Shops and shopping

Gossip and rumours

Present Perfect
Present Perfect vs Past Simple
• Introduce a piece of gossip.
• Ideas:
- My neighbours are getting divorced!
- I lost my phone1
- I saw my friend stealing something from the store!
- My co-worker was fired!
• Introducing a piece of gossip: Reacting to a piece of
gossip:

• Asking questions about the source of

information:

• Sharing how you learned about your piece of

gossip: Giving a piece of advice:
 Bite your tongue
• to stop yourself from saying something that you would really like to
say:
For example, if your friend has a new haircut and you bite your
tongue to not say how horrible you think it looks.

Bite – bit – bit

I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him, but I had to bite my
tongue.
• Did you hear what Paul said today?
• No, what did he say?
• When he and I were talking to Michael, he took credit for my idea.
• What did you do?
• I just stood there and bit my tongue. I’m going to give him a piece of
my mind later.
• You should! That is unacceptable.

• Have you been in a situation when you had to bite your tongue?
• Can you keep secrets?
• How do you act when someone is talking behind your back?
• Do you avoid having a conversation that includes gossip?
 The Present Perfect Tense
They’ve been married for 30 years!
When did it start?
Does it continue into the present?
• The Present Perfect covers what happens from a past moment to the
present moment in time:
1) From the past until now: I've lived in New York for twenty years.
2) Life experience: I've visited every state in the country.
3) Recent past events that influence the present moment: I've just had
lunch.
I / to visit / many countries in Europe
He / to play chess / for more than 15 years
Past Simple vs Present Perfect
Change the verb into the correct form:
• I (read) your book several times.
• She (wear) that skirt many times.
• My family (visit) Brazil a few times.
• I (eat) already.
• Marta (finish) her homework.
• You (break) the glass again.
• They (pay) for everything.
• It (never snow) like that.
 Shops and Shopping in the UK and the USA

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWN8fUDTi9I

Vocabulary:
• Brick-and-mortar shops
• Online shops
• Chain shops
• Household goods
• Selection of goods/choice of goods
• A department
• Leisure places
• Equipment
People go to the…… to buy……
People go to the…… to buy……
What do we call
• A place where people go to buy meet.
• A place where people go to buy flowers.
• A place where people go to buy almost everything.
• A place where people go to buy fish.
• A place where people go to buy food and household goods.
• A place where people go to buy bread and bakery.
Talking about small shops
 Complete the sentences
• Oxford street has more than __300__ shops, outlets and department
stores.
• The legendary __department___ store Selfridges is here.
• Regent street offers a good range of mid-priced ___fashion___ stores
including Hamleys, Liberty and the Apple store.
 Complete the sentences
• If you’re looking for _designer_ clothes in luxury shopping, got to
Bond Street and Mayfair.
Extension:
• https://english-at-home.com/business/shopping-vocabulary/
• Shopping vocabulary