Why is there such a large

crowd in the mall? What day

is it?
What Is Black Friday
Black Friday refers to the day after the U.S.
Thanksgiving holiday, which has also
traditionally been a holiday itself for many
employees.
Do you enjoy
shopping?
Do you prefer to shop alone or
with other people?
Some people think
women shop more than
men. Do you think this is
true?
Have you ever done any
shopping on Black
Friday? Did you find a
bargain?
What do you think about
Black Friday? Are you
for it? Against it?
Somewhere in the
middle…?!
Pre-watching activities
Match the words on the left with words or expressions on the right that are
closest in meaning.

1. Bright A. full of people, crowded

2. Hurt B. doing something with force and sometimes violence
3. Packed C. in my opinion, what I think
4. Decorations D. many people in one place
5. Interrupt E. a time when the price of something is lower than usual
6. Shop F. giving out a lot of light, shining
7. Aggressive G. to stop something before it is finished
8. Save H. to keep something, like money, to use later
9. Crowd I. things used to make something more attractive
10. Personally J. to visit a store or website to buy something
11. Sale K. damage to your body, injury, harm
Pre-watching activities
Match the words on the left with words or expressions on the right that are
closest in meaning.

1. Bright F) A. full of people, crowded

2. Hurt K) B. doing something with force and sometimes violence
3. Packed D) C. in my opinion, what I think
4. Decorations I) D. many people in one place
5. Interrupt G) E. a time when the price of something is lower than usual
6. Shop J) F. giving out a lot of light, shining
7. Aggressive B) G. to stop something before it is finished
8. Save H) H. to keep something, like money, to use later
9. Crowd A) I. things used to make something more attractive
10. Personally C) J. to visit a store or website to buy something
11. Sale E) K. damage to your body, injury, harm
Words in Context – Fill-in-the-blanks
Use the words from the vocabulary box to complete the following
sentences.
1. If you want to buy a new bicycle this summer you will 1. Bright
need to __________ your money. 2. Hurt
2. It is not polite to ______________ your teacher while she is 3. Packed
talking. 4. Decorations
3. I like to ________ online. It is easy and the things I buy are 5. Interrupt
sent right to my house! 6. Shop
4. That shoe store has a big _________. The price of shoes 7. Aggressive
is very low right now.
8. Save
5. His mother got angry with him because he was being
9. Crowd
___________ to his little brother and made him cry.
10. Personally
6. Be careful when you ride your bike. You might fall down
11. Sale
and __________ yourself.
Words in Context – Fill-in-the-blanks

Use the words from the vocabulary box to complete 1. Bright

the following sentences.
2. Hurt
1. The sun is so __________ today! I need my sunglasses. 3. Packed
2. ______________, I think jazz music is the best! 4. Decorations
3. There was a big ___________ of people waiting for the 5. Interrupt
store to open on Black Friday.
6. Shop
4. There are many colorful ____________ all around the
7. Aggressive
front of the store during the Christmas shopping
8. Save
season.
9. Crowd
5. The store was so _____________ with shoppers on
Black Friday that I could not even go inside! 10. Personally
11. Sale
Answers
1. If you want to buy a new bicycle this summer you will need to save your money.
2. It is not polite to interrupt your teacher while she is talking.
3. I like to shop online. It is easy and the things I buy are sent right to my house!
4. That shoe store has a big sale. The price of shoes is very low right now.
5. His mother got angry with him because he was being aggressive toward his little brother
and made him cry.
6. Be careful when you ride your bike. You might fall down and hurt yourself.
7. The sun is so bright today! I need my sunglasses.
8. Personally, I think jazz music is the best!
9. There was a big crowd of people waiting for the store to open on Black Friday.
10. There are many colorful decorations all around the front of the store during the Christmas
shopping season.
11. The store was so packed with shoppers on Black Friday that I could not even go inside!
1. When is Black Friday?
2. When does the Christmas shopping
Black Friday | American Culture season start?
3. Why do some people get excited
about Black Friday?
4. What time do some stores open?
5. What do people want to buy on
Black Friday?
6. What can happen when people get
too excited on Black Friday?
7. What other way can you shop for
Christmas presents?
8. What can you see at the stores
during the Christmas shopping
season?
9. What is ‘in the red’ and ‘in the
black’?
10. How did Black Friday get its name?
Fill-in-the-blanks
Part 1
1. Black Friday is the day after ____________________.
2. Christmas is the biggest holiday in the US and in many other
3. countries ________ world.
4. In the US, many stores have big sales on Black Friday and a lot of people get really
____________________ about shopping on this day.
5. Not everyone thinks this is a good ____________________.
6. Some people say it isn’t good because it ____________________ Thanksgiving dinners and family
time.
7. People even ____________________ outside of stores so they will be the first inside when it opens.
8. ____________________ shoppers get too excited on Black Friday.
9. People become ____________________ and ____________________ each other out of the
way.
10. Sometimes people fight with other shoppers and people get hurt.
Fill-in-the-blanks
Part 2

1. The stores are ____________________ with

excited shoppers, it is loud, and it can be a little scary.
2. I think I will shop ____________________, like
Mackenzie.
3. _____________ at the stores, I just don’t like big
crowds of crazy shoppers!
4. Before this day, many stores were thought to be losing
money or _________________.
5. Accountants commonly refer to this as “in the red”.
6. When a business is making money, we say it’s
“____________________.”
Is Black Friday out of control?
Is Black Friday out of control?
Many of us love to get a bargain, but some feel that events like Black Friday encourage people to
buy things that they don’t really need and can’t afford. Many people seem to completely lose
control of both their spending and their tempers. It is easy to find videos
online of customers physically fighting each other over bargains.
What’s the alternative to Black
Friday?
What’s the alternative to Black Friday?
Instead of taking the opportunity to buy as much as possible on Black Friday, you could do
the opposite and buy absolutely nothing. Since 1997, Buy Nothing Day has been held on the
same day as Black Friday. The rules are simple. Just don’t buy anything at all for 24 hours.
Many people are surprised at how difficult this actually is. The aim is to make people think
more about their spending and make better decisions about what they buy and where they
buy it from.
What will you do on Black
Friday and Buy Nothing Day
this year? Do you agree that
people buy things they
don’t need and can’t
afford?