A A IELTS SPEAKING PART 2

Events
Lesson code: VTDT-41S9-Q32H

1 Warm-up
How many different types of event can you think of? Continue the list below.

a birthday party a wedding a concert a football championship a music festival

a carnival a class reunion

2 Activities
Match the columns to form complete sentences.

1. We danced a. all night.

2. I got to know b. all the different matches.
3. We toasted to c. best wishes.
4. We attended d. lots of new people.
5. I caught up with e. our health.
6. We enjoyed watching f. some old friends.
7. We gave her our g. the fireworks display.

What kind of event is each sentence about?

3 Adjectives for describing events

Study the adjectives below and put them into the correct category.

boring disappointing dull enjoyable entertaining exciting

fantastic fun tedious terrible tiring unenjoyable

Positive:

Negative:
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 Events
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Work in pairs. Think about two events you have attended -- one positive experience and one negative
experience. Give one or two sentences about each like in the example below. Make your descriptions
more natural and interesting by using qualifying adverbs such as `a bit', `a little', `slightly', `quite',
`fairly', `very', `really', `extremely'.

I found the party extremely enjoyable. The wedding was a bit dull, to be honest.

4 Practice
Work in pairs. Take turns to select and talk about one of the cue cards below. Try to use vocabulary
from this lesson. Remember, you have 1 minute to take notes and 1-2 minutes for talking.

Describe a recent event. You should say:

- when and where it was
- who was involved

- what happened at the event

And describe how you felt.

Describe a traditional event in your country. You should say:

- when the event is held
- who attends the event
- what people do during this event
And say why the event is important.

Describe a sports event that you took part in or watched. You should say:
- what the event was
- who was competing
- what you did during this competition
and explain how you felt about this event.
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 Events - Key
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1- Warm-up

Possible answers: a stag (UK)/bachelor (US) party, a hen (UK) /bachelorette (US) party, an anniversary, a name
day, New Year's Eve, etc.

2- Activities

Students work individually and check in pairs. Go through the answers and clarify meaning. Possible answers:
1. a
2. d
3. e
4. b
5. f
6. g
7. c

Possible answers: 1) New Year's Eve, a birthday party, music festival, carnival etc.; 2) as in (1); 3) an anniversary;
3) a football championship; 4) a class reunion 5) New Year's Eve ; 6) a birthday party

3- Adjectives for describing events

Students work individually and check in pairs. Go through the adjectives and clarify meaning.
Positive: fantastic, enjoyable, fun, exciting, entertaining
Negative: dull, boring, tedious, tiring, terrible, unenjoyable, disappointing

4- Practice

Monitor the activity. Students should always give a relevant answer for each topic.

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