Main Topic 13: Purchasing Lesson 70: Shopping (20-25 minutes) Today, you will: 1. Learn useful vocabulary related to SHOPPING. 2. Review the use of Absolute Possessive Pronouns. I. VOCABULARY Exercise 1: What s the meaning? (5-6 minutes) A. Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices that follow. 1. How much is the price of this shirt? a. cost b. spend c. bonus d. terms 2. You can t buy this product in the shopping mall. a. find b. adopt c. bargain d. purchase 3. I heard that the beautiful red dress was on sale. a. free b. limited c. available d. discounted 4. We are selling this product at a reasonable price. a. fair b. undue c. average d. unusual Page 1
5. The salesman told me that this facial cream works well for young people. a. buyer b. vendor c. manager d. producer B. Sentence-Making Practice (3-4 minutes) Practice using the words you ve learned in your own sentences. 1. Price 2. Buy 3. On sale 4. Reasonable 5. Salesman Page 2
Exercise 2: What s the word? (4-5 minutes) Read the following dialog with your tutor and try to use context clues to fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. You can find the missing word from the pool of words at the bottom. Carla is looking for a dress to wear for the company s Christmas party. She enters into a store on the second floor of the shopping mall. Saleslady: Good afternoon, ma am. How may I help you? Carla: Hi! I am looking for a dress to wear for a party. Saleslady: Okay. Let me help you find one. Have you seen anything you like? Carla: I think I like the color of this one. How much is this? Saleslady: This dress costs $300. Carla: Oh, it s very. I am looking for something that is less than $100. Saleslady: I am sorry but most of our dresses are from other countries. That is why they are quite expensive. Carla: I see. Where did this dress come from? Saleslady: It came from India and it is made of silk. Carla: This is really pretty but I have a tight budget. Are there other shops that sell nice and affordable dresses? Saleslady: The on the fourth floor sell cheap but pretty dresses. Carla: Okay, I will take a look. Thank you very much. Saleslady: You re welcome. Have a great day! Carla: Thanks. Have a nice day too! Choices: a. store b. expensive c. exported d. imported Page 3
II. GRAMMAR REVIEW: Topic: Types of Pronouns---Absolute Possessive (5-6 minutes) General Description: Possessive pronouns are pronouns that show ownership. There are two types of possessive pronouns. 1. Weak possessive pronouns also called Possessive Determiners include my, your, his, her, their, our. They function as adjectives that modify the noun in a sentence. Example: Do you want to use my credit card? The shop is selling all their merchandise at a reasonable price. 2. Strong possessive pronouns also called Absolute Possessive include mine, yours, his, hers, theirs, ours. They stand in the place of a noun phrase and because of this they can stand on their own. Example: Your credit card is rejected. Do you want to use mine? ( mine is used to mean my credit card ) Their merchandise is on sale. Ours is not. ( ours is used to mean our merchandise ) Remember: An absolute possessive pronoun does not take an apostrophe ( ) Examples: Have you seen their new house and lot? I have seen their s. Your presentation was great. Theirs didn t turn out well. Is this stall your s? Whose bag is this? It s yours. Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct Comprehension Check: Find the error in the following sentence and replace it with the proper pronoun. This shopping cart is not hers but ours, so please get your s. Page 4
Exercise 1: Incomplete Sentences (3-4 minutes) Choose the word or phrase that would best complete the following sentences. 1. That antique shop used to be. a. our b. ours c. you d. your 2. My dad took my car to the supermarket. Can I take to the dry cleaners? a. you b. yours c. my d. mine 3. She will tell mother the price of the wedding dress. I m sure her mother will be shocked! a. her b. hers c. theirs d. their Page 5