Special occasions

candles:birthday, Christmas

cake: birthday, Christmas

fireworks: New Year, carnival

processions: carnival

decorations: Christmas, carnival

presents:birthday, Christmas

guests: wedding, birthday

costumes: carnival

Key pronunciation. Final /s/ and /z/

Ex. 2. Listen and repeat the words.

/s/-cakes, guests, trips, presents

/z/-costumes, meals, parties, weddings

Presentation

If you do that, you’ll turn into a fish.

Ex. 3. What can you say about the pictures?

Read the text. Which words or phrases refer to special occasions?

Match 1-7 with a-g and make seven superstitions.

1b-If you see a spider in your home, you’ll soon have guests.

2d- If you swim in the sea on Good Friday, you’ll turn into a fish.

3f- If a baby is born at the time of a full moon, he or she will have a happy future.

4e- Unless you clean your house before New Year’s Eve, you’ll have bad luck during

the new year.

5g- You won’t have happy marriage unless you wear something red on your wedding day

6a- If you blow out all the candles on your birthday cake and make a wish, your wish will

come true.

7c- You’ll get rich if you keep a piece of snake skin in your wallet.

Key grammar.

First conditional with if and unless

Ex.4. Complete the examples and read the explanations.

Ifyouswimon Good Friday, you’ll turn into a fish.

We use if + present simple, and will / won’t – verb to describe the result of a possible future action.

Unlessyouwearsomething red on your wedding day, you won’t be happy.

Unlessyou wear = Ifyoudon’twear

We can change the order of the two parts of the sentence:

You’ll turn into a fish if you swim on Good Friday.

You won’t be happy unless you wear something red on your wedding day.

Practice.Grammar exercises.

Ex.5(a). Complete the sentences with if or unless.

If it’s a nice day tomorrow, we’ll have lunch outside.

What will do if it rains?

The bus is late. We’ll miss the beginning of the film unless it comes soon.

If you ring me from the station, I’ll come and meet you.

That plant will die unless you give it some water.

Ex.5(b). Complete the sentences. Use the right forms of the verbs.

If you visit our town during the carnival, you’ll have a great time.

If my brother passes his exams, we’ll organize a big celebration.

Iwon’t go to the party unless you come with me.

If it isn’t too hot on Saturday, we’ll have a barbecue on the beach.

Wewon’t be able to dance unless someone brings a CD player.

David’s meal will be cold if he doesn’t come soon.

Iwon’t listen to you unless you stop shouting.

Writing and speaking.

Ex.6. Write two or three superstitions.

Then read out the first part of each sentence.

X. Conclusion.

Grammar test

XI. Homework.

* Ex 1-5 at p-38,39.

* To make a grammar test connecting with the phrasal verbs

Marks

Lesson is over!

Good-bye!