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Takeaway The Best Buy

The Best Buy English > Level A1.1 Starter
English > Level A1.1 Starter

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CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points

Let’s Start!

Pronunciation Spot: I love to shop! How about you?

Learning Outcome Can Do Statements

Accurately exchange information about • I can say and use the long i sound.
buying things in communicative • I can stress important information in a sentence.
situations. • I can talk about likes and dislikes.

Ask a partner:

• What is the name of your favorite

store?
• What do they sell?

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Let’s Explore!

Vanessa and Peter are shopping. Why is Peter unhappy*? Listen to the
conversation.

* Peter says, “They all look the same after a while.” This means he doesn't want to shop anymore. He
is tired.

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Vanessa: What's wrong, Peter? Are you having a good time?

Peter: Vanessa, I really don't like shopping. I hate waiting in line.
Vanessa: Why? I love your new jacket and tie.
Peter: Ugg. Too many stores! They all look the same after a while.
Vanessa: Well, I like my new sweater and sunglasses.
Peter: Those sunglasses suit you. They are like mine.
Vanessa: Thanks. That's kind.
Peter: The outlet is so busy.
Vanessa: Uh-huh, but you can find some great deals there.
Peter: Wow, that store on Robin Avenue is so expensive! Is it new?
Vanessa: Yes, but they have beautiful clothes - The shoes, the skirts, the blouses ... I
like everything in that store.
Peter: Ok ... Ok ... Vanessa, Can we go to Ned's Cafe now?
Vanessa: Is shopping making you hungry?

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Let’s Practice!

Can you stress important information in a sentence? Let’s find out!

Instructions: Use the words from the word bank to correctly complete the sentences.

They are like __________. Word bank

tie
I _____ everything in that store. expensive
time
I love your new jacket and ________. like
shopping
Are you having a good _________? really don’t
mine
I _______________ like shopping. store

Let’s Practice!

Time to practice the long i sound!

Instructions: Read the words and sentences aloud.

tie
mine
to buy
while
kind

They are like mine.

They all look the same after a while.
Vanessa, I really don’t like shopping.
I love your new jacket and tie.

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English > Level A1.1 Starter

Extension Activity

Taking It Further with the Long I Sound!

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a) Put the words with the long i sound in

Self-Assessment Yes No
alphabetical order.
I put words with the long i
Words: five, bicycle, time, mine, fly, price,
sound in alphabetical order.
size, right, pie, cry
I pronounce words out loud.
b) Say these words out loud with a partner.
c) Find 5 new words with the long i sound on
the Internet or in a dictionary. I find 5 new words.
d) Add them to the list.

Order Extra words

1. 6. _______________

2. 7. _______________

3. 8. _______________

4. 9. _______________

5. 10. _______________

Target Words

• time (noun): an experience, moment
e.g. I am having a good time at the
party.
• to buy (verb): to pay for something
e.g. I buy a lot of gifts.
• kind (adjective): nice, gentle
e.g. That was very kind of you.
• to like (verb): to enjoy doing
something
e.g. I like everything in that store.
• tie (noun): an accessory you wear around your
neck
e.g. I love your new jacket and tie.
• mine (pronoun): belonging to you
e.g. They are like mine.
• to suit (verb): to look good on someone
e.g. Those sunglasses suit you.

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Learning Points

Stressing information in sentences - Expressing Likes and Dislikes

You add emphasis or stress to the words in a sentence that are the most important.

You can change the word you stress if another word is more important, such as a like or
dislike. Stressed words can also be adjectives like big, difficult and very.

Example: I don't like that shirt. The word "don't" is stressed.

Example

Likes I like my new sweater and sunglasses.

I adore everything in that store.
I love your new jacket and tie.

Dislikes He doesn't like shopping very much.

I really don't like shopping.
I hate waiting in line.

The Long i Sound

To make the Long i sound:

Step 1: First, move your tongue towards your bottom teeth so it sits low in the mouth.
Step 2: Close your jaw slightly and move your tongue upward until it is near the top of your
mouth, behind your teeth.

This is similar to the position of a y sound.

The Long i Sound in Words

Spelling Example

igh night, fight, light

i_e nice, spice, rice

ie pie, tie, die

-y ply, sky, dry

-y- cycle, dynamic

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