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9 SHOPPING
UNIT 9

Overview
Watch the video podcast. Do you have the same favourite shops?

1 Read Andrea’s text. Then watch the video podcast from 0:11 to 0:24
and complete the text with the words in the box. Andrea

shopping (x2)     bought     time     went     mobile

I love 1 shopping . Last Saturday I 2 shopping with my sister. She got a
new 3 and I 4 some earrings. We had a great 5 . How about
you? Do you like 6 ?

  Glossary:  earrings = jewellery for your ears

2 Read the sentences below. Do the people like shopping? Watch the video podcast from 0:24 to 0:57
and tick (✓) the correct answer: a), b) or c).
a) They all love shopping.
b) Some people don’t like shopping.
c) Some people never go shopping.

3 What’s the last thing you bought? What’s your favourite shop? Look at the people below and read
their answers. Check new words in your dictionary. Then watch the video podcast from 1:00 to 2:28 and
match the people to their answers.

  1 The last thing I bought was a

A
pair of jeans. And they cost me £20.  ____
A  Oliver
  2 This ‘hoodie’ actually. ____

  3 The last thing I bought er, was,

this pair of shoes for my husband. ____
B  Sarah
  4 It was this coffee. ____

  5 I bought a pink dress. ____

C  Ahilan   6 Sports shops, normally. ____

  7 My favourite type of shop is a

mobile phone shop. ____

D  Fehintola   8 I like bookshops the best. ____

  9 Clothes shops. ____

10 My favourite type of shop is a

E  Ailsa bike shop. ____

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4 Do you ever make shopping mistakes? Look at the people below and read their answers. Check new
words in your dictionary. Then watch the video podcast from 2:32 to 3:29 and write true (T) or false (F)
next to each answer.

1 Yes, all the time. Um, I bought a pair of red 2 Yes, I do. I bought my wife a bracelet but she
shoes, and they were very high, and I never didn’t like it.
wore them.  T

3 Yes, I bought a suit once and I never wore it. 4 No, because I don’t shop very often.

5 I once bought a jacket and it was £119 and it 6 I buy shoes that are often too small.
didn’t fit me.

  Glossary:  wore = past tense of wear; fit = to be the correct size

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The way we speak

5 The people below talk about shopping. Watch the video podcast again from 0:24 to 0:57 and
underline their answers to complete the sentences.

1 Yes, I love / like shopping. 2 Yes, I do. I really like / love 3 Yes, I like shopping. I like
shopping. clothes shopping but I don’t like
/ hate supermarket shopping.

4 No, I don’t like / hate shopping. 5 Yeah, I did / do. 6 I don’t / never shop a lot.

Personalisation
6 Write your answers to Andrea’s questions.
1  Do you like shopping?
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2  What’s the last thing you bought?

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3  What’s your favourite shop?

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4  Do you ever make shopping mistakes?

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