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Lead-in Choose words from the list to label the pictures, lace shop confectioner’s supermarket booksiall antique shop bookshop boutique butcher's Joweller’s bakery department store ost office flower stall, rnewsagent’s ‘florists greengrocer’s hair & beauty salon chemist’: designer fashion house Where can you buy these things? What else can you buy in each place in Ex. 1? «apples, a plane ticket, old clocks, a book, 4 pair of trousers, a packet of painkillers, 4@ diamond ring, lilies, an armchair, grapes, pralines, a bottle of perftune, lamb chops, lace tablecloths, a leather suitcase, stamps, 4 woollen skirt, a leather jacket, hairspr @ bouquet of roses, a washing machine, ‘magazine, sugar, a gold necklace, a loaf of bread You can busy apples at a greengracer’. In pairs, use the phrases below and words from Ex, 2 to act out dialogues, as in the example, requests answers Can Ihave... please? Yes, of course. Could thave...,please? Here you are, Have you gotany...? | I'm afraid we haven't got any let Look at the title of the article below. What do you think the article is about? FQ Look at the pictures on p. 18, then listen and tick (7) the three places the speaker mentions. a) Read the article and match the headings to the correct paragraphs. ‘A Recommendation C A Shopper's Paradise B Opening Hours D Places to Go and Things to Buy tiene cou Umeue ou [Ewen eeneniee ont au ‘Bonaparte and Jacob ise, with plent ss thousands Pre Sool inich sell eRe one Sate uae aie ockomls el vue) Ps OMIC tals Camels eRe cule Haussmann, offers a Gi her jack iieceootiss igner fashion he Cartier, Chanel Alene) ate A geeuice ued d sally Open from eight or i Pouneny eau from Monday to Satu aime coi loc eer taaMae: oot Pre Broan Sao ae Gua Fete tech mns based on the text, as in the example. Where can you find antique shops? On Bonaparte and Jacob Streets, Which is Paris’ largest department store? $3: Galleries Lafayette. What can you buy there? Shop till you Dregl Fill in the words from the list, then make sentences using the completed phrases. ‘fashion, rare, designer, shopper's, high, bank, woollen, ‘autumn, department, antique 1 a(n) paradise | 6 skirts ai lovers | 7 clothes 3 «books | 8 " ACCOURS 4 a(n) store | 9 houses 5. quality | 10 .. collections Fill in the synonyms from the list. chance, trendy, plenty of, a wide range of, fantastic 1 fashionable = .. 4. opportunity = 2a great variety of : 5 alotof 5 3 wonderful Fill in the correct words from the list. line, offer, suit, buy, miss 1. You can ....... cheap clothes during the big sales. 2. Flower stalls . sows. the banks of the river. 3. At Galleries Lafayette, shoppers can always fin something to their taste and pocket 4 Don't : the chance to vist the big department stores. 5 The large department stores ... variety of products. 2 great Fill in the correct prepositions, then make sentences using the completed phrases. 4 osmnesne Bonaparte Street; 2 bookstalls, 3 the banks Seine; 4 eight .. seven the evening a) Suggest another title for the article. ) Read the text again and take notes under the following headings. Then, talk about shoppin: Paris. © name of city — location «© best shops — where they are — things to buy © opening hours — sales © recommendation Shop till you Drop! * Grammar: Adjectives Oia Ve tess ‘* Adjectives describe nouns. They have the same form in the singular and plural. 0.9. a biue cress - two blue dresses © There are two types of adjectives, Opinion adjectives bos!li/, great, expensive, ete describe what we think of someone or something, Fact adjectives s/o, ong, rod, etc describe what someone or something really is. Opinion adjectives go before fact adjectives. She's wearing @ beautiful red dress. * When there are two or more fact adjectives in a Sentence, they usually go in the following order: Fact Adjectives size: small, big, short, jong, etc weight: heavy, light, cto shape: triangular, round, rectangular, square, ete colour: darklight blue, yelow, pink, cream, red, purple, ec ‘material: cotton, leather, sik, plastic, woollen, nylon, Metal, gold, silver, velvet, wooden, canvas, ete Ita beautiful, ong, light blue, sifk skirt J] Read the article in Ex. 6 and find three fact adjectives and three opinion adjectives. [2 Number the adjectives in the correct order. 1a brown (2) wooden (3) beautiful (2) box with a brass lock a beautiful brown wooden box with .. 2 a cotton (..) large (..) grey (..) shirt with a white collar 3 aheavy (.) metal (.) black (..) saucepan with brown handies 4 asilk (.. blue (..) nice (.) scart with yellow stars on it PB Describe the objects, as in the example. Ita grey plastic suitcase with stickers on it suitease: clothes, shoes, camera, a bottle of perfiume rucksack: notebooks, wallet, identity card, four books Read the letter in the Photo File section and say which object is described. Then, choose one of the other objects and write a letter to the lost property office. 4 a) Match the shapes (a - d) to the adjectives, triangular b) Find the objects that match descriptions 1 - 3, then describe the other objects. briefease 5 1 It's a small triangular brown object. it's made of wood and metal. We hang clothes on it. 2 It's a small round yellow object. it's made of wool and rubber. We play tennis with it poet 3 It's a small rectangular black object. I's made of leather, We keep our money in it. GAME: Write short descriptions of objects. Read them aloud and let the class guess what objects you are describing. © Communication: Describing Lost Property Gj Listen and repeat. Then, in pairs, use the Prompts to act out similar dialogues. ‘A: Excuse me. I've lost my briefcase. Has anybody handed it in? B: What does it look like? A; Its a black leather briefcase with a brown handle, B: What's it got in it? A: My purse, some credit cards and my passport B: Where and when did you lose it? A: At the airport, yesterday evening. B: Is this it? A: Oh, yes! Thank you very much! wallet: ‘money, photos, driving licence, phonecard © Writing Project) Reading & Listening BB Listen and underline the correct item in bold. Harrods is a shop in Kensington/Knightsbridge. ‘The Chairman of Harrods is Charles Henry Harrod/ Mohamed Al Fayed. Harrods has survived 3 wars! a fire and two bombings. Harrods employs over 4,000/ 6,000 staff, The Toy Departments/the Food Halls are the heart and soul of Harrods. The sales are in March and Make speculations about the people in the pictures as in the examples. businessman, student, 18 years old, married, pilot, single, earn a lot of money, work long hours 4 Shop tUll you Drop! 10 Fill in the gaps 1 That was .. (bad) fim of all. 2 Your caris . (expensive) mine, 3 Winnie's makes .. = (Good) hamburgers in the city. 4 My suitcase . (heavy) yours. 5 Bill (ld) in his family 6 I think Paris is ..... sr (beautiful) city in the world, oor 10 The bus is train, 11. Use the comparative or superlative form of the words in the lists to complete the dialogues below. tasty, expensive, cheap, close ‘AA: I'm hungry, Let's have dinner at Mario's, B: Mario's? It's 1) .. restaurant in the city! We haven't got enough money. ‘A: How about Carla’s Bistro? It's 2) . : That's true, but I's far away. ‘A: I know! Let’s go to The Chicken Shack, I's very near, in fact it’s 3) ... of all three restaurants and it has 4) . chicken wings around! Great idea! Let's go! big, small, good, beautiful *: Hi, Paulal How are you? P: Hi, Tanya. I'm fine, thanks. | heard you moved house. T: Yes, | live in Rosedale now. P: Oh, Rosedale is lovely! It's 1) area in the city. T: Yes, itis. llove my new house. It's got four bedrooms so it's much 2) my last one. The garden is 3) my old one, but I don't mind, P: Rosedale also has 4) of the city, doesn’t it? * Yes, it does. You must come for a visit soon. : Sure! vievis zal h the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. 12 Read the information about the two cars below, then complete the sentences, as in the example. This car is two years old. It has a top speed of 160 rmiles per hour. I's for sale at £18,000. This caris ten years oid. t | has @ top speed of 100 miles per hour.’ for sale | at 22,000, = (good) @ Communication: a) Asking about Prices 13 Look at the pictures below, then use the Prompts to make short dialogues, as in the example. \ a a bananas / £1.10 sunglasses / £40 bicycle / £190 per kilo af a umbrella / £15 flowers / £7 briefcase / £50 ‘SA: Excuse me. How much are these bananas? SB: They're £1.10 per kilo. b) Polite Requests and Offers 14 Complete the dialogues below with sentences from the - Would you like anything written on it? - Certainly. How much would you like? - Lthink a chocolate one will be fine. - Two loaves, please. td some bread, please. Here you are. ''d like to order a birthday cake, please, Of course. What type of cake would you like? POLDy DPE Yes. ‘Happy Birthday Elaine’. @Reading 15. Read the letter and tick the objects that are in Mr Clarke's briefcase, then match the headings to the paragraphs. | Dear Sir/Madam, | believe | left a briefcase at the Bridge Hotel during my stay there from 6th to ath | Para | June, I was staying in room 207. It is a rectangular black briefcase. It is | quite large and is made of leather. My | initials, ALC, are in gold letters on the handle. | Inside, there are some important’] paras | documents, a watch and a camera. | If by any chance someone has handed. my briefcase in to the hotel's lost property office, please contact me on (0171) 237 5429 before 8 pm. Para2 Para Yours faithfully, | Andrew Lee Clarke Shop till you Drop! description of lost item .. reason for writing . description of contents: how to contact the owner 16 Read the dialogue and fill in the missing questions. Then, answer the questions which follow. = Did you have much money in the purse? - Was it that new one you bought? - How was your holiday in the Cotswolds? = It was quite old, wasn't it? A Hi, Dora. 1) : Oh, great, thanks Barry. The countryside is so beautiful there. The only problem was that | think | left my handbag at the Lakeside Hotel, where | was staying. Oh no! 2) ee No, it was an old one, but I really liked it. It was the ‘small brown leather one. It's square and has got a long shoulder strap. You know the one. ‘Oh yes, | remember. 3) .. Yes, but the problem is that it had my purse in it and my address book. Oh dear. 4) wns Well... yes, over £80. ‘; I eally think you should write to the hotel and see if they've found it. ‘Where does Dora think she left her handbag? ‘What does her handbag look like? ‘What was inside the handbag? How much money was in the purse? What does Barry suggest? anone @ Writing (a formal letter inquiring about lost property) 17 Use the information from Ex. 16 and the plan in Ex. 15 to write Dora's letter to the hotel asking if they have found her handbag (80 - 120 words). Use the letter in Ex. 15 as a model. 19

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