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Level: A2-B1 Elementary / Intermediate

Title: Shop Till You Drop!
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Shop Till You Drop!

Category: • General English Topic: • Shopping Media: • Text

A2-B1 Grammar,
Expressing Learning
Level: • Elementary / Grammar: • Contrast Focus: • Speaking,
Vocabulary
Intermediate

Put a check mark next to things you might find in an American

Task 1
shopping mall. Next, answer the question.

1. shops 8. stationery 15. a pharmacy

2. clothes 9. electronics 16. cafés
3. a food court 10. a library 17. a house
4. cashiers 11. security guards 18. shoes
5. department stores 12. an apartment 19. kiosks
6. a school 13. a movie theater 20. elevators / escalators
7. toys 14. a grocery store

Which of the above items have you seen in a shopping mall before? Is there anything
you would be surprised to see?

Task 2 Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. Next, answer the
question.

1. Some people do a lot of shopping, don’t.

a) the others b) others

2. I like these two dresses. One is short and is long.

a) the other b) another

3. If that one doesn’t fit you, try .

a) another b) some

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4. customers are friendly, others are not.

a) Another b) Some

5. plastic bag, please.

a) The others b) Another

6. Some stores are expensive, cheap.

a) others b) another

7. This shopping mall has seven fast-food restaurants. Four have delicious food, have
decent food.

a) the others b) other

What is your favorite store in your mall? Why do you like it?

Task 3 Match the common shopping idioms and expressions to their

correct definitions. Next, answer the question.

1. shopping spree a) to go on an extremely long shopping trip

2. it’s a steal/it’s a bargain b) the idea that buying things can cheer you up

3. it costs an arm and a leg c) said when an article is well below the usual price;
very cheap
4. shop till you drop
d) something very expensive
5. shoplifting
e) a short period in which someone buys a lot of things
6. window shopping
f) to visit a number of shops to compare prices
7. shop around
g) to steal goods from a shop
8. it’s a rip-off
h) something costs much more than it should be
9. shopping therapy
i) the process of looking at things through shop
windows without actually buying anything

Have you used any of these idioms or expressions before while shopping? What
other shopping expressions do you know?

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Task 4 Answer the questions relating to the topic

1. Do you like to buy things for other people, or do you prefer to shop for yourself only?

2. What are some things you do not enjoy shopping for? Why?

3. If a store employee told you that there were no more shoes in your size in stock right
now, what question could you ask them?

4. What is the longest amount of time you would be willing to wait to buy something you
really wanted? Would you ever “camp out” overnight at a store? What do you think this
means?

5. Have you heard of “Black Friday”? What do you think Americans do on this day?

GRAMMAR REVIEW

Expressing Contrast
When we use “the”, as in “the other/others”, we refer to the remaining
members of a specific group. When we don’t use “the”, we refer to
members of a broad category.

one… the other…

When we talk about two items in a set, we refer to the first item as “one” and the
second as “the other (one)”.

Examples:
There are two balls:
One ball is purple, and the other is yellow.

one… another…
Sometimes we want to talk about items that are not in a specific set but belong
to some broad category. In this case, we refer to the first item as “one” and
any additional item as “another” (=short for “an other”). For instance, to order
coffee at a café, you can say:

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Example:
One coffee, please.
Then when you finish your coffee, you can ask for one more.

Example:
Another coffee, please. (=one more coffee)

one… the others…

When we talk about many things in the same set, we refer to the first item as
“one” and the remaining items as “the others”.

Examples:
They have four pets:
One is a bird. The others are cats.

some… the others…

If we want to refer to a first set of items (not just one item), we say “some” instead
of “one”:

Examples:
Some children are playing soccer and the other children are playing baseball.
Some children are playing soccer and the others are playing baseball.

When we talk about large groups of people/things in general and not one specific
group, we use “some” to refer to the first group and “(and) others” to refer to the
remaining group.

Examples:
Some people like pizza, other people hamburgers.
Some people like pizza, others hamburgers.

NOTE: “The” refers to specific things and “a” refers to non-specific things.

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NOTES

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