family talking

Part One: Warm Up

Discuss the following questions with your partner(s).

  1. What was the last family celebration you attended? How did you celebrate?
  2. What family events are important in your culture? Why?

Part Two: Getting Ready to Speak

Open the exercise and follow the instructions.

Exercise

Part Three: Your Turn

Imagine your wedding is coming up soon, and you need to decide who will sit at which tables. Look at the information about the seven guests below, and use it to make suggestions with your partner(s) about who should and shouldn’t sit together, giving reasons and possible consequences where appropriate. Be sure to use language from this lesson to make, accept, and reject suggestions.

  • Maria
    • used to be engaged to Marcos
  • Aline
    • immature
  • Fernanda
    • Juliana’s best friend
  • Juliana
    • Fernanda’s best friend
  • Jose
    • wants to date Aline
  • Marcos
    • used to be engaged to Maria
  • Carlos
    • behaves really well

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