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Check activities from lessons 1 and 2:

Class Book pages 62–63

1 Look, read and answer.

SUGGESTED ANSWERS

1 A market, loaves of bread, shopping bags, bracelets, loom bands, a supermarket, a teddy bear

2 Students’ own answers

3 Thai curries

3 Think about the Big Question. Answer the questions.

SUGGESTED ANSWERS

1 No, people often like to buy things they don’t need.

2 It makes people feel good when they buy things that they want or they think will make their lives better.

5 Make and ask questions for the Talking Point discussion.

1 Where do you and your family buy things?

2 What do you buy online?

Activity Book page 56

1 REMEMBER THE VIDEO Read and circle the correct word.

1 Sundays 2 8.00 3 olives 4 Indian 5 £2.50

2 Listen and answer the questions. Write notes. Then listen again and write full sentences.

1 Alfie is a fishmonger.

2 Alfie prefers working on the market stall.

3 The most popular fish he sells are sardines.

4 The salmon costs £6.50 per kilogram.

5 The most expensive fish he sells is tuna.

3 Listen to the rule. Then listen and repeat these words

ooh through [repeat]

off cough [repeat]

aw thought [repeat]

uh Borough [repeat]

Class Book page 64

 1 What are the advantages and disadvantages of shopping online? Copy and complete the table.  SUGGESTED ANSWERS

Advantages: price, convenience, easier to find things, can get shopping delivered, takes less time Disadvantages: surprises, you can’t try things on, you miss out on the experience of going to a shop, looking at things, talking to people, can’t try before you buy.

2 Listen and read Fatima’s blog about shopping. How does Fatima like to shop?

She likes to go to shops and choose things herself.

3 Match the words and the pictures (1–10). Listen, check and say.

1 order 2 deliver 3 pay for 4 return 5 save money 6 hire 7 afford 8 save up 9 choose 10 try on

4 Read and say the best answer.

1 order 2 delivers 3 try on

Activity Book page 57

1 Write the words. Find out what Fatima is saving up for.

1 save up 2 save money 3 afford 4 order 5 try on 6 pay for 7 hire 8 choose 9 return 10 deliver

Fatima is saving up for a smart phone.

2 Discuss. Why do people do these things? Write explanations.

SUGGESTED ANSWERS

2 You try on clothes to check if they fit before you buy them.

3 You save up pocket money to buy something you want.

4 You return a gadget if it’s not working or you don’t like it any more.

5 You order food from a supermarket online because it’s cheaper and it is delivered to your home.

3 Look and make definitions for the phrasal verbs. Use your dictionary if you need to.

ANSWERS

save up – to put money away for something

fill up – to put something inside a larger object

turn up – to increase something, e.g. the volume

give up – to stop doing something

tidy up – to put things in order and make them neat

dress up – to wear fancy dress or formal clothes

grow up – to move from being a child to an adult

cheer up – to make someone feel better who is sad

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