Preparation
1. Complete the school events. Use a, e, i, o, u and y.
1) c__nc__rt
2) m__s__c__l
3) pl__
4) sch__l c__mp
5) sch__l cl__b
6) sch__l tr__p
7) sp__rts d__
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1) concert 2) musical 3) play 4) school camp
5) school club 6) school trip 7) sports day
2. Complete the announcements with the verbs below. Which are imperatives? Circle them.
are come is meet phone play practise want
BADMINTON CLUB
1) _____ you already a badminton player? Do you 2) _____ to learn to play badminton? Everyone 3) _____ welcome at our club, especially beginners.
We 4) _____ in the school gym every Thursday at 4 p.m. We 5) _____ for fun, but we also play matches and 6) _____ our skills.
7) _____ to our club!
8) _____ Laura on 07700 900227.
are come learn like meet play visit wait
COMPUTER CLUB
Do you 9) _____ computer?
10) _____ you interested in programming?
Then 11) _____ to our computer club!
We 12) _____ every Monday in the computer lab after school from 3.30.
We do programming, we 13) _____ to use software and we 14) _____ games online too. It’s great fun!
Don’t 15) _____! Come to our club! Or 16) _____ our website for more information. www.ourcomputerclub.com
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1) Are 2) want 3) is 4) meet 5) play 6) practise
7) Come 8) Phone 9) like 10) Are 11) come
12) meet 13) learn 14) play 15) wait 16) visit
Students should circle: Come (7 and 11), Phone (8), wait (15), visit (16)
3. Complete the table with information from the announcements.
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Badminton Club |
Computer Club |
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Day and time? |
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1) _____ |
2) _____ |
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Where? |
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3) _____ |
4) _____ |
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Activities |
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5) _____ 6) _____ 7) _____ |
8) _____ 9) _____ 10) _____ |
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Contact for more information |
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11) _____ |
12) _____ |
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Badminton Club1 Thursday, 4) p.m., 3) in the school gym, 5) play for fun, 6) play matches, 7) practise skills, 11) contact Laura
ComputerClub2 Monday, from 3.30, 4) in the computer lab, 8) do programming, 9) learn to use software, 10) play games online, 12) visit the website
4. Put the words in the correct order to make imperatives.
1) forget / to tell / your friends / don’t
________ !
2) visit / this number / call / our website / or
________ !
3) make / friends / new
________ !
4) play / and / fit / football / get
________ !
5) it / don’t / miss
________ !
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1) Don’t forget to tell your friends!
2) Call this number or visit our website!
3) Make new friends!
4) Play football and get fit!
5) Don’t miss it!
Writing Guide
5. Make notes for an announcement for one of the clubs below (or choose your own club).
Sports clubs: basketball club cycling club football club gymnastics club hockey club
Other clubs: art club book club chess club dance club debating club music club photography club
1) Name of club: ________
2) Meet where? ________
3) Meet when (day and time)? ________
4) What do you do at the club? ________
5) Contact name and number, and website: ________
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your own answers
Writing Strategy
Make sure that you include all the information requited in the task. As you make notes in preparation, tick off the key points in the task as you deal with them.
6. Read the Writing Strategy. Then write the announcement. Tick off the points in exercise 5 as you deal with them.