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Unit 3 
Special occasions
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Last year I travelled to Rio and visited my cousin and 
his family. My best friend went too.
We went to my cousin’s house and we had a 
delicious traditional meal. After we ate dinner, we 
walked to the city centre. When we saw the carnival, 
it was very exciting! We danced and sang. We 
watched the parade. It was fun, but we were very 
tired. Then we visited another city and stayed at a 
famous hotel, but it wasn’t very nice. We stayed for
two days then we went home. It was a special trip 
for me because I travelled without my parents for 
the first time.
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/ t /
danced
watched
/ d /
stayed
travelled
/id/
hated
visited
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liked
2
loved
3
started
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studied
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walked
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wanted
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1 
Is it important for a country to have festivals?
2 
Are friends more important than family?
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What is an important festival in your country? 
What are your favourite parts of this festival?
How have special occasions such as weddings 
changed in your country?
Do you think special occasions and festivals are 
important for a society?
Review 1
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1 
I don’t like reading magazines.
2 
I really like going to the gym.
3 
My favourite thing is chatting online.
Get ready for IELTS: Speaking

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Units 3 -6
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one syllable: beach, bridge, park
two syllables: cafe, hotel, river
three syllables: factory, gallery, skyscraper, theatre
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cafe
hotel
river
factory
gallery
skyscraper
theatre
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There is a museum, yes. It’s very famous. Culture 
is important to my city. So there are lots of tourist 
attractions such as galleries, tours, theatres, that 
sort of thing. There’s lots of traffic in the centre. 
Everybody has a car! There are some shopping 
malls, which is good because I love going shopping 
with my friends. There are always lots of people 
in the malls. And there are some traditional food 
markets. You can buy lots of strange food there. 
There isn’t a beach but it doesn’t matter. And there 
aren’t any harbours. One problem is that there isn’t 
any accommodation for students. It’s very difficult to 
study here.
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Yes, I like the capital city. I like this very much.
I 
live in the capital city. I know it very well. It is in 
the north of my country. It is very nice. It’s got lots 
of business and lots of tourists. There’s a beach in 
the city and you can see mountains. People shop in 
the city and people work in the city.
I 
like it because it’s my hometown. It is clean. It is 
modern. I like living there.