3 Look and complete.
1 a b_{r}_th_{d}_y p_rt_{y}
2 c_nd_es
3 a g__t
4 a c_{k}_
5 b_{l}_o_ns
4 Circle the odd one.
E) g. 1) a classmate - a cake - a school nurse - a librarian
2) a balloon - a gift - May - a candle
3) a librarian - an office - a music room - a gym
4) a headteacher - a sports field - a caretaker - a pupil
5) birthday - February - July - October
Birthday Celebrations and School Vocabulary Practice
KEY FORMULA / RULE: To identify missing letters and spot the odd word out, categorize items by semantic groups (e.g., party items, school places, school roles, months of the year) and apply standard English spelling patterns.
SOLUTION STEPS
Exercise 3: Look and complete
- 1 (Example): a birthday party
- 2: The image shows lit candles for a birthday celebration.
\text{c}\mathbf{a}\text{nd}\mathbf{l}\text{es} \rightarrow \textbf{candles}
- 3: The image shows a wrapped present with a ribbon.
\text{a g}\mathbf{if}\text{t} \rightarrow \textbf{a gift}
- 4: The image shows a decorated birthday cake.
\text{a c}\mathbf{a}\text{k}\mathbf{e} \rightarrow \textbf{a cake}
- 5: The image shows three party balloons tied together.
\text{b}\mathbf{al}\text{l}\mathbf{o}\mathbf{o}\text{ns} \rightarrow \textbf{balloons}
Exercise 4: Circle the odd one
- 1) a cake (Example: “a classmate”, “a school nurse”, and “a librarian” are people; “a cake” is food).
- 2) May — “a balloon”, “a gift”, and “a candle” are birthday party objects, whereas May is a month of the year.
- 3) a librarian — “an office”, “a music room”, and “a gym” are school facilities/rooms, whereas a librarian is a person/job.
- 4) a sports field — “a headteacher”, “a caretaker”, and “a pupil” are people at school, whereas a sports field is an outdoor location.
- 5) birthday — “February”, “July”, and “October” are names of specific calendar months, whereas birthday is a celebration event.
FINAL ANSWER:
Exercise 3:
- a birthday party
- candles
- a gift
- a cake
- balloons
Exercise 4:
- a cake (example)
- May
- a librarian
- a sports field
- birthday
EXAM INSIGHT / PITFALL: In “odd one out” exercises, always determine the shared grammatical or semantic category (person vs. place vs. object vs. time) before picking the answer.