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Unit 1 Buying and Selling - Llongo Milton PDF
Unit 1 Buying and Selling - Llongo Milton PDF
Unit 1
Buying And Selling
Phone Sales
a. Here are some examples of phone sales messages. Match each store or company in
column B to a mesage in column A.
A B
We have the best coats in town. All our coats come from
1 France. c a Dream Travels
Sharp knives, small knives, long knives - 50% off all our The Kitchen
2 knives for the next three days only. b b
Store
For only $20 a month, we bring the news to your door
Winterwear Fas-
3 every morning! d c
hions
We’re holding the biggest sale of the year! Now you can
4 buy fun gifts for your children at half price! e d The Daily News
“Hi there! This is Susan Thomas (1) calling from Winterwear Fashions.
We have the (2) something coats in town and this week we have
(3) sale great for you! Our big end-of-season (4) best!
And (6) remember, our end-of-season sale is for one week only.”
c. Write your own phone sales message. Include the following information:
• your name
• the name of the product
• the price
• a contact phone number
Sara Cruz sells the new cell phone of the samsung line at only 40,000 lpsFor more
information call 95194503
d. You are a salesperson from one of the companies in activity a. Try to convince your
partner to buy your product.
Wrong Color
a. Do you remember the characters in the story “Wrong Color”? Who did what? Mark
Ms. Green or Mr. Brown next to the sentence that is true for them. Some sentences
are true for both.
b. Imagine you are either Ms. Green or Mr. Brown. Write about your day in your diary.
Use the sentences from activity a. to help you.
July 27th
Dear Diary,
What a day I had today!
I had a bad time because they got confused with my order. I ordered onecolor and
c. Read your partner’s diary and guess which character he/she is.
d. Did you understand all the words in the story, “Wrong Color”? Rewrite the sentences
using the words below to replace the word in bold.
1. Ms. Green waited for the man to bring her chair. deliver
e. Read Part 2 of the story, “Wrong Color”, and find out how it ends.
f. Did you understand Part 2 of the story? Mark the sentences that are true.
1. Ms. Green and Mr. Brown want to buy two different tables.
b. Your friend buys something new and you think it’s great! Complete the dialogue
between you and your friend.
c. Practice the dialogues from activity a. and activity b. with your partner, then take turns
reading the different parts.
Policeman: (1) what was there in your shopping bags?Mr. Brown: Just some gifts
for my family, and clothes for myself.
Policeman: (2) what was there full?Mr. Brown: Yes, the bags were quite full.
Policeman: (3) what time was it when the bags disappeared?Mr. Brown: I was
near the cashier.
Policeman: (4) there were some people around you?Mr. Brown: No, there
weren’t many people around me.
b. When was the last time you bought something you weren’t happy with? Write about
what happened. What was wrong with the product? Were you angry? Did you call
the store?
Last in December I bought new shoes at in the shop.I wasn’t happy with it because I
liked them a lot. I was hot and sunny, so I but I went to the store. They changed my
product.
c. Exchange stories with a partner. Your partner is the store manager and you are calling
to complain. Practice the dialogue.