UNIT 8
SHOPPING
A CLOSER LOOK 2

WARM UP

It uses the Internet to
sell goods and
services.

an open-air market
an online shop

She's a ___________. She spends
too much time and money
shopping

bargain
shopaholic

What is this?

price tag
browsing

Both online and offline supermarkets
offer a wide________________.

bargain
range of products

Listen and choose the
correct answer

shopaholic
shopping

Look at the picture and
choose the word

Internet access
Offline internet

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

1.Complete the sentences with the adverbs of frequency from
the box :
always often sometimes rarely never
always shops at the supermarket. She never
1. My mother _________
shops anywhere else.
2. I rarely
_________ buy things online, just once or twice a year. I
prefer to shop at the shopping mall.
never
3. You can _________
bargain at a supermarket because the
prices are fixed.
often
4. How _________
do you return things you buy online?
5. I don't often buy things at the dollar store. My mother only
sometimes
takes me there _________.

PRACTICE

Present simple for future events

Read the schedule for the grade 8 field trip tomorrow, and underline
the verbs in the sentences. Then answer the questions.
Field trip to the Double Dragon Chocolate Factory.
30 February

2

9:00

The bus leaves.

10:00

Students arrive at the factory

10:10

Students watch a documentary introducing the factory.

10:30

The tour of the factory starts.

12:10

Students return to school to write the trip reports.

1. What tense are the verbs in the sentences? Present simple
2. Are the sentences about habits or future activities? Future activities

PRESENTATION

2. SIMPLE PRESENT FOR FUTURE EVENTS

Talk about:
- timetables
- schedules
Examples:
1.The plane takes off at 5.00 tomorrow morning.
2. I have to go now. My art lesson starts at 1 o'clock.
3. The train leaves at 4.30, so we still a lot of time

PRACTICE

Present simple for future events

3 Write A next to a sentence if it relates to a timetable, schedule or plan,
and B if it is an unplanned future action.

1. We'll go to Costco to return this suitcase.
2. Look! We have a whole afternoon for shopping on the second day
of our tour.
3. The summer sales end next Sunday.
4. Listen to the announcement. The train doesn't leave till 12:00.
5. I'm too busy today, so we'll go shopping on Tuesday.

B
A
A
A
B

REVIEW

Present simple
for future events

Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence.

The supermarket in my neighbourhood
……..longer hours than the one in yours.

opens

Will open

Don't worry. I …………….a shopping list, and you just
give it to the shop owner.

make
Will make

The bus schedule says that there
………………..a bus to Aeon at 10:05.

Will be
is

We _______a birthday cake this year. We
can bake one at home.

Don't buy
Won't buy

Look at the advertisement._______ the big
sale start next Friday?

Does
Will

PRACTICE

5

Present simple for future events

In pairs, ask and answer to check planning events for the community
fair next month.

Community Fair
01 April

Time

Events

01 March

Preparing for the fair

03 March

Calling for volunteers

01 April

- 8:30: Opening
- 11:00: Holding food competition

02 April

Cleaning up by volunteers.

Example:

A: When do we start preparing for the fair?
B: We start on the first of March.

PRODUCTION

6

Report the events for the community fair.
Community Fair
01 April
Time

Events

01 March

Preparing for the fair

03 March

Calling for volunteers

01 April

- 8:30: Opening
- 11:00: Holding food competition

02 April

Cleaning up by volunteers.

- We start preparing for the fair on March 1. We call for volunteers on…

CONSOLIDATION

1

Wrap-up

What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Reviewing adverbs of frequency
 Present simple for future uses.

CONSOLIDATION

2

Homework

- Learn the use of adverbs of frequency by heart.
- Make 5 sentences of the simple present for future
meaning
- Do Exercise ………..page ……Unit 8/Workbook

GOOD BYE