Four Corners 2

Level 7 – Units 7-8-9

Unit 7 – Shopping

Lesson A – It’s Lighter and Thinner

Vocabulary – Opposites

Big – Small / Expensive – Cheap / Heavy – Light / Fast – Slow / Thick – Thin / Loud – Quiet

Grammar -

Lesson B – Would you take 10 dollars?

Grammar and Vocabulary – Asking for Prices

You use the verbs BE and COST to ask for prices

The Verb BE

Singular Items

How much IS this bowl? $9.99 - It’s nine dollars and ninety-nine cents.
How much is this T-shirt? $20 – It’s twenty dollars.
How much is that watch? $29.50 – It’s twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents. / It’s twenty-nine, fifty.
How much is it? $.50 – It’s fifty cents.

Plural Items

How much are these jeans? $69.99 – They’re sixty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents.
How much are those plates? $300 – They’re three hundred dollars.

Communication Strategy – Bargaining for a Lower Price

How about $10? – Will you take $50? – Would you take $90?

Communication Strategy – Suggesting a Different Price

You can have it for $19.99. - I’ll let you have it for $100. – I’ll give it to you for $25.
You can have them for $19.99 - I’ll let you have them for $100. – I’ll give them to you for $25.
Lesson C – This Hat is Too Small

Grammar – Too and Enough

Use ENOUGH to express the right amount of something in affirmative sentences with plural count nouns or uncountable
nouns.

Plural Count Nouns Affirmative Sentences and Negative Sentences

We have enough apples to make an apple pie.
I need enough oranges to make juice for thirty people.
Form: enough + plural count noun
Uncountable Nouns in Affirmative Sentences
I have enough time to exercise every day.
They have enough sugar to make a cake.
Form: Enough + Uncountable Noun

Use NOT ENOUGH in sentences with Plural count nouns and uncountable nouns to express inconformity.

Plural Countable Nouns in Negative Sentences

We don’t have enough eggs to make bread.
That restaurant doesn’t have enough tables to sit that many people.
Form: enough+ plural count noun

Uncountable Nouns in Negative Sentences

I don’t have enough time to study.
My mother doesn’t have enough oil to cook lunch.

Use ENOUGH AFTER ADJECTIVES in affirmative or negative sentences

This jacket is big enough for me. (It’s a positive thing)

These shoes aren’t comfortable enough for her. (It’s a negative thing)

Use TOO + Adjective to express excess with affirmative verb forms.

I’m six feet tall. My shoe size is 14. These sneakers are size 10. They are too small for me.
That TV is too big for this wall.
Form: too + adjective

Use Too + Adjective to express inconformity with negative verb forms

Moe is 17 years old. He is too young to go to night clubs.

These shoes are too small for me.

Expressing the same ideas

This shirt is too small. = This shirt isn’t big enough.

This car is too slow. = This car isn’t fast enough.

This movie isn’t exciting enough. = This movie is too boring.

That scarf isn’t cheap enough. = This scarf is too expensive.