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Reading and Vocabulary

A. Discuss with your partner.
1. Do people often have fancy dress parties in your country?
2. What fancy dress themes can you think of?

3. If you were going to throw a fancy dress party, what theme would you choose, and what would you
wear?

B. What do you think the following phrasal verbs mean? Discuss with a partner.

1. Keep the noise down! I can’t hear myself think!
2. If you’re not busy, I could do with a hand making dinner.
3. I’m going to dress up as a superhero for the end-of-year party.
4. Can you help me sort out the guestlist for the party?
5. I’ve invited Juan over for dinner. He’ll be here at about 8 pm.
6. The school dance was great! I offered to go back today to take down the decorations.
7. I really messed up – I failed my science test and ruined my chances of getting an A.
8. A guy at school tried to chat me up.

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