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- Member – a person that is part of a society, party, community or group.<\/li>\n
- Guest \u2013 someone who visits and\/or participates in a group that they are not a member of<\/li>\n
- Membership Fee \u2013 a charge or fee for membership, as in a club or organization.<\/li>\n
- Chair \u2013 the person occupying a seat of office, especially the chairperson of a meeting: The speaker addressed the chair.<\/li>\n
- Photography \u2013 the art or process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces.<\/li>\n
- Photos \u2013 a photograph<\/li>\n
- Photographers \u2013 a person who takes photographs<\/li>\n
- Venue \u2013a place for large gatherings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Mini-Story<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
The members<\/strong> arrived at 19:30 and signed in at the welcome desk. Then they got a drink from the bar and socialised with other members until the evening officially started. Some people came to the club meeting as a guest<\/strong>. They were not members but they wanted to learn how the club worked and how much the membership fees<\/strong>\u00a0were.<\/p>\n
The evening began with an introduction from the Chair<\/strong>. Then the members split into groups and worked on challenges. Because this is a photography club, all the members are interested in photography<\/strong>, enjoy taking photos<\/strong> and are photographers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
At 9:00p.m. there was a break. During the break the members ate some snacks, drank a few drinks and voted for their favorite photographs for the photography competition.<\/p>\n
After the break there was one more challenge for each group to complete and then the winners from the photography competition were announced. When the meeting was finished, several of the members helped to clean up the venue<\/strong>. They put the tables and chairs back to the normal spots, returned used glasses to the bar and picked up any garbage that was left out.<\/p>\n
Comprehension Questions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 Were all the people at the meeting members of the club?<\/p>\n
2. Is it free to be a member of this club?<\/p>\n
3.Who officially started the evening?<\/p>\n
4. What time was the break?<\/p>\n
5. What happened after the meeting was finished?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday evening I attended a meeting of a photography club that I am a member of. I thought it would be a good example to use for practising your English comprehension (the action or capability of understanding something), so I have included a mini-story about the evening with some questions at the end. I have…<\/p>\n