10 Bargain Hunting

READING
 Do you enjoy bargain
hunting? Why? Where do
you often find good Well, to be
bargains? honest……….
GRAMMAR
ARTICLES
 Articles: a/an
Basic use:
 With singular countable nouns.
I have a pen.
Other uses:
 When we mention something for the first time
 When we talk about jobs or professions
I’m a salesperson.
 When we talk about what someone/ something is or is like
E-bay is an online auction site. Shane is a
really generous person.
 Articles: the
Basic use:
 With uncountable and countable nouns.
Other uses:
 To talk about a specific person or thing
 When someone/something has already been mentioned.
 When a person/thing is the only one in the context (and it is
obvious what we are referring to)
I bought a newspaper at the station.
(=the station in this town.)
 When we talk about something that is unique in the world
I bought these shoes on the internet.
 Articles: the
Other uses:
 With some adjectives to talk about a specific group of people
The young, the elderly, the French
 With ordinal numbers and superlatives
It´s the best place to buy fruit and vegetables.
 With the names of deserts, rivers, mountain ranges and country
names that include a political label.
The Sahara, The Nile, The U.S.
 With the names of specific hotels, museums and art galleries.
It´s the best place to buy fruit and vegetables.
 Articles: no article Ø

Basic use:
 With uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns.

Other uses:
 When we talk about general or abstract things.
Online shopping is really convenient.
 With the names of continents, regions, most countries, individual
mountains and lakes.
 3b Write

Write a short description of

something you bought
recently, where you bought it,
and what you use it for
SPEAKING
2 Present your ideas to the class

Who had the best

suggestions?
Picture References
Slide 1 Bargain: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2015/12/03/15/58/fleamarket-1075182_960_720.jpg

Slide 2 Shopping: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/03/21/20/47/shopping-2163323_960_720.jpg

Slide 3 Market: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/09/23/16/54/ludwigsburg-germany-2779468_960_720.jpg

Slide 4 Pen: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/03/09/15/11/coffee-1246511_960_720.jpg

Slide 9 Write: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2015/01/09/11/11/office-594132_960_720.jpg

Slide 10 Women: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/10/06/11/55/woman-5632026_960_720.jpg

Slide 11 Man: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2019/11/08/06/26/speaker-4610564_960_720.jpg