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At Brighton Theatre Royal
If necessary, explain that Brighton is a city on the south coast of 
England. It is a very lively city and it is also popular for day trips, 
especially from London.
Learning tip
Read through the tip with the class. Point out that this is how 
students read texts in their own language.
1 Encourage students to only read the dates. In order to encourage 
this, set a time limit, e.g. 20 seconds, for the exercise.
2 Check answers with the class. Ask individual students to read 
out a sentence each.
3 Look at the example with the class. Check the answers with 
the class by reading out each sentence and getting students 
to say the name of the show.
4 Students could work in pairs to write sentences. Go around the 
class giving help and encouragement as students work. Don’t 
check answers if students are going to do the Class bonus.
Class bonus
Look at the example with the class before students work in pairs. 
You could also make another sentence about one of the shows and 
get students to say which show you are describing. When students 
have fi nished reading out their sentences in pairs, they can then 
work with a different partner and read out their sentences again.
To round off the activity, say the name of one of the shows and get 
students to read out the sentences they wrote about this show.
5–6 Students can discuss their answers in pairs or small groups.
PHOTOCOPIABLE
 
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Focus on … vocabulary
Remind students to note down useful words from each text they 
read. Encourage them to write the words in sentences which are 
meaningful to them.
More activities
1 Students tell the class about a show they have seen.