3. Complete the sentences below with the correct endings from the list. All the sentences include phrasal verbs from the text above.

a) Don't sit around on your own; join … b) Half the town burnt …

c) Even if I don't have an alarm clock, I always wake …

d) It was a beautiful night with a full moon that lit …

e) My cousin was injured when a firework went …

f) We'll all miss you. The whole family's going to come to see you …

g) We've wasted enough time. Let's get … h) What's going …

i) You can't wear jeans to your brother's wedding: everybody will be dressing …

off at the airport, up the whole bay, up for the occasion, up at six in the morning, on here. It's way past your bedtime, off in his hand and burnt him, in the fun, down to some serious work, down in a fire in 1948.

4. Match the phrasal verbs in 3 to the meanings below.

a) destroy completely by fire b) wear special clothes c) explode d) participate in an activity e) happen

f) illuminate g) say goodbye before a journey h) stop sleeping i) begin seriously or enthusiastically

5. Complete these paragraphs with the same phrasal verbs. You may need to change the verb tenses to make them fit the sentences.

A) ... They bribed a security guard to leave the briefcase in the house. But at about three in the morning the Prime Minister (1)_____ ____. She couldn't get back to sleep so she went out for a walk. When the bomb (2) _____ ____she was in an all-night cafe two kilometres away. The explosion was huge. It (3)____ ____the whole sky and the house was (4)______ ______.

B) John's leaving for his year in the USA next week so we're having a party to (5) ___ him ___. It's going to be informal — you don't need to (6) ____ or anything. Just come as you are and (7) _______ some serious dancing. We've organized some party games, but if you don't want to (8)______ ___ that's OK. There'll be lots of other things (9)____ ___.

6. What sort of parties are these? What other types of party can you think of?

• housewarming • leaving • fancy dress • 18th

• surprise • Halloween

7. Work with a partner. What do you think makes a good party? Write a list and agree on the three most important 'ingredients'.

8. Listen to Alyson, Geoff and Rachel talking about the ingredients of a good party. Compare their ideas with yours. (R = Rachel; A = Alyson; G = Geoff)

R: What do you think makes a good party then?

A: Um ... I think the place is really important. It should be big enough but not too big.

G: Yes, it needs to be quite crowded to make an atmosphere ... and dark.

R: Oh, I don't like it when you can't see who you're talking to.

G: No... no, I mean soft lighting. I like it when there are some decorations too. You know, a few balloons and things, just to make it special.

A: What, like a children's party?

G: Yeah, I suppose so - or candles and things on the wall.

R: Candles make a nice atmosphere, but you have to be careful the house doesn't catch fire.

G: W ... well, you can get those candle-holders. But the most important thing is the food and drink.

A: Oh, yes. There must be lots of drink and enough food. It's terrible when there isn't enough food.

R: What sort of food do you think is good for parties?

A: Um, the sort of thing you can eat with your fingers. I mean, you don't want to have loads of washing-up at the end of the party.

R: Actually, I think the music is the most important thing. Loud, but not too loud, and the sort of music you can dance to.

G: I think the best thing is to prepare party tapes with all the best dance tracks, then you don't have to worry about it.

A: But what about people? That's quite important, isn't it?

G: Um, yes, you do need people for a party!

A: No, I ... I mean the right people. You need some party animals who get up and start the

dancing.

R: And you need a mix of men and women. I went to a party recently where there were five women for every man.

G: Sounds all right to me.

A: Oh, shut up. So what do we think are the three most important things?

R: Food and drink, music and the right mix of people.

G: Right.

9. Answer the questionnaire below. Then compare your score with a partner.

Are you a party animal or a party pooper?

1. You've been invited to a party but you're working the next morning. Do you ...

a) think 'you only live once' and go and have a good time?

b) go to the party but leave at ten o'clock?

c) send your apologies and get an early night?

2. It's your birthday. Do you ...

a) have a quiet family get-together, blow your candles out and go to bed early?

b) hope that nobody has remembered. You don't want to get older anyway?

c) have a big party and invite everybody you know?

3. You've been invited to a party by somebody you don't know very well. Do you ...

a) go to the party and hope you'll meet lots of new people?

b) refuse the invitation. It's too scary?

c) go to the party but take a friend with you to make sure you'll have someone to talk to?

4. You arrive at a party and realise that the only person you know is the host. Do you ...

a) panic and hide in the bathroom?

b) go and introduce yourself to anybody who looks interesting?

c) end up talking to the most boring person there because nobody else wants to talk to them?

5. Your favourite record comes on, but nobody else is dancing. Do you ...

a) wait until a few other people are dancing and then join them?

b) stay where you are. You prefer to dance to your favourite record in the privacy of your own home?

c) start dancing on your own?