Стр.30-31 Модуль 2 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 8 класс
Vocabulary: Supermarket shopping
a) Listen and say.
Supermarket, aisle, trolley, checkout, cashier, supermarket sections, customer, pre-packaged food.
b) Use words/phrases from Ex. 1a to describe the picture in the text.
a) How often do you shop at a supermarket? Do you make a shopping list before you go? Do you stick to it? If not, what extras do you usually buy?
b) What tricks do supermarkets use to tempt us into spending more? Listen and read to find out.
- Read again and match the subheadings (A–G) to the paragraphs (1–6). There is one extra subheading. Justify your answers.
- A BUY NOW, PAY LATER
- B WRAPPING IT UP
- C SEARCHING THE SHOP
- D COOKING UP MORE TRICKS
- E TEMPTING YOU WITH SPECIAL OFFERS
- F APPEALING TO THE SENSES
- G LINE OF SIGHT
- Check these words: expose, overflow, the answer lies, grab, sliding doors, freshly-baked bread, the smell hits you, fresh produce, intentional, resist, deal, go to waste, bargain, tempt, tend to, at eye level, brand, give your neck a workout, strategy, pre-packaged, loose, aisle, checkout, tempting display, wait in line, sneaky, scan, loyalty card, money-off coupons, address sb by name.
a) Complete with: sliding, eye, tempting, money-off, environmentally, pre-packaged, wait in, loyalty. Use the phrases to make sentences, as in the example.
I prefer to buy loose fruit and vegetables than pre-packaged products.
b) Match the words in bold to their meanings: exhibitions, training, dishonest, planned, good buy, get.
Grammar: Comparisons
Read the examples. How do we form the comparative/superlative forms of adjectives? Find more examples in the text in Ex. 2.
Loose vegetables are cheaper than pre-packaged ones.
That supermarket is the most expensive of all.
This pack isn’t as big as that one.
The bigger the supermarket, the easier it is to get lost.
He spends more and more money every day.
The fruit from my local market is a lot better than the fruit from the supermarket.
These biscuits are by far the best I’ve ever tasted.
- Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct forms.
Complete with –ing form, to-infinitive, or infinitive without to. Find examples in the text. Give one example for each category.
1 avoid, consider, deny, miss, suggest
2 make, let
3 would like, would prefer, would have
4 enjoy, like/love, prefer, don’t mind, can’t stand, is used to
5 too/enough …
6 ask, agree, hope, expect, refuse, promise
7 will, may, can, must, would
- Put the verbs in brackets into the (to)-infinitive or -ing form. How does each verb differ in meaning?
Speaking & Writing
- Think! What did you learn from the text? How will this information be helpful to you? In three minutes, write a few sentences. Tell your partner or the class.
1. F — appealing to the senses
2. E — tempting you with special offers
3. G — line of sight
4. B — wrapping it up
5. C — searching the shop
6. D — cooking up more tricks
Extra: A — buy now, pay later
Justification: Paragraph 1 is about smells and fresh produce, so it matches appealing to the senses. Paragraph 2 describes special offers like “buy one get one free”. Paragraph 3 explains that expensive products are placed at eye level. Paragraph 4 is about packaging. Paragraph 5 says supermarkets move products around to make customers search for them. Paragraph 6 describes new tricks for the future.
4a
1. pre-packaged products
2. money-off coupons
3. environmentally friendly
4. loyalty card
5. wait in line
6. sliding doors
7. eye level
8. tempting displays
Example sentences:
- I prefer to buy loose fruit and vegetables than pre-packaged products.
- Supermarkets often send money-off coupons to customers.
- Many people choose environmentally friendly products.
- I always use my loyalty card when I shop.
- We had to wait in line at the checkout.
- The supermarket has automatic sliding doors.
- The most expensive products are usually at eye level.
- There were tempting displays of sweets near the checkout.
4b
1. exhibitions — displays
2. training — workout
3. dishonest — sneaky
4. planned — intentional
5. good buy — bargain
6. get — grab
6
- Organic products are much more expensive than non-organic ones.
- That’s the biggest supermarket in town.
- Supermarkets’ own brands can be just as good as well-known brands.
- The longer customers stay in a supermarket, the more they spend.
- Summerton Superstore has by far the best quality meat.
- Prices are getting higher and higher.
- I think this is one of the best brands of tomato ketchup.
7
1. -ing form: going — “going to waste”
2. infinitive without to: make — “make you feel”
3. to-infinitive: to spend — “make you spend more”
4. -ing form: walking — “walking up and down the aisles”
5. too/enough + to-infinitive: easy to work out
6. to-infinitive: to buy — “want to buy”
7. infinitive without to: will scan, might get
8
- He forgot to buy lemons. / He’ll never forget shopping at Camden Market.
- They stopped to get coffee from a service station. / They stopped working to have lunch.
- I prefer living on my own. / I’d prefer to go to the market on my own.
- We regret spending so much money on clothes. / We regret to inform you that you failed.
- Try cutting down on sweets. You’ll feel better. / Try to stick to a list when you go shopping.
9
I learned that supermarkets use many tricks to make customers spend more. They use smells, special offers, product placement and tempting displays near the checkout. This information will help me shop more carefully and buy only what I really need.
