Questions:
What kind of shops do you know?
Who does the every day shopping in your family?
When do you usually do the shopping with your family?
How do you go shopping?
Where do you usually shopping?
What are the advantages and disadvantagesof the small shops and and big stores?
What can you buy at a market?
What are the typical opening hours of shops in Hungary?
What is the mall?
Why are malls popular and what can we do in a mall?
Do you make a shopping list if you go shopping?
What do you think about ordering on the net?
What kind of shops do you know?
Who does the every day shopping in your family?
When do you usually do the shopping with your family?
How do you go shopping?
Where do you usually shopping?
What are the advantages and disadvantagesof the small shops and and big stores?
What can you buy at a market?
What are the typical opening hours of shops in Hungary?
What is the mall?
Why are malls popular and what can we do in a mall?
Do you make a shopping list if you go shopping?
What do you think about ordering on the net?
What kinds of clothes do you like wearing?
What colours do you think look good on you? What is your favourite colour?
Is there a colour you really hate?
What do you think of body piercing and tattoo?
Do you think that the clothes we wear reflect what is inside us? How?
Which professions require uniform?
How do you dress for school?
What accessories do you wear?
Where do you buy your clothes?
Who do you go shopping with?
Do you ever buy clothes in second-hand shops?
What do you think of ordering clothes from catalogues?
How do you buy clothes in a shop?
Reading comprehension for five grades:
Shop 'til you drop
Elton John spent £40 million in 20 months while Imelda Marcos, former first lady of the Fillippines, wasted her country's money on jewellery and 3,000 pairs of shoes.
However, it's not just the rich and famous who like to 'shop 'til they drop'. We live in a 'spend-happy' society. Whether we earn a little or a lot, we sometimes spend money we don't have and regret our purchases the next day. Does this mean we have a problem? Well, not necessarily. A true shopaholic shops because they simply can't stop.
What about you? Can you save, or do you reach for your credit card and blow your salary on things you don't need when you're feeling a bit down?
"My bank account is always empty. Sometimes, I even borrow money or get into debt to buy new things. My cupboards are full of clothes I've never worn."
However, it's not just the rich and famous who like to 'shop 'til they drop'. We live in a 'spend-happy' society. Whether we earn a little or a lot, we sometimes spend money we don't have and regret our purchases the next day. Does this mean we have a problem? Well, not necessarily. A true shopaholic shops because they simply can't stop.
What about you? Can you save, or do you reach for your credit card and blow your salary on things you don't need when you're feeling a bit down?
"My bank account is always empty. Sometimes, I even borrow money or get into debt to buy new things. My cupboards are full of clothes I've never worn."
Claudia, Stafford
"I know people who buy 10 CDs at a time or 5 shirts, perhaps in slightly different colours and styles. I even read about a man who bought 55 cameras! I enjoy shopping, but I think it's important to stay in control."
Samuel, Warrington
- According to the writer, shopaholics
- ? have got lots of money. B ? spend a lot on shopping. C. ? like jewellery and shoes.
- Why does Claudia sometimes borrow money?
- ? Because she wants to put it in her bank account.
- ? Because she wants it to pay for her shopping.
- ? Because she hasn't got enough clothes.
- When Susan goes shopping
- ? she always buys clothes and sweets. B. ? she never throws her receipts away. C. ? she rarely leaves a shop without something new.
- Samuel thinks that
- ? you should be sensible when you go shopping.
- ? it's OK to buy lots of the same thing at one time.
- ? people who go shopping are out of control.
