Stage aim: to provide semi-controlled practice on the topic of meeting a celebrity.

Look at the photos. Do you know any of these people?

Imagine being a fan of some of these people.

Use the phrases from Useful language in your speech.

Read and role-play the situation

Imagine that you are a fan of these celebrities. Read the information in each card and describe how you met them. Cover the following points:

• the place where you met them;
• what they were doing;
• what you told them;
• what you asked them.

Who: Jackie Chan, a Chinese actor

Famous for: films with amazing fight

Place of the meeting: a sports shop

Things you mentioned: doing amazing karate, the first film you watched, the most interesting role in his opinion

Who: Emma Watson, a British actress

Famous for: playing Hermione Granger in Harry Potter

Place of the meeting: a bookshop

Things you mentioned: a favourite film character, book recommendations, her future projects

Who: Prince Harry, a grandson of Queen Elizabeth the Second, married to American actress Meghan Markle

Famous for: being a member of the royal family; Meghan Markle is a star of the TV-series The Suits

Place of the meeting: a park

Things you mentioned: watching their wedding on TV, how many pets the Queen had

Who: Elon Musk, a citizen of South Africa, Canada and the United States

Famous for: being the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and some other companies

Place of the meeting: a business conference

Things you mentioned: watching how his company sent rockets into space, life on Mars, what he would take to space

Useful language

• I met… when
• I told…
• As a child, I used to…
• I remember the time when...
• I asked…

Describe how you met a celebrity in real life.

Your speaking skills are great!

Do you think Mark has met Billie?

We will find it out right now.