Unit Three: What are Friends For?

Lesson 1: Prize-Giving Day at School

Key Words: eminent, outstanding performance

A. Look at the Picture and Discuss.

1. Who can you see in the picture?
2. What are they doing?

B. Read the Text.

Farabi is Flora’s best friend. They live in the same area. Also, they are both in class 7, but they go to different schools.

It is a school holiday. Flora has come to visit Farabi. They are talking. Flora wants to know about the prize-giving ceremony of Farabi’s school.

“Yesterday was our school prize-giving day,” Farabi says. “On this occasion, our school auditorium and its dais were brightly decorated. Prizes were also neatly displayed on a separate table on the dais. All the students were present at the function. Among others, the guardians and some eminent persons of the locality attended the function,” Farabi continues. “The principal of PN College was the chief guest.”

“When did the function start?” Flora asked.

“Oh, it started on time—just at 4 pm,” Farabi says. “Our Head Teacher first read out the annual report. Then the Chief Guest gave a short speech. He highly praised the overall performance of the school and its excellent JSC and SSC Exam results. Then he gave away the prizes among the students for their outstanding activities.”

“Did you get any prize, Farabi?” Flora enquires.

“Yea, I did,” Farabi replies. “I’ve got two prizes—one for regular attendance and the other for good results in the last year-ending exams.”

C Match words with their meanings.

| Words | Meanings | | --- | --- | | visit | * speak highly of something or somebody | | ceremony | * extremely good | | eminent | * go to see a person or place | | praise | * put something in a place where you can see it easily | | outstanding | * function | | display | * people having lots of power and influence |

D Ask and answer in pairs. Make questions and then choose answers from this table.

| Questions | | | Answers | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | How | was | the prize-giving function held? | The Principal of PN College. | | What | was | the auditorium decorated? | In the school auditorium. | | Who | did | the chief guest at the function? | Read out the annual report. | | Where | did | the Head Teacher do at the beginning of the function? | Brightly. |

E. Complete the Passage.

Complete the passage with the verbs in the box. Give their correct forms.

• be
• sing
• speak
• stage

At the end of the prize-giving function, there _____ a cultural show. The students _____ , danced, and _____ a one-act play. It was so good that everyone _____ highly of it.

F. Write about your Sports Day.

Do you have a sports day at your school? First, tell the class about it, and then write about it in your notebook.