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Before you watch

1 Which presents might you buy for your friends or relatives? Which would you like to receive for yourself?

Who for I like (4)

DVDs

clothes

jewellery

video games

chocolates

books

a day out

sports equipment

music CDs / downloads

make-up

gadgets

posters / pictures

While you watch

2 True or False? Tick (4) the box. True False

1 The boys are meeting to go shopping.

2 David wants a curry.

3 David has forgotten something important.

4 Josh and Sam think lunch is more special.

5 David buys things in four shops.

3 Where does David go to get each gift? Match the gift to the place. There are more pictures than you need.

1 A birthday card ......

2 Some chocolates ......

3 A film on DVD ......

4 A film in the cinema ......

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A B

D E

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After you watch

1 Choose the correct words to complete each sentence.

special completely hair things yet to lunch

1 No Josh, I haven’t seen Sam ......................... .

2 Can we go straight ......................... ?

3 I ......................... forgot her birthday.

4 I promised her something ......................... .

5 Sam doesn’t think that David should get ......................... .

2 Make questions about the underlined words. Use How much or How many.

1 The card cost four pounds.

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2 There is a lot of sugar in the cake.

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3 There are twenty-four people in the cinema.

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4 I need to buy three presents.

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5 I’ve got about £20.

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3 Match A to B to make sentences.

A B

1 Why don’t we buy presents ...... a straight to the restaurant.

2 What do you think about ...... b a film when David meets Kate?

3 I don’t think that you should ...... c after lunch?

4 Let’s go ...... d getting her chocolates?

5 Shall we go to ...... e buy her clothes or jewellery.

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Extra

1 Read the text.

The boys’ day out

EPISODE 9 Welcome to Britain 3 Photocopiable ©B Burlington Books

2 Answer the questions.

1 How long have birthdays been celebrated?

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2 What happens on most European birthdays?

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3 Which special birthdays are mentioned?

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4 Between what ages are young people “teenagers”?

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5 Who sends a telegram to 100-year-old people in Britain?

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3 Write about a special birthday you remember.

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People have celebrated birthdays since 2000 BC, so it’s a 4,000-year-old tradition. Most people in Europe celebrate by sending cards and giving presents. Many also have a birthday party for family and friends. They often have birthday cakes, balloons and sometimes special children’s entertainers.

Some birthdays are special – your first one is very important to your family, but you probably won’t remember it. Thirteen is important to a lot of young people because they officially become “teenagers” and are not children any more. Eighteen and 21 are other important birthdays as you are then an adult in most countries.

After about the age of 30, many people prefer to stop counting the years. It’s funny – when you’re young, you want to be older, then as you get older, you want to be younger!

If you reach your 100th birthday in the United Kingdom, you get a telegram from the Queen to congratulate you.

Happy Birthday!