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1. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at the photos. Guess which of the items is the most expensive and which is the least expensive.
1. white truffles - € ___________ a kilo
2. (Mont Blanc Lorenzo di Medici fountain) a pen - £ ___________ each
3. (Yubari Kingm melons) melons - £ ___________ a two.
4. (Nike trainers) trainers - $ ___________ a pair
2. Read aloud the numbers and currencies below. What other currencies do you know?
Numbers and currencies
$500 = five hundred dollars
€3,500 = three thousand five hundred / three and a half thousand euros
500,000đ = five hundred thousand Vietnamese đong
£1 million = a million pounds
3.5 billion = three point five / three and a half billion yen
3. ☊2.25 Listen to the descriptions of the items in exercise 1. Complete the prices using the numbers below. Which is the most surprising, in your opinion?
5,400 6,850 10,000 12,000
4. ☊2.26 VOCABULARY Work in pairs. Where would you buy the items in exercise 1? Match them with four of the shops and services below. Then listen and check.
Shops and services baker's; bank; butcher's; charity shop; chemist's; coffee shop; clothes shop; cosmetics store; deli (delicatessen); DIY store; estate agents; florist's; garden centre; green grocers; jeweller's; launderette; newsagent's; optician’s; post office; shoe shop ; stationer's; takeaway
1. __________ 3. __________
2. __________ 4. __________
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5. ☊2.27 Listen and repeat all of the shops and services words from exercise 4.
6. ☊2.28 Listen to four dialogues. Match them with four of the shops and services from exercise 4.
1. DIY store 3. __________
2. __________ 4. __________
7. VOCABULARY Complete definitions 1–8 with the words and phrases below.
Shopping bargain; coupons; discount; price tag; receipt; refund; sale; special offer
1. “Buy one, get one free” is a common example of a _____.
2. If you think something is a _____, you think it’s a good price for what you are getting.
3. The _____ tells you how much something costs in a shop.
4. When a shop has a _____, it sells some of its items at lower prices for a few days or weeks.
5. If a shop gives you a ___bargain___, you pay less than the usual price.
6. Magazines sometimes have _____ that give you money off in a shop.
7. If you ask for a _____ in a shop, you ask for your money back.
8. A _____ is a small piece of paper that you get when you day for something.
RECYCLE! Present Perfect with everWe use the present perfect with ever to ask about experiences. Have you ever bought a pair of really expensive trainers? Yes. I have./ No, I haven’t. |
8. SPEAKING Read the Recycle! box. Look at the questionnaire below and complete the questions with the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets and ever. Then do the questionnaire in pairs.
Are you a crafty customer?
SALE
1. _____________ (you / ask) for a discount in a shop?
2. _____________ (you / use) coupons from magazines to get money off?
3. _____________ (you / compare) prices in two or three shops before buying something?
4. _____________ (you / wait) for something to be in the sale before buying it?
5. _____________ (you / see) something in a shop and then look for it online to save money?
