Vocabulary: Life events p. 9

Watch the video and complete the text with the correct words and phrases.

Interviewer: When was your best birthday?
Noah: Three years ago. I organised a ________ with party games. Everyone hung out in their pyjamas, ate snack food, and played board games.
Eirin: I've got ________ of birthday parties in my childhood. Party food and games and watching cartoons for as long as our parents let us stay up.
Interviewer: How did you find the courage to talk to the boy or girl you fancy?
Noah: Well, I think it was twenty seconds of ________! After that, we went out on a first date.
Eirin: I thought: if he's a kind person, he'll at least stop to chat. So, I ________!
Interviewer: What about the first kiss?
Noah: One day after school, the girl I fancied walked me to the bus stop. Just before I got on the bus, she ________ and then kissed me. I was smiling all the way home.
Eirin: We were at a concert and when my favourite song came on, he decided to ________. It was super romantic!

Match the words and phrases from STEP 1 to the correct definitions.

1 taking a risk  ________
2 remembering positive past moments  ________
3 showing determination  ________
4 a type of party at a friend's house  ________
5 making a visual connection with someone  ________
6 taking the initiative  ________

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from STEP 2 in the correct form.

1 Don't you love travelling with friends? I have ________ of last year's holiday in Greece.
2 'What did you do at the ________?' 'We stayed up all night and told each other creepy stories.'
3 Amy was terrified of asking Ben out but her best friend, Anne, told her to ________.
4 When I want to know if someone is telling the truth, I usually ________.
5 Sarah decided to ________ and asked Ken out for a date.
6 ________ to sing in front of all those people.