Intermediate 2 Unit 6

Unit 6
Money Matters

Quiz
a. Do you remember the radio program in the computer lesson? What kind of program was it?
Mark the correct answer.

1. A radio news broadcast

2. A TV soap opera
✔ 3. A radio quiz show
4. A TV competition

b. Mark the true sentences.

1. The radio quiz show is on every day.

✔ 2. The radio quiz show is always about composers.
3. Today, there were two participants on the show.
✔ 4. The prize was tickets to the Symphony.
5. The announcer asked each participant three questions.
6.The winner was Cee Cee Rondeau.

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c. After the show, Susan writes an e-mail to a friend, telling her about what happened. Fill in
the missing words or phrases. Choose from the words below.

two parts • Symphony • quote • weekly quiz show • deaf • remembered • participants •
Composers • winner • never mind • announcer

From: Susan
To: Katy
Subject: I’m a Winner!

Hi Katy,

You’ll never believe what happened! I’ve just won a contest. It’s the first time I’ve
ever won anything. Here’s what happened.

Last night I participated in a (1) weekly quiz show

________________________ called “Know Your
Composers
(2) ________________________ .” I was one of two (3) participants
______________________
on this week’s show. The (4) announcer
______________________ asked me a question with
two parts
(5) ___________________ He asked which composer was deaf and who was this
composer’s first music teacher? I answered Beethoven and Beethoven’s father. Both
answers were correct.

Next, the announcer read us a (6) quote

_____________________ and asked us who said
it. It went like this: “When you play, (7) never mind
________________________ who listens to
you.” I was about to say the answer, when I forgot the composer’s name! Luckily, I
remember
(8) ____________________________ it in time, and answered Robert Schumann, which
was correct.
winner
Then the announcer said I was the (9) ________________________ ! I couldn’t believe
it. The prize is two tickets to the (10) Symphony
_________________________. Do you want to go
with me?

Let me know soon!

Best,

Susan

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 Intermediate 2 Unit 6

Get Your Money’s Worth

a. Do you remember the article, “Get Your Money’s Worth”, in the computer lesson? What is
it about? Mark the correct answer.

✔ 1. A furniture store
2. Advice for shoppers
3. A magazine for shoppers

b. Match the descriptions to the names .

d 1. Quality Bargains a. The manager of a furniture store

c 2. Edith Shaw b. A regular column in a newspaper
a 3. Tim Wright c. A writer for a magazine
b 4. Customers Come First d. A furniture store

c. Complete the information about the store by choosing the correct words.

Quality Bargains is a (1) clothing / furniture store that is suited to people who (2) have / don’t have
a lot of money to spend. You can buy (3) second-hand / brand-new items there and the store
down payment / guarantee on all purchases. The (5) deal / delivery is
free of charge and you don’t have to pay for the (6) item / sale in one cash payment. Quality

d. According to the article, what are the two most important things people look for when
they buy items like furniture? Mark the correct answers.

1. Something that is second-hand and inexpensive

2. Something that is luxurious and expensive
3. Something that suits their budget
✔ 4. Something that is on sale
✔ 5. Something that is good quality

e. According to Edith Shaw, what important information should you know about sales? Mark
the correct answer.

✔ 1. You always get your money’s worth.

2. Sale items are delivered for free.
3. The items on sale are always good quality.
4. The stores often raise the prices of sale items before they put them on sale.

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f. Write the following words in the correct column.

products • purchases • consumers • items • buyers • customers

People who buy Things they buy

consumers
________________________ products
________________________
buyers
________________________ purchases
________________________
customers
________________________ items
________________________

g. Replace the underlined words and expressions with ones from the bank below. Write the
new sentences on the lines given.

customers • don’t have enough money • don’t have much • recommended

that they can afford • thinking about • value for your money • with limited budgets

1. Customers usually look for prices that are reasonable.

Customers usually look for prices that they can afford
______________________________________________________________________

2. She suggested that we buy at Quality Bargains.

She recommended that we buy at quality bargains
______________________________________________________________________

3. People without a lot of money should buy there.

People with limited bugdets should buy there
______________________________________________________________________

4. Buyers can get bargains there.

Customers can get bargains there
______________________________________________________________________

5. We are considering buying some new furniture.

We are thinking about buying some new furniture
______________________________________________________________________

6. If you are short of cash, you can pay in payments.

If______________________________________________________________________
you don’t have much cash, you can pay in payments

7. We can’t afford to buy expensive furniture.

We don’t have enough money to buy expensive furniture
______________________________________________________________________

8. This is a place where you get your money’s worth.

This is a place where you get value for your money
______________________________________________________________________

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 Intermediate 2 Unit 6

The Raise
a. Do you remember the dialogue, “The Raise”, in the computer lesson? Answer these
questions about it.

coworkers
1. What is the relationship between the two speakers? _____________________________
2. What did the speaker ask the boss about? about a raise
_____________________________________
no
3. Did the speaker get what she wanted? ________________________________________
a raise
4. What exactly did she want? ________________________________________________
5. Will she accept the boss’ offer? no, she is thinking about it
_____________________________________________

b. Which sentences from the dialogue report what happened? Mark the correct answers.

✔ 1. I spoke to the boss about a raise today.

✔ 2. She offered me a ten percent raise.

✔ 3. Do you intend to accept the offer?
✔ 4. I haven’t decided yet.

c. Match the words from the two columns to form expressions from the dialogue. Then use
the expressions to complete the following report. Make the necessary changes.

1. accept a. in mind accept an offer

__________________________________
2. offer b. an offer have in mind
__________________________________
3. have c. a raise offer a raise
__________________________________

offer a raise
1. When I told my boss that I wanted to leave my job, she___________________________.
2. The amount she offered was not what Iwanted
_______________________________________.
3. I don’t think I will accept
________________________________________________________.

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d. Complete the following dialogue by adding Annie’s answers. Choose from the sentences
below.

Yes, definitely. They have only the best quality clothing there.
I got a pair of jeans and two sweaters.
I went shopping for clothes at that new store, Best Bargains.
They were really reasonable.

Gail: What did you do yesterday afternoon?

I went shopping for clothes at that new store, Best Bargains.
Annie: (1) _______________________________________________________________
Gail: Oh, yes. I’ve heard of it. Is it a good place to go clothes shopping?
Yes, definitely. They have only the best quality clothing there
Annie: (2) _______________________________________________________________
Gail: What were the prices like?
They were really reasonable
Annie: (3) _______________________________________________________________
Gail: So what did you buy?
I got a pair of jeans and two sweaters
Annie: (4) _______________________________________________________________

e. Write a dialogue between you and a friend. Write about shopping for something familiar,
such as food, furniture, clothes, or music CDs. You ask the questions and your friend
reports what happened.

You: I want to buy some vans knu skool sneakers with platform.
_____________________________________________________________
Your friend: They are very pretty, when will you buy them?
_____________________________________________________________
You: I don't know, do you know where I can buy them?
_____________________________________________________________
Your friend: Yes, you can buy them at the mall near my house.
_____________________________________________________________
You: Do you know how much they cost?
_____________________________________________________________
Your friend: Yes, I think they cost like 2500 lempiras.
_____________________________________________________________
You: Do you know if they are original?
_____________________________________________________________
Your friend: Yes, they are 100% original.
_____________________________________________________________

f. Practice your dialogue with a partner.

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 Intermediate 2 Unit 6

Reported Speech: Time Aspects

a. Who said the following? Choose between: a salesperson and a customer.
Then answer the questions below.
1 Salesperson
____________
“Everything is on sale, just for today. We want to sell all our winter clothes as
fast as possible. You can get some wonderful bargains. We have never had
such a sale! You won’t find a sale like this again for a long time.”

2
Customers
____________

“She told me that everything was on sale, just for that day. They wanted
to sell all their winter clothes as fast as possible. She said I could get some
wonderful bargains. They had never had such a sale! She reminded me
that I wouldn’t find a sale like that again for a long time.”

b. Which speaker in activity a. uses reported speech? 2

c. Underline the words that speaker 2 uses which mean the same as those underlined in 1.

d. Match the ends of the sentences in B to the beginning of the sentences in A.

A B
1. Last night I participated in a radio quiz a. that I could pay for it in three
payments.
show. I didn’t think...

2. I wanted to buy some new furniture at a b. that the sale items were all great
reasonable price. I asked a friend... bargains, but they weren’t.

3. I was looking for a new sweater. I asked c. which store she recommended
the saleswoman... and she suggested Quality
Bargains.
4. I didn’t want to pay for the new TV set in
one payment. Luckily the store manager d. that I would win, but I did.
agreed...
e. if they had any winter clothes in
5. I was disappointed in this year’s sale. The the store.
ads claimed...

1. b 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. e

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e. Which sentence accurately reports what each person said? Mark the correct sentence.

1. Glen said, “I wonder who won the TV quiz show last night.”

✔ a. Glen wonders who will win the TV quiz show tomorrow night.
b. Glen wondered who had won the TV quiz show the night before.
c. Glen wondered who would win the TV quiz show the previous night.

2. Jane said, “I don’t think I will buy this furniture because it’s too expensive.”

✔ a. Jane said she hadn’t thought she would buy this furniture because it will be too
expensive.
b. Jane said she doesn’t think she will buy that furniture because it was too expensive.
c. Jane said she didn’t think she would buy that furniture because it was too expensive.”

3. My boss asked, “Why do you want such a big raise?”

a. My boss asked me why I wanted such a big raise.

✔ b. My boss wanted to know why did I want such a big raise.
c. My boss asked me why I had wanted such a big raise.

4. Kevin said, “I didn’t know about the sale because I hadn’t seen the ad in the paper.”

a. Kevin said he doesn’t know about the sale because he hasn’t seen the ad in the paper.
b. Kevin said he didn’t know about the sale because he hasn’t seen the ad in the paper.
✔ c. Kevin said he hadn’t known about the sale because he hadn’t seen the ad in the paper.

f. Read the conversation between Betty and Pam. Then complete the report of the conversation.

Betty: Have you been to the sale at the furniture store?

Pam: I went there yesterday.
Betty: What are the prices like?
Pam: They are offering very reasonable prices, and they will accept a twenty percent
down payment on all purchases.
Betty: I must go there right away!

Betty asked Pam if she (1) had

_______________________
been to the sale at the furniture store.
Pam answered that she had been there (2) ___________________________________.
yesterday

Betty wanted to know what the prices (3) _____________________________

was rasonables like.
Pam told her that they (4) ___________________
had very reasonable prices and that they
(5) _________________________
had a twenty percent down payment on all purchases.
Betty said that she (6) will
________________________________ go there right away.

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