Lesson 8 - Application Clothes and accessories Weather Types of shops Adjectives Present Continuous

I. Present Continuous
1. Complete this text with the Present Continuous and choose the possessive adjectives:

Its nine oclock in the morning. Melissa and Tim 1) ...................... (have) breakfast. They are in the kitchen and they 2) ...................................(talk) about 3) their/they day. Melissa 4).............................. ( go) to the beach because now she is on holiday, while Tim 5).............................. (play) basketball with his/hes friends at 11 oclock. Tim 6).............................. (hold) a cup of coffee in 7) his/her hand and 8)......................... (touch) his hair. He 9) ................... (wear) blue pyjamas. Melissa has long hair and 10) ........................ (wear) shorts and a T-shirt. Melissa is Tims sister and Tim is 11) her/his brother. Melissa likes children. Sometimes she goes to the park to watch children play. Today she can see 9 children, 2 dogs and a cat. A girl with brown hair and a girl with brown hair 12) ....................... (speak) on the alley, both 13) ............................ (wear) trousers and T-shirts. One boy 14)...................... (throw) a stick for his dog, while another, next to the lake 15) .................................. (push) a little boat on the water. There is a boy with a yellow helmet who 16)....................... (ride) his bike and is very glad summer is finally here. On the left side of the picture there are 2 girls who 17) ............................. (play) with a ball. If you look a bit up you can see two girls who 18)........................... (relax) in a swing. The funniest thing in this picture are the white dog and the orange cat that
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19) ............................... (chase) each other. The dog 20) ........................ (want) to catch the cat. Do you think he has a chance?

2. Match the questions with the answers:

1. Why is he dancing? 2. What are you doing? 3. When are they coming? 4. Is he running in the park? 5. Who is she visiting? 6. Where are we going on holiday?

a) The day after tomorrow. b) In Crete. c) Because he is happy. d) Cooking. e) Yes, he is. f) My sister.

3. Answer the questions about yourself. 1. Are you eating? 2. Are you planning your holiday? 3. Are you listening to the teacher? 4. Why are you wearing red? 5. When are you visiting your parents? 6. What are you doing when you get home? 7. How is your cat doing? 8. Is your brother sleeping?

II.Present Continuous and Present Simple

1. Translate the sentences. 1) Uita-te! El iese pe usa. 2) Te rog fa liniste! Incerc sa scriu cateva exercitii. 3) El de obicei ia autobuzul pana la serviciu.
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4) Ea merge pe jos de fiecare data cand o vad. 5) Va jucati carti? Vreau si eu sa joc. 6) Acest copil rareori plange. 7) El este Marc, baiatul cu care ma casatoresc in 2 saptamani. 8) Astazi este ceva incredibil pt ca poarta tricou si pantaloni scurti. 9) Eu nu mananc mere niciodata, dar acum am recomandare de la doctor sa mananc. 10) La pranz o vizitez pe prietena mea Ana de la magazinul de animale. 11) Filmul pe care vrem sa-l vedem incepe la ora 8. Te rog sa nu intarzii. 12) Saptamana asta Jane face un curs de contabilitate. 13) Pot sa-ti imprumut pixul sau il folosesti? 14) Faci ceva in seara asta? Nu. 15) Ce este acest miros? Pai, cred ca cineva gateste varza. 16) De ce Maria nu poarta noua ei camasa? 17) Mereu cumpar bilete la loterie, dar niciodata nu castig. 18) Fierbe apa, te rog du-te si ia-o de pe aragaz.

III. Clothes and accesories

1. Find the clothes in the wordsearch, write them and give them a number.

2. Put the numbers for these clothes.

3. Write the dialogue in order:

You: You: Shop-assistant: You: Shop-assistant: You: Shop-assistant: Shop-assistant: You: You: Shop-assistant: You: Shop-assistant: Shop-assistant:

Yes, Im looking for a T-shirt. Im small. Can I help you? Yes, thats nice, can I try it on? What size are you? Perfect, Ill take it. How much is it? Certainly, madam. How does it fit? Its $ 20. How would you like to pay? Here is my credit card. Thanks. Goodbye. Thank you. Have a nice day. Do you take credit cards? Yes, we do. How about this one?

IV. SHOPS

1. Department store a shop that sells many different items in different departments. Harrods is

probably the world's best known department store.

2. Supermarket a large shop that sells mostly food and household items. 3. Grocers (UK) / Grocery store (US) a shop that sells food. 4. Greengrocers sells fresh fruit and vegetables. 5. Butchers - sells fresh meat. 6. Bakers sells fresh bread and cakes. 7. Fishmongers sells fresh fish. 8. Chemists (UK) / drugstore (US) sells medicines and toiletries. 9. Newsagents - sells newspapers and magazines. 10. Stationer sells paper goods. 11. Optician sells glasses / contact lenses. 12. Hardware shop hard goods, such as nails and screws. 13. Corner shop (UK) a shop on the corner of your street, selling a range of basic goods food,

newspapers, sweets, bread, etc.

14. Bookshop / Bookstore books. 15. Market market traders (people who work on a market) have stalls that sell fruit and

vegetables, clothes, household items and so on.

16. Petshop - for pets and pet food. 6

17. Tea shop (UK) like a cafe, but sells tea and cakes. 18. Petrol station (UK) / Gas station (US) sells petrol, car products and sometimes food. 1. Where can you buy these things? Put the words in the correct place. Birds Cigarettes Rice Stamps Boots Flour Sandals Postcards Kittens/cats Fish Slippers Onions Potatoes Flat shoes Hamsters Newspapers Turtles Tinned food Envelopes Magazines Biscuits

SHOES SHOP

PET SHOP

NEWSAGENTS

BAKERS

2.

Complete the sentences with the correct name of the places.

Butchers

Supermarket

Greengrocers

Booksho p

Chemists

1. My children need an English book. Im going to the ______________ to get it. 2. Im ill and I need some medicine, so Im going to the ______________. 3. I want to cook roast beef for dinner but I havent got enough. I have to go to the ______________. 4. My mother is at the ______________ to buy fruits and vegetables. 7

5. If you want to buy sugar or flour you may go to the ______________.

3. Answer the following questions. 1. Do you like to go shopping? 2. Is there a shop near your house? 3. How often do you go shopping? 4. Do you prefer supermarkets? Why? 5. When do you like to do the shopping on weekdays or at the weekend? 6. Do you agree that women are fonder of shopping than men? 7. What do you usually buy? 8. Where can you buy it / them? 9. What is your favourite shop? 4. Read the sentences and write true or false. 1. Im buying this hamster from the pet shop. 2. You are buying sweets at the chemists. 3. Are you really buying bread from the bakers? 4. The grocers is selling old meat these days. 5. He is going to the greengrocers to buy cauliflower. 6. You buy butter at the grocers. 7. You cant buy shoes at the clothes shop. 8. You cant buy books at the newsagents.
Questions

Can you recommend a good toy/clothes shop? Is there a chemists/supermarket in the area? Where can I get toothpaste/pet food? Where's the nearest shopping centre?

You can buy that here in the hotel. The best toy shop is in the shopping centre. The nearest one is a few miles away.

Questions

Answers/Comments

There's a really good bookshop just around the corner.

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What time do you open, please? What time do you close, please? What are your opening hours? Are you open all day? Are you open on Sundays?

Answers/Comments

We're open 24/7. (24 hours a day / 7 days a week)

We're closed at lunchtime, between 12 and 2pm. We're open from 9am till 6pm, Monday to Friday.