Worksheet 6

Upper-Intermediate

1 Discuss in groups.

A street artist offers to draw your picture for $2 and you agree. What are your distinctive
features that you hope he will catch?
Is any painting really worth $135 millions?
If you had to use your own money, would you ever pay $500 or more for a work of art?

2 Look at the pictures, what do you know about them? Are they good? Are they
valuable?
3. Put the phrases 1-8 into two groups: one positive (P), one negative (N).

1. It has no redeeming features. 5. It’s extremely valuable.

2. It’s a load of rubbish. 6. It’s not worth anything at all.
3. It’s a masterpiece. 7. It’s priceless
4. It’s absolutely worthless. 8. It’s worth a fortune.

4. Some of the comments are about financial value and other of quality. Classify them.

Very high value Very low value

Very high quality Very low quality

3. Complete the dialogues with the words in the box.

Fortune masterpiece priceless redeeming

Rubbish valuable worth worthless
4. Work in groups. The following items are going to be auctioned online. Use the
expressions in exercise 3 to say how much you think they are worth.

1. “Hanging Spirit” by Stephen Knapp

2. “Horse” by Diocletus the Etruscan
3. “Symetry #17” by Charles Andrews
4. A self-portrait of Vincet Van Gogh
5. An autographed photo of Justin Beaver
6. An original recording of “All the single ladies” by Beyonce
7. Luke Skywalker’s original light sabre from Star wars.

5. You work for a large company which has decide to spend $25,000 on a work of art to
decorate the reception area. An art dealer has offered you three works, with an
estimated value of $25,000 each.

Aswers the questions.

What is your role?
Which work og art do you think the company should buy? Why?
4. Work in groups. The following items are going to be auctioned online. Use the
expressions in exercise 3 to say how much you think they are worth.

1. “Hanging Spirit” by Stephen Knapp

2. “Horse” by Diocletus the Etruscan
3. “Symetry #17” by Charles Andrews
4. A self-portrait of Vincet Van Gogh
5. An autographed photo of Justin Beaver
6. An original recording of “All the single ladies” by Beyonce
7. Luke Skywalker’s original light sabre from Star wars.

5. You work for a large company which has decide to spend $25,000 on a work of art to
decorate the reception area. An art dealer has offered you three works, with an
estimated value of $25,000 each.

Aswers the questions.

What is your role?
Which work og art do you think the company should buy? Why?
4. Work in groups. The following items are going to be auctioned online. Use the
expressions in exercise 3 to say how much you think they are worth.

1. “Hanging Spirit” by Stephen Knapp

2. “Horse” by Diocletus the Etruscan
3. “Symetry #17” by Charles Andrews
4. A self-portrait of Vincet Van Gogh
5. An autographed photo of Justin Beaver
6. An original recording of “All the single ladies” by Beyonce
7. Luke Skywalker’s original light sabre from Star wars.

5. You work for a large company which has decide to spend $25,000 on a work of art to
decorate the reception area. An art dealer has offered you three works, with an
estimated value of $25,000 each.

Aswers the questions.

What is your role?