- •Basic text carrie goes to a department store
- •Vocabulary notes
- •8. Fill in articles wherever necessary. Retell the text:
- •P enny wise, pound foolish
- •Money: vocabulary
- •Adjectives
- •A visit to a department store phrases and word combinations
- •Vocabulary activity
- •1. Find the odd word out.
- •2. Match the shops with what one could find there. Then say what else you can find in these shops.
- •3. In pairs, complete the table. You can add your own ideas. Then make up sentences as in the example.
- •4. Where do the following people work?
- •5. A. Match the items to the shop(s) where you can buy them. Then, make up sentences, as in the example.
- •6. A. You are new to the area and you want your neighbour to tell you where to do your shopping. In pairs discuss:
- •7. Bridge street is the central street of a small town called Barnford. It has banks, flower shops, stationers, etc. And even a small supermarket and a garage.
- •8. Fill in the correct word(s) from the list below:
- •9. Translate the text from Ukrainian into English.
- •In a department store
- •Harrods is in Paris. It isn't in Paris. It's in London.
- •Don’t ask how much –
- •It’s a penny
- •Fashion & clothes
- •Vocabulary
- •Try on, match, dress, wear, suit, go with, put on.
- •Additional material From ‘fifty model essays fashions’ by j. Miller
- •Phonetics
- •Food shopping
- •Vocabulary practice:
- •Reading
- •Helen smith goes shopping
- •Vocabulary
- •Vegetables:
- •Choosing a present
- •Mrs smith turns silver into gold
- •Introduction
- •Picking the perfect present
- •Shopping with the stars
Vocabulary
6) Which of the foods on the websites can you put under these categories?
Meat and fish:
Vegetables:
Fruit:
Bread and pastry:
Sweets:
Speaking
7) Discuss in pairs.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting your food from: a) a supermarket b) a smaller shop or a market c) virtual shopping? Think about:
price, choice of products, quality of products.
convenience.
service, ecological reasons.
who gets the profit.
WRITING
TASK 1. Write a short article about a similar market in your own country. Think about:
• opening days and times • items sold • specialities • recommendations
Find pictures to decorate your article.
Writing an article describing a visit to a place
When we write an article describing a visit to a place we usually write four paragraphs.
Introduction
• In the first paragraph we write the name and location of the place as well as our reason(s) for choosing it.
Main Body
• In the second paragraph we usually write about what the place looks like. In the third paragraph we describe the place in detail. We can include the things we can see, feel, hear, smell and taste.
Conclusion
• In the last paragraph, we write about our feelings and personal comments and/or our recommendation. Narrative descriptions of places can be found in tourist magazines, letters, stories etc. We normally use past tenses to describe our visit. However, we use present tenses to talk about the location. We can use a variety of adjectives and adverbs as well as our senses to make our description more appealing to the reader.
Choosing a present
TASK 1. Do you enjoy buying presents? What would you buy for your: six-year-old brother/ best friend/grandparents/boss on their birthday? Choose from the list, giving reasons.
• jewellery • an antique ornament/dock • clothes • a CD • a piece of art (e.g. a painting) • an expensive pen • a diary • a leather wallet • a bunch of flowers • bath oils • a book • tickets to the theatre • perfume
DISCUSS & WRITE
TASK 1. Read the newspaper article below, then put the sentences that follow in the correct order.
Mrs smith turns silver into gold
Last Saturday afternoon Mrs Smith bought a £10 silver bracelet for her niece's birthday and walked away with a £5,000 pair of gold and diamond earrings. "The sales girl made a mistake and gave me the wrong bag" she told our reporter. David Grey, the manager of the jewellery shop, was so grateful when she returned them that he gave her a £500 gold bracelet. Her niece, Jenny Potter, said it was the best present she had ever had!
O The sales girl made a mistake.
O The manager gave her a gold bracelet worth £500.
O Mrs Smith's niece had a wonderful birthday present.
O Mrs Smith left the store with a £5,000 pair of earrings.
O Mrs Smith went to the jewellery shop.
O Mrs Smith returned the earrings.
O Mrs Smith bought a bracelet worth £10.
TASK 2. Read the rubric and answer the questions in the plan.
• Your local newspaper is holding a short story competition and you have decided to enter. Your story must start with the words "Have you ever had a really wonderful surprise?"