulty or trouble
2. …c… to spring up
b. to shake suddenly and briefly, especially in fear or disgust
3. …a… a hassle
c. to appear unexpectedly
4. …f… to turn up
d. allowing yourself to have or do anything you enjoy
5. …b… to shudder
e. something that you have to talk about carefully as it can make
6. i…… retro
people angry or unhappy
7. …g… immature
f. to arrive or to come to something
8. e…… a touchy subject
g. behaving in a way that seems too young for your age
Tasks
Task 1
Circle the best answer.
Task 2
Complete the sentences with words from the box.
feet retro attention-seeking hassle
Discussion
Do you celebrate your birthday?
Yes, I actually love my birthday! I like to do 2 birthday parties. One for my friends and another for my
family. The one with my friends is going somewhere fun like to the mall and the one with my family is just a
dinner!