Unit 9

Top shops
Ask & answer in pairs!
• Do you like clothes shopping? Why/ Why
not?
• What is the best place to buy clothes?
Why?
Vocabulary

shirt jumper/
sweater
tie
top
jacket

suit
skirt jeans

trousers
tights

boots trainers
shoes
Clothing vocabulary
• a number of differences between names of
clothes in BrE & AmE
• the most significant
– trousers (BrE) = pants (AmE)
– pants (BrE) = men's underwear (BrE)
• In UK, DON'T say
– I like your pants.
UK vs US
Clothing vocabulary
• How are leggings
different from tights?
• Leggings are thinner
than tights
• They are worn as
outer clothes and
don’t cover the feet.
Speaking
Ex 2:Student A: Close book and answer B's questions.
Student B: Look at the photos and ask what
the color the clothes are.
After FIVE questions, change role.

What's the
colour of
the tie? It's black.
Accessories
Ex 3. Where on the body
do you wear these
items. Complete the
table. You can use the
same word more than
once.
belt cap glasses
hat jewellery scarf
sunglasses watch
Accessories
Head cap, hat
Eyes glasses, sunglasses
Neck jewellery/, scarf
Body
belt, jewellery
Arm jewellery, watch
Ex 4. Listen to Joe talking about
clothes and answer these questions.
1. What does he usually wear at the
weekend?

2. What is he wearing now?

3. What is his favorite item of clothing and

why?
1. What does he usually wear at the weekend?
He usually wears bright, colourful clothes
at the weekend.
2. What is he wearing now?
He's wearing an orange T-shirt and
trainers, jeans and a cap.
3. What is his favorite item of clothing and
why?
His cap is his favourite item of clothing
because he bought it in New York and
it reminds him of the great time he had
there.
Speaking
Ex 5: Work with a partner. Ask and answer
the questions.
1.What do you usually wear at the
weekend?
2.How often do you wear the accessories in
3a?
3.What is your favorite item of clothing?
Why?
Speaking

• Ex 1. Work with a
partner. Take it in
turns to describe the
different T-shirts.
Which do you like or
dislike? Why?
Reading

Sara's FASHION Blog

T-shirts that tell a story
• Ex 2. Read this blog
entry. Match the
paragraphs (A-D) to
the T-shirts in 1.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 1
D. 2
Ex 3. Read the sentences again and complete
the sentences with ONE to FOUR words.

1. Originally it was the designs

and the colours
that
attracted Sara to the London T- shirt.
2. Sara's London T-shirt helped her family to
find their way in London.
3. Sara has worn the white T-shirt
hundreds of times .
4. She bought the white T-shirt at
a concert (of Adele) .
Ex 3. Read the sentences again and complete
the sentences with ONE to FOUR words.

5. Nuria likes her Russian T-shirt because of

the colourful letters .
6. Nuria's T-shirt was a present from
her brother .
7. On the front of Milos's T-shirt there is
an important message.
Ex 6. What do the underlined words in the text
mean? Guess and then check in your
dictionary.
• designer – the person who designs clothes
• design – pictures or patterns that decorate
something
• reminds me of – makes me remember/ think
of
• live – performing in front of an audience
(as opposed to recorded in a
studio)
Ex 6. What do the underlined words in the text
mean? Guess and then check in your
dictionary.
• go with – to match or look nice with
• bright – strong (colours)
• sentimental value – valuable for emotional
reasons
• cotton – a material made from the cotton
plant and used to make T-shirts
and other clothes
Speaking
• Ex 7. What about you?
Think of a T-shirt that is special for you.
Bring and show the T-shirt and explain
why it's special for you?
Extra activity (Optional)
• In small groups, design a T-shirt for their
class and present it to the class. Explain
your ideas behind the design. Ss decide
which design would be the most suitable
for their class.
Grammar in context
(Present Perfect)
• We can use the present perfect to talk
about the past, but only when we don't say
when the action happened.
• We make the present perfect with the
present simple of have and the past
participle form of the main verb.
• We make the negative form of the present
perfect by putting not or n't after have .
Grammar in context
(Present Perfect)
• Regular past participles end in,-ed
but there
are many irregular past participles.
• In questions, have goes before the
subject.
• In short answers,main verbhave,
we use (past but
participle)
we
don't repeat the
.
• See Grammar Reference
Ex 2. Complete the table with the
irregular past participles.
• Verb • Past Participle
• be • been
• break • broken
• buy • bought
• do • done
• drink • drunk
• eat • eaten
• give • given
• go • gone
Ex 2. Complete the table with the
irregular past participles.
• Verb • Past Participle
• have • had
• make • made
• see • seen
• take • taken
• think • thought
• wear • worn
• win • won
• write • written
gone vs been
Ex 3a. Write true sentences about your life
experience. Use the affirmative or negative
present perfect form of the verb.
1. I haven't worn a superhero costume.
Ex 3a. Write true sentences about your life
experience. Use the affirmative or negative
present perfect form of the verb.
2. My friends and I haven't appeared on TV.
3. I have travelled by plane.
4. I have eaten sushi.
5. My parents and I haven't been to the US.
6. I haven't written a song.
7. I've seen my favorite band/ singer in
concert.
8. I haven't bought jewellery for my pet.
Ex 3b. Work with a partner. Tell them your
negative sentences. How many are the same.

• Agreeing with a negative statement

– We use neither to add a negative statement

I haven't worn a superhero costume.

Me neither./
Neither have I.
Oh, I have.
(Disagreeing)
Ex 4a. Complete these questions using
the present perfect.
1. Have you bought any clothes this week?
2. Have you played sport this week?
3. How many text messages have you sent
this week?
4. Have you had any exams this week?
5. Have you written an email this week?
Ex 4a. Complete these questions using
the present perfect.
6. Have you eaten in a restaurant this
week?
7. What have you watched on TV this
week?
8. How many emails have you sent this
week?
9. Add 1 more question to ask.
10. Add 1 more question to ask.
Ex 4c. Use the questions to ask your partner
about what they have or haven't done this
week.
Have you bought any clothes this week?

Yes, I have. I've bought a T-shirt

and a cap.
Present perfect with ever and never

1. Ever means at any time ti your life and

is usually used in questions.
2. Never means at no time in your life and is
usually used in negative sentences.
3. Ever and never go just before the past
participle.
Present perfect with ever and never
6a. Find a partner. Complete sentences about
your partner. You must guess the answer.
has never worn
1. My partner _________________ a suit.
2. My partner ______________
has never made a chocolate cake.
has never read the book The
3. My partner ______________
Hobbit.
4. My partner ______________
has seen a Star Trek film.
has won
5. My partner ______________ a competition.
6. My partner ______________
has never broken a window.
has written a blog.
7. My partner _________
Speaaking
6b. Interview your partner. Begin your
questions Have you ever ...?

Have you ever worn a suit?

No, I haven’t.
Yes, I was right!

And you? Have you ever worn a suit?

Vocabulary (Shops)
1) Match the shops with the things you can find in them.
1. tennis rackets and balls • sports shop
2. boots • shoe shop
3. medicine • chemist’s
4. paper and pen • stationery shop
5. food, drink and other • supermarket
products
6. money • bank
7. stamps • post office
8. newspapers and magazines • newsagent’s
Vocabulary (Shops)
1) Match the shops with the things you can find in them.
9. meat • butcher’s
10.fruit and vegetables • greengrocer’s
11.novels and dictionaries • bookshop
12.gold watches and rings • jeweller’s
13.bread and cakes • bakery
• electrical goods shop
14.fridges and washing
machines
15.t-shirts, tops and jeans • clothes shop
16.almost anything! • department store
Department store vs Supermarket
• a large shop divided into several parts,
each of which sells different things
• a large shop which sells most types of
food and other goods needed in the home,
in which people take from shelves the
items they want to buy and pay for them
as they leave
Possessive 's in shop names
• possessive 's is often used to refer to
shops, restaurants, churches and colleges
to indicate who the building belongs to
– e.g. the butcher's shop, the grocer's shop, etc.
• we usually shorten this to
– e.g. the butcher's, the grocer's, etc.
Play this memory game!
• Work in groups of 8.
• One student begins by saying I've been to
the supermarket and I've bought … .
• The next student has to repeat what the
first person said and add another example.
• Continue.
• How many can you remember?
Play this memory game!
I've been to the department store
and I've bought a book.

I've been to the department store and

I've bought a book and some chicken.

I've been to the department store and

I've bought a book, some chicken and
a pair of boots.
How many can
you remember?
Play this memory game!
I've been to the department store
and I've bought a book.
I've been to the department store
and I've bought a book and some
chicken.

I've been to the department store

and I've bought a book, some
chicken and a pair of boots.
Speaking
• Work with a partner. Which of the places
in 1 do you go to? How often?