Vocabulary and grammar: Black Friday

V Shopping

1Complete the crossword. 

Across 3When you shop in the USA, you use these to buy things. _______ 6Someone who buys something is this. ________ 8People often use this when they shop online. It's safer than using a bank card. ______ ____ 10Young and old people can usually get this on the price of a train and bus tickets. ________

Down 1This is something you buy. purchase 2When something is 50% cheaper, it is this. ____ _____ 4Men carry their money in this. ______ 5Shops often have these in January and July. The shops sell things at a cheaper price than usual. _____ 7This is something you buy for a very good price. _______ 9People have problems with this when they spend more money than they've got. ____

VShopping

2Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 

• 1A walletsale is a good place to keep your consumersdollars.

• 2I sometimes go to salescredit cards if there is a big discounthalf price.

• 3Online stores know what walletsconsumers buy, because the store collects information about their purchasesbargains.

• 4I don't use a credit carddollars, because I don't want to have problems with discountsdebt.

• 5This jacket is a salebargain – it's half pricea debt!

Superlative adjectives

3Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

• 1My cousin always buys  (late) fashion.

• 2Saturday is  (busy) day to go shopping.

• 3 (bad) problem for a lot of consumers is debt.

• 4 (important) thing in my bag is my wallet.

• 5 (cheap) items are not always  (good).

• 6The department store is  (far) shop from my house.

 

4  Write your opinions. Use the superlative form of the adjectives. popular / sport / in my class / is ...  The most popular sport in my class is football. unusual / thing / I / have got / is ... good / shop in our town / is .. bad / TV programme / is ... easy / subject at school / is ...

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Superlative adjectives

5Complete the text with the superlative form of the adjectives in the box. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

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• big
• convenient
• expensive
• good
• short
• unusual

There's a new type of shop in town – the pop-up. They don't stay in one place for a long time. The 

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amount of time these shops stay open is about a day, but sometimes it's longer. These shops are really different – they're probably the 

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shops in town!

Not all pop-ups offer discounts. You can buy clothes from the 

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designers in the world at some pop-ups. So, be careful – don't get into debt!

In Shoreditch, London, there's a large collection of pop-ups – it's the 

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pop-up mall in the world.

Going shopping at pop-ups isn't the 

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way of going shopping, because you don't always find what you want. But for people who like original ideas, it's the 

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way to shop!

6  Think of five items of clothing or gadgets that you really like. Describe why you like them. Use one or more superlatives for each item. Speak for no longer than one minute.  I love my mobile phone. It's the most useful thing I have, because I use Facebook all the time.

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