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6B ■ Grammar and listening Cyber Monday

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1 SPEAKING Where do you and your family go to buy:

food? ■ shower gel and shampoo? gadgets?
■ clothes? ■ books and music?

2 Read the blog post and match the headings below to paragraphs A-D. *
The busy hours Spend, spend, spend
■ It's fast and easy ■ After the weekend ...

Cyber Monday
after the weekend
A ........................................................................................................................................................................
It's 6 a.m. and Stephen is p re p a rin g 6,000 orders fo r custom ers. He w o rk s in a w arehouse
fo r a p o p u la r o n lin e sto re . 'The firs t M o n d a y in D ecem ber is busier th a n o th e r M ondays,'
says Stephen. 'W e sell 50% m o re p ro d u c ts / Shoppers go to shops a t th e w eekend to lo o k fo r
Christm as presents. B ut th e y kn o w th e re are b e tte r prices o n lin e , so th e y o rd e r th e cheaper
p ro d u ct fro m us o n M onday. The high stre e t is o fte n m ore expensive th a n an o n lin e store.

it is fast and easy

'O n lin e s h o p p in g is m o re c o n ve n ie n t th a n th e high stre e t and it's q u icke r to o ,' says Stephen. It takes less
th a n te n m in u te s to choose ite m s o n lin e , add th e m to th e basket and pay a t th e checkout. Then th e o rd e r
goes t o th e w a rehouse. W orkers c o lle c t th e ite m s fo r th e o rd e r and prepare th e cu sto m e r's package. Then
i t arrives w ith th e c u s to m e r th e ne xt day. 'T h e w e a th e r is w e tte r a t th is tim e o f yean' explains S tephen, 'and
it's easier to w a it fo r y o u r d e liv e ry a t h o m e th a n go o u t shopping in th e ra in !'

the busy hours

By 2 p.m ., Stephen and his colleagues are w o rk in g o n a n o th e r 30,000 orders. The w a re h ouse is n oisier n o w
and e ve ryb o d y is v e ry busy. 'L u n c h tim e is busier th a n o th e r tim e s o f th e day,' says S tephen. 'P eople use
th e ir lunch break to shop o n lin e / B etw een 6 and 9 p.m ., th e re is a n o th e r increase in o rd ers w h e n people
g e t h o m e : 'These shoppers th in k it's sa fe r to use th e ir c re d it cards a t h o m e and on th e ir ow n c o m p u te r’

spend spend spend

D .........................................................................................................................................................................
Stephen is lo oking a t th e ne xt o rd e r fo rm . The average cu s to m e r pu ts m ore th a n th re e item s in th e ir basket.
'T h e y pay a b o u t £250 a t th e checkout,' explains Stephen. 'B u t so m e tim e s th e y pay m o re and th e orders
are b ig g e r Look, th is is a la rger o rd e r w ith eleven ite m s and th e to ta l a m o u n t is a lm o st £1,5001' The figures
fo r th e UK are am azing - p e o p le spend £ 1 0 ,0 0 0 e ve ry second. D uring Cyber M onday, th e re are 6.8 m illio n
tra n sa ctio n s and p e o p le spend m o re th a n £320m .

Comparative adjectives
3 Read the blog post again. Complete the table with comparative adjectives.
Adjective Comparative
regular one-syllable adjectives cheap 1 Cheaper
quick 2 quicker

one-syllable adjectives ending in -e safe 3 safer

large 4 larger
one-syllable adjectives ending in one big 5 bigger
vowel + one consonant wet 6 wetter

adjectives ending in -y busy 7 busier

easy 8 easier
noisy 9 noisier
long adjectives convenient 10 most concenient
expensive 11 more expensive

irregular adjectives good 12 better

I bad
far
worse
further

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4 Study the rules for comparative adjectives (a-g). Then complete the rules with comparative
adjectives from the table in exercise 3.
lower
a With most short adjectives, we add -er....................................
nicer
b With short adjectives ending in -e, we add -r....................................
c With short adjectives ending in one vowel + one consonant, we double the final letter and add
-er....................................
d With adjectives ending in -y, we change -y to -/and add -er.
e With long adjectives, we use more before the comparative adjective.............
f When we compare tw o things, we use than after the comparative adjective,
g Some adjectives have irregular comparative forms....................................

Reference and practice 6.1 Workbook page 122

5 Write the comparative forms of these adjectives.

1 thin thiner
................................................. 4 important more important
...............................................
2 busy busier
................................................. 5 bad worse
................................................
3 exciting most excisting
................................................. 6 small smaller
................................................

6 Complete the text with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.

Holly says: Friends!

Shoppiff I like shopping with my friends. It’s 1 more interesting (interesting) than shopping
with my parents and my friends are 2 more fashionable (fashionable) than my mum
You n e e d s o m e n e w and dad! My parents usually do their shopping on the high street, but my friends and
c lo th e s . D o you go I take the bus to the big shopping centre. The shops are much 3 bigger
shopping w ith your (big) and the clothes are usually 4 better (good).
m u m and d a d or Priya says: Parents!
I like shopping with my parents. The shop assistants are5 friendlier
y o u r friends?
pa when I'm with my parents. Maybe it’s because I go to 6 smaller
(friendly)
(small)
and 7 smarter (smart) shops with my mum and dad. Getting to
the shops is 8 easier (easy) because we go by can My parents
prefer9 more tradicional (traditional) clothes and sensible shoes with
10 lower (low) heels, but then they usually pay for my clothes, so I
don’t mind!

7 2.09 Listen to the report and answer the questions.

1 What percentage o f British adults use the internet to buy clothes, food, holidays or music?
2 What does the woman usually buy online?
3 What doesn't she buy online?
4 What does the man buy online?

8 2.09 Listen again and complete the sentences with the comparative form of the
adjectives below.
cheap difficult easy friendly good long ■ noisy popular quick useful

1 Online shopping is becoming in Britain.

2 Food shopping online is...............................................a nd................................................than
going to the supermarket.
3 Going to the supermarket takes...............................................and is.................................................
4 Returning clothes you buy online is................................................
5 Online bookshops are than high street bookshops.
6 There is a .................... choice of books online.
7 Looking for hotels online is than going to a travel agent's.
8 Hotel reviews show which hotels have...............................................staff.

9 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

Which is better - shopping in high street shops or shopping online? Why?
Do you prefer shopping w ith friends or with your parents? Why?
When you go shopping, do you buy lots o f cheaper things or just a few more expensive things?

DVD EXTRA Shopping in London

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1 SPEAKING Look at the photos and discuss the questions.

What can you see in the photos?
What tim e o f year do you think it is?

2 Read the newspaper article quickly. Check your answers to exercise 1.

BLACK FRIDAYor BUY NOTHING DAY?

We talk to two young New Yorkers about Black Friday.
Thanksgiving is probably the most Chantelle Davies, 21, and three friends are Some people, however, celebrate the
important national holiday in the USA. standing in a queue outside Macy’s on 5"ˈ Friday after Thanksgiving in a very
It's on the fourth Thursday in November Avenue. ‘I love Black Friday,’ she says. different way. They prefer to call this day
and families prepare and cat special ‘It's 5 a.m. and this is the longest queue Buy Nothing Day. Brad Simpson, 24. is at
food together. But now the day after on 5lhAvenue, but that's OK. All the big a large supennarket. ‘I ’m not spending my
Thanksgiving is also an important date department stores have sales or they give dollars today,’ he says. ‘I’m keeping my
in the US calendar The fourth Friday in special discounts on Black Friday. I can wallet in my pocket. North Americans are
November in the USA is called Black get the best bargains today.’ When the the biggest consumers in the world. We
Friday and it is the busiest shopping day doors of Macy’s open at 6 a.m., everyone live in a rich country, hut we always want
in the year Why is it so busy? There immediately runs into the store. Half an more things! We want to have the fastest
arc a number of reasons. After their hour later, Chantelle leaves Macy’s with ear on the street, or the latest gadget. We
Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, many three bags full of shopping. She shows use credit cards to buy unnecessary things
people don't return to work before the me her purchases - two mobile phones and then we have problems with debt. It's
weekend and they go shopping on Friday. (‘They were half price!’ she says.) and crazy! Today my friends and I are talking
It is also traditionally the beginning of the some designer clothes for her boyfriend. to people about Buy Nothing Day. You can
Christmas season and many people start buy things, but you can’t buy happiness!’
their Christmas shopping on this day.

3 Read the newspaper article again. Answer the questions.

1 What do people do on the Thanksgiving holiday?

2 Why is Black Friday a busy shopping day?..................................................

3 Why does Chantelle love Black Friday?.......................................................

4 When does Chantelle leave Macy's? What does Chantelle buy at Macy's?

5 What does Brad want to buy on Black Friday? Why?

6 What are he and his friends doing at the supermarket?............................

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Shopping

STRATEGY
Increasing yo u r vocabulary
The best way to increase your vocabulary is to read and communicate. When you read, you
become more fluent in English and you learn more words. You could read:
social media, like Facebook newspaper and magazine articles
websites and blogs ■ advertisements
books and short stories chat with your friends from other countries
Try to read in English every week. Record two or three new words in your vocabulary notebook
every time you read and try to use them.
4 Read the strategy. Use words from the newspaper article to complete the sentences.
bargains consumers ı credit card debt discount dollars half price purchases sale
wallet

1 When a shop has a , it makes the prices lower on some items.

2 This skirt isn't £50 n o w -it's £25. That's !
3 Oh, no. I can't find m y................................... ! It's got all my money in it!
4 I don’t have any money, but I can pay for this with m y.....................................................................
5 We can get some really g o o d ....................................................at this store today. It's giving a 10%
....................................................on all its winter clothes.
6 Many people spend too much money and then they have problems with
7 .................................................................................................................are people who buy things.
8 This store is closing. Please pay for your ..............................................................................now.

S u p erlative adjectives

Find the superlative form of these adjectives in the text.

1 important the most important 4 good the best
2 busy the busiet
.................... 5 big the biggest
3 long the longest
....................................................... 6 fast the fastest

6 Complete the rules for superlative adjectives with the words and letters below.
double Best Hi most sta th e
est
a With most short adjectives, we a dd........................ the smallest
b With short adjectives ending in -e, we add st . t h e nicest
c With short adjectives ending in one vowel + one consonant, we double the final letter and
add -est. the biggest
d With adjectives ending in -y, we change -y to i and add -est. the busiest
e most
With long adjectives, we use....................... before the superlative adjective, the most important
f the
With all superlative adjectives, we use....................... before the adjective the longest
g Some adjectives have irregular superlative forms, the best

7 Complete the factfile opposite with the The New South China Shopping Mall, in
superlative form of the adjectives below. Dongguan, is the ’ largest shopping mall
big empty expensive large wet in the world with a total area o f 892,000
m2. It's also the 2 biggest
8 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. shopping mall in the world - it has
1 Which is the busiest shopping day o f the year in space for 2,350 stores, but there are
your country? Why? only 47 stores in the whole mall. The
2 Do we spend too much money on unnecessary 3 most expensive perfume in
things? Do we buy too many things? the world is Clive Christian perfume.
3 Do you look for bargains and discounts when It costs £650 for 50 ml. Perhaps the
you go shopping? 4 emptiest
.......................... shopping mall
4 Do you think that Buy Nothing Day is a good in the world is the West Edmonton
idea? Why/why not? Mall in Canada. It has the world's
Reference and practice 6.2 Workbook page 123 5 the wettest Waterpark.

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6D ■ Listening, speaking and vocabulary Can’t live without it

Gadgets
1 Study the list of gadgets below. Discuss the questions.
camera DVD player e-reader games console laptop MP3 player smartphone tablet

Which of these gadgets do you own?

Which of these gadgets would you like to own?
Which one is the most important for you?
Which one is the least important?

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2 2.10 Listen to the introduction to a TV programme about living without technology.

Complete the sentences.
1 % of people say they can't live w ithout their phone for one day.
2 % of people sleep with their phone by their bed.
3 % o f people check their phone every ten minutes.

3 O 2.11 Listen to the rest of the programme. Which gadgets in exercise 1 do Tony and
Bella talk about?

4 2.11 Listen again and match the sentence halves.

1 Tony a is studying in the library,
2 This week, Tony is b living without music,
3 One advantage ofTony’s technology-free c doesn't know what his friends are
week is, he talking about.
4 This week, Bella d reading magazines or playing football
5 When Bella studies at home, she in the evenings.
6 The most difficult thing for Bella is e often looks at other things online,
f is doing more sport.

5 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Imagine you are living without the internet and gadgets for one
week. Discuss the questions.
How is your life different?
■ What do you miss?
What don't you miss?
Are you enjoying your week without the internet and gadgets?
What do your friends think about your internet-free week?

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6E ■ Writing A review of a gadget

1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

1 How do you decide what kind o f gadget to buy? Do you:
look at advertisements? talk to your friends? read reviews?
2 Do you write reviews o f books, music, films or gadgets for your school or a website?

An e-reader
Match the words below to the different parts of the e-reader.
clip-on light home button keyboard screen
page forward button page back button

Read the review of the e-slate and match the sections (A-D) to
the descriptions (1-4).
1 Positive points....... 3 Negative points............
2 General description 4 Conclusion

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Review: e-slate ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
A This new e-reader - th e e-slate - is one o f th e cheapest e-readers available. I t costs only £65 and
includes a clip-on lig h t, enough memory space fo r 3,500 books and free access to an online library.
B The e -sia te has g o t some excellent features. The screen is big and th e te x t is very easy to read.
The keyboard is d e a r and easy to use. The e-slate is ve ry lig h t.
C There are some problems w ith th is e-reader. The page buttons are on th e rig h t side o f th e e-slate.
This is very in co n ven ie n t fo r left-handed readers. The clip-on lig h t is big and unattractive. Words
are very clear on th e screen, b u t pictures and photos Look fuzzy and are d iffic u lt to see.
D Do you w a n t a sim ple, easy-to-use, cheap e-reader? The e-slate is perfect. Do you w a n t to look
a t pictures or photos? Buy a more expensive e-reader!

Read the review again and answer the questions.

1 How much does the e-slate cost? 4 What is a problem for left-handed readers?
2 How many books can you store on it? 5 What is easy to see on the screen?
3 What are the positive features o f the e-slate? 6 What is difficult to see on the screen?

Positive and negative adjectives

5 Put these adjectives from the review under the correct heading.
clear excellent fuzzy inconvenient ■ perfect unattractive
Positive ..........................................................................................................................................
Negative

6 Complete the sentences with the adjectives in exercise 5.

1 The picture on your new TV is great. It's very........................................................
2 I don't like Jerry's new trousers. They're a really colour.
3 This book is . It's exactly what I want!
4 My new MP3 player has got reviews on Amazon .
5 I can't use my smartphone here because there's no signal. It's very
6 You need a new laptop - the screen is v e ry .......................................................

STRATEGY
Using a bilingual dictionary
A bilingual dictionary can help you understand new words. It gives you information about:
the translation and spelling,
the pronunciation.
■ the part o f speech: noun, verb, adjective, preposition, etc.
Write new words in your vocabulary notebook and use them in your speaking and writing.

7 Read the strategy. Find these items in a bilingual

dictionary. Check the spelling and pronunciation.

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■ Task Write a review of a gadget. Paragraph 2: Positive points

Paragraph 3: Negative points
■ Ideas Answer the questions. Paragraphs Conclusion
■ What gadget do you want to review?
■ What are the positive points? ■ Write Write your review. Use the strategy, your ideas
■ What are the negative points? and plan to help you. Remember to include positive
■ Do you recommend it? and negative adjectives.

■ Plan Use the review of the e-slate as a model. Plan ■ Check Check your spelling, grammar and punctuation.
your paragraphs.
Paragraph 1: Description of the gadget, including
details o f basic features and price

V o cabu lary G ram m ar

1 Circle the word that is NOT correct. 4 Complete the sentences with the comparative form
1 You listen to music on a calculator/an MP3 p layer/ of the correct adjectives.
a radio. 1 Trousers are............................... jeans, (smart / scruffy)
2 You wear boots/trainers/scarves on your feet. 2 A coat is............................... a jacket, (heavy /lig h t)
3 You use an alarm clo ck/a n e-reader/a watch to tell 3 Golf is................................skiing, (dangerous/safe)
the time. 4 CDs are DVDs, (cheap / expensive)
4 You wear a cardigan/jum per/necklace to keep warm. 5 Cities are villages, (noisy/quiet)
5 You can write a document on a games console/ 6 Fridays are Mondays, (bad / good)
la pto p/tab let. 7 Cars are.............. planes, (big/sm all)
6 You wear sa n d a ls/sh o rts/tig h ts in the summer. 8 Europe is ............................... Africa, (dry / wet)
7 You can take a photo with a cam era/DVD p layer/ Marks /8
smartphone.
8 You w earjeans/shirts/trousers on your legs. 5 Complete the sentences about New York with the
Marks 78 superlative form of the adjectives below.
bad beautiful dangerous expensive famous
2 Use a prefix to make the adjectives negative. Then fast ■large long old
complete the sentences.
complete correct expensive fashionable New York is 1............................. city in the USA. More than
friendly happy important eight million people live there. Central Park is
2 park in the city. There are a lot of trees
1 Those shoes are quite cheap.They're and flowers. Broadway is 3 street in the
2 Your answer is wrong. It’s ............................................. city. It’s 24 km long. The Subway is 4
3 My sister is very sad. She's............................................. way to travel. FAO Schwarz is 5 ............................toy
4 Our new house isn't finished. It's.................................. store. Lots of people shop there. The Four Seasons Hotel
5 Her clothes aren't very modern. They're..................... has6 rooms. A suite costs $35,000 a
6 William never says hello. He's....................................... night.7 weather is in December and
7 The price doesn't matter. It's......................................... lanuary. It is cold and often snows. There is a lot of crime
Marks /7 in Brooklyn and 8 district is Brownsville.
The Aqueduct Bridge (1848) is 9 bridge.
3 Complete the text with the correct words.
Marks 79
People go to the sale at Harrods because they are
looking for a ’b....................... Some products are 20 % Complete the text. Write one word in each space.
or 3 0 % cheaper. Others have a bigger 2d
Foyles is th e 1....................... famous bookstore in the
and you can buy them 3h p
UK. People say that it is th e 2 place to buy
In Harrods you can pay by 4c c
books. In the past, Foyles was3 largest
or in cash. You can use pounds, euros or
bookstore 4 the world. Now it is
5d ........ Most people go home with one or two
5....................... popular with tourists6........................
6p , but some buy a lot of things and have
with consumers because today many people buy books
big 7d to pay later.
online.
Marks 16
Marks /7
Total 745

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