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• Asking for and giving suggestions
• Doing shopping English 9
• Making requests
• Talking about future plans Theme 9
• Making and answering phone calls
Invitations & Celebrations
L3
1. Study the conversations and circle the better option given in bold.

1. Molly Can you take your feet off my chair?

Tom I’d love to, but I can’t./Oh, sure. Sorry.

2. Mr. Wilson Could you possibly show me the way to the intensive care unit?/ Would you mind lending
me some money?
Nurse Certainly, this way, please.

3. Frank Could you tell me the time?

William No, thanks./Of course.

4. Laura Would it be possible for you to fix my computer?/Will you hold my books for a minute?
Phil Sure. What’s wrong with it?

5. Mrs. Taylor I’d be very grateful if you could give me another spoon. This is dirty.
Waiter I’m sorry, we have to wait./All right. Here you are.

2. Follow the instructions to create dialogs as in the example. You can use the expressions from
the box.

Do you mind if I… ? Would it possible for you to… ? Could you possibly… ?
Could/Would I… ? Would you mind… ? Would you be kind enough to… ?
Can/Will… ? I’d be (very) grateful if… . Do you think you could… ?

E.g. Ask your friend to take a photo of you.

A Can you take a photo of me?
B Yes, of course./I’m afraid I can’t. I’m busy.

1. Ask your colleague to take this form to the manager. Reply.

2. Ask your son/daughter to tidy his/her room. Reply.

3. Request your teacher to speak louder. Reply.

4. Ask your sister/brother to pass you the salt. Reply.

5. Ask a man/a woman on the street to show you the way to the museum. Reply.

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• Asking for and giving suggestions
• Doing shopping English 9
• Making requests
• Talking about future plans Theme 9
• Making and answering phone calls
Invitations & Celebrations

3. Read the dialog and find out Ashton’s future plans. Then, share them with your friends as in L3
the example.

Harper Hi, Ashton. How are you doing?

Ashton Well, all is fine, Harper. I have just a couple of months left for my graduation from the college.
Harper How does that make you feel?
Ashton I’m pretty excited and can’t wait for it.
Harper Do you have any plans for the following months?
Ashton I miss my parents a lot. I want to visit them in Chicago in June.
Harper For how long?
Ashton I can stay there only for two weeks because I have a meeting with the Atlatics’ manager then. I also
want to start exercising again. I’m planning to attend a language course at the same time and read
lots of books on history.
Harper Wow, sounds great! A meeting with the manager for the practical training?
Ashton Yup! Exactly. I must have a practical training next August. Everything will be great.
Harper For sure.
Ashton What about you? Is everything all right? Any plans coming up?
Harper Hmm… I’m in a hurry right now. What about calling you and having a chat on this later?
Ashton No worries. Talk to you soon!

E.g. Ashton is going to graduate from the college in a couple of months.

4. Listen to the dialog between the customer and the assistant and tick what they are
talking about. Tapescript 9.3.1

F size F availability F quality F form of payment

F price F location of the product F brand F warranty period

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• Asking for and giving suggestions
• Doing shopping English 9
• Making requests
• Talking about future plans Theme 9
• Making and answering phone calls
Invitations & Celebrations

5. Read the text and answer the questions. L3

Online Shopping
Online shopping is replacing traditional shopping especially on these lockdown days due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Anyone can do online shopping using websites on the computer and mobile phone apps. We can do online
shopping anywhere anytime. That’s why online shopping is more preferable.
Online shopping is also a time-saver if you don’t have enough time to wander stores. For instance, if you buy
a pair of Bluetooth headphones today, you will probably receive them tomorrow. It also helps you save money
because online shopping offers lower prices than traditional shopping does. Moreover, there are various forms of
payment; direct money transfer, cash on delivery, paying by credit card, paying in monthly installments (via credit
card) and using shopping credit.
On the other hand, many people aren’t comfortable with buying things online because they think that it can be
risky. They may be right to an extent of course. In order to avoid certain risks, you should be careful with the
reliability of the seller and all of your personal information before doing shopping online. The biggest fear that
people have with online shopping is using their credit cards. They think that someone may steal their credit card
details. It is important to make sure that the website is safe and secure. If you see “https://” at the beginning of
the address bar, it means the website is safe and secure for online shopping.
People should not be afraid of shopping online. They should learn about secure ways of it because it will be the
only way of shopping in the future!

1. What are the ways of online shopping? _____________________________________________________

2. Why do people prefer online shopping? _______________________________________________________
3. In what ways can you make payment in online shopping?__________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
4. What should you do before doing online shopping? ______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
5. How can you make sure that the website is safe to do online shopping? ______________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Match the situations with the suggestions.

F 1. The new movie looks fun. a. How about asking your father for help?
F 2. My mother wants a new jacket. b. How do you feel about going out for a walk?
F 3. It’s getting late. c. If I were you, I would go home and have a rest.
F 4. It looks really nice outside. d. Do you fancy watching it together?
F 5. I don’t feel very well. e. I suggest we take a taxi.

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• Asking for and giving suggestions
• Doing shopping English 9
• Making requests
• Talking about future plans Theme 9
• Making and answering phone calls
Invitations & Celebrations

7. Imagine that you received the following posts. Reply to them making suggestions. L3

Jane Suny

Dear Jane,
I know that I am really good at playing basketball. But I am not on the school team
because the coach does not select me. Do you have any suggestions?

Breeze@ __________________________________________________
Dear Jane,
I am bored with our holiday destination. We go to the same district and hotel every summer.
I want to try something different. Would you mind giving me your suggestions?

Rose@R. ___________________________________________________
Dear Jane,
I want to throw a birthday party at home and I want it to be perfect. What do you recommend?

___________________________________________________
JJames@-

8. Study the dialogs. Then, write expressions from the dialogs to fit the given function below.
1 2
Sue Hello. Sue Hello.
George Hello, can I speak to George Hello, it’s George again. Is Andy back yet?
Andy, please? Sue No, he isn’t, I’m afraid.
Sue Just a second... I’m George OK, can I leave a message?
afraid Andy isn’t in at Sue Of course.
the moment.
George Could you tell him to call me back when he gets in? I have a new
George Do you know what
number. It’s 29…
time he’ll be back?
Sue Hold on a second. Let me get a pen and paper... OK, go ahead.
Sue He should be back this
evening. Can I take a George The number is 2975081. Have you got that?
message? Sue OK, let me read that back to you. That’s 2975081.
George No thanks, I’ll call George Yes, that’s right.
back later. Goodbye. Sue Right. I’ll make sure he gets your message. Goodbye.

1. Saying that someone is unavailable ____________________________________________________________

2. Asking for someone to wait __________________________________________________________________
3. Taking a message _________________________________________________________________________
4. Leaving a message ________________________________________________________________________
5. Checking information ______________________________________________________________________
9. Now, work in pairs. Write a similar dialog and share it with your friends.

_______________________________________________________________________________________
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