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Basic 2 Workbook Unit 1
Basic 2 Workbook Unit 1
Unit 1
Buying And Selling
Phone Sales
a. Here are some examples of phone sales messages. Match each store or company in
column B to a mesage in column A.
A B
We have the best coats in town. All our coats come from
1 France. ____
c a Dream Travels
Sharp knives, small knives, long knives - 50% off all our The Kitchen
2 knives for the next three days only. ____
b b
Store
For only $20 a month, we bring the news to your door
Winterwear Fas-
3 every morning! ____
d c
hions
We’re holding the biggest sale of the year! Now you can
4 buy fun gifts for your children at half price! ____
e d The Daily News
(3) _______________
something great for you! Our big end-of-season (4)____________!
sale
And (6)________________,
remember our end-of-season sale is for one week only.”
c. Write your own phone sales message. Include the following information:
• your name
• the name of the product
• the price
Good aftenoon, Lohana greets you, offering fiber optic internet services that have
___________________________________________________________________
more capacity at only $60. for more information she calls 9754-3313.
call now!
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
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d. You are a salesperson from one of the companies in activity a. Try to convince your
partner to buy your product.
Wrong Color
a. Do you remember the characters in the story “Wrong Color”? Who did what? Mark
Ms. Green or Mr. Brown next to the sentence that is true for them. Some sentences
are true for both.
b. Imagine you are either Ms. Green or Mr. Brown. Write about your day in your diary.
Use the sentences from activity a. to help you.
July 27th
Dear Diary,
What a day I had today!
___________________________________________________________
I asked for green chair and they sent me a brown one, I was late for work.
I had to call the manager. and then I went to the store and it was closed
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but met someone who helped me. I finally had my chair
___________________________________________________________
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c. Read your partner’s diary and guess which character he/she is.
1. Ms. Green waited for the man to bring her chair. __________________________
deliver
e. Read Part 2 of the story, “Wrong Color”, and find out how it ends.
f. Did you understand Part 2 of the story? Mark the sentences that are true.
1. Ms. Green and Mr. Brown want to buy two different tables.
Woman 1: What
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a lovely dress!
Woman 2: Really?
___________________________________________________________
Do you like it?
Woman 1: Of
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course. It’s beautiful. Is it new?
Woman 2: Yes.
___________________________________________________________
I bought it in Paris last week.
Woman 1: Well,
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it’s really nice
Woman 2: Thank
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you.
b. Your friend buys something new and you think it’s great! Complete the dialogue
between you and your friend.
c. Practice the dialogues from activity a. and activity b. with your partner, then take turns
reading the different parts.
b. When was the last time you bought something you weren’t happy with? Write about
what happened. What was wrong with the product? Were you angry? Did you call
the store?
Last ______________
oroduct that I bought ____________
it was at ____________________________.
a bookstore
I was________________________,
in another store so I ____________________________
ask about that product the store.
They _______________________________________________________________.
don´t have that product
c. Exchange stories with a partner. Your partner is the store manager and you are calling
to complain. Practice the dialogue.