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37 Unit 7

I’d like to buy. . .

AIMS OF THE UNIT� How to describe and ask for objects� How to pay by credit card in shops and restaurants� How to refuse goods and services

GRAMMAR� Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns� Comparatives� Superlatives

Conversations 1 You could expand this dialogue by bringing in other typical gifts such asceramic plates, mantillas or fans. More colours could also be introduced andthe whole dialogue re-enacted substituting these items.

Practise comparatives (grande, mediano, pequeño) by bringing in items ofdifferent sizes (Russian dolls are good for this exercise) or, if the students willnot be offended, by referring to individual members of the class.

Exercise 1Ask the students to ‘price’ the souvenirs and gifts introduced earlier. In pairs,get them to write out sales slips similar to that in Exercise 1 and thenencourage them to ‘buy’ one or two of the items, using the words and phrasesintroduced in the first conversations.

Conversations 2 Más grande/más pequeño can now be practised further with the souvenirsand gifts.

In pairs, students could compare personal items for size, such as dictionariesor bags.

Conversations 3 Let students decide what they wish to cook for that evening’s dinner and drawup a list of ingredients.

In order to review this vocabulary, get students to classify it according tocategories, such as bebidas, carnes, pescado, fruta and so on.

Some students might be able to write their own recipe for a simple dishfollowing the guidelines in Exercise 9. This could be done at home. They couldthen read them out and swap recipes if they wish.

The class is going to have a party. Let students decide (as a class or in groups)what they will need to buy and ask them to make a shopping list. If this activityis carried out in small groups, lists could be compared and adjusted.

The food items introduced in this unit can be further practised by using flashcards or advertisements cut from Spanish magazines. This is a good way tointroduce new items or to refresh students’ memories in later classes. Otherlanguage structures can also be practised in this way, such as quiero/quería/¿tiene?/¿hay? You could also price items so that students need to useexpressions such as ‘¿Cuánto son los huevos?’

Exploiting the course material

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Exploiting material from the BreakthroughSpanish Activity Book

Exercise 1In pairs, students could try constructing their own ‘odd one out’ lists. Thesecould be passed to other pairs, who try to solve the puzzle.

Exercise 2In pairs, each student notes down three or four items of food or drink.Students guess the items on their partner’s list by asking such questions as¿es fruta/carne? ¿cuántos hay?

Exercises 3 and 4The dialogue in Exercise 4 can be repeated by replacing each food item withone from the shopping list in Exercise 3.

Exercise 5In order to speed up reactions for the agreements of nouns and adjectives,construct a grid on the board and fill each square with a suitable noun, such asmantilla, plato, bolso etc. These can be either singular or plural. Down theside of the grid write suitable adjectives to qualify these nouns. Invite a studentto point to a noun and adjective and encourage students to call out the correctcombinations: bolsos rebajados, platos azules. If you wish, this could bedone as a team game with teams given points for correct answers.

a. They now serve Spanish specialities. b. In December. c. Customers canchoose their own menus. d. He has had another restaurant for three years.e. Noodles and black rice. f. On special occasions. g. Saturday and Sunday.

i. antigüedades, antiques ii. artesanía popular madrileña, Madrid folk art iii. bisutería, costume jewellery iv. juguetes, toys v. libros antiguos, old books vi. moda, fashion vii. recuerdos, souvenirsviii. zapaterías, shoe shops.

a. Iberia has the best frequencies (of flights) and the best timetables. b. Ithas the most convenient connections between Spain and the biggest cities inEurope. c. It has the most modern fleet in Europe – Boeing 737s and 777s.d. It has the most comfortable planes. e. It has more space. f. You canwork in more comfort.

a. esta figurita/estas cabezas b. esas postales c. esos dos paquetesd. esa bicicleta, ésa e. este perfume/esa crema f. estas sandalias/estos zapatos

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Answers toexercises onthe worksheets

a. What is new about the takeaway food industry in Spain? _________________

b. When did ‘Menú español’ start its service? _____________________________

c. What is the new service on offer? _____________________________________

d. Why is Pablo Pocero well equipped to offer this service? _________________

e. What two products are important in the cuisine served at the Buffet LibreValencia?

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f. When does the takeaway service become more extensive?________________

g. Which days of the week are the busiest? _______________________________

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i. Antigüedades Calle del Prado, El Rastro

ii. Artesanía popular madrileña Barriode Malasaña, calles Almirante y Huertas

iii. Bisutería Centro, calles Serrano y Goya

iv. Juguetes Calle Conde de Peñalver

v. Libros antiguos Cuesta de Moyano, el Rastro

vi. Moda Calles Serrano y Almirante

vii. Recuerdos Paseo del Prado, Puerta del Sol

viii. Zapaterías Gran Vía, Calle Fuencarral

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Exercise 1

Read this shortnewspaper extractabout takeaway dishes‘platos para llevar’ andthen answer thequestions which follow,in English.

La moda de la comida adomicilio se extiende ahoraa las especialidades másespañolas y así, ‘Menúespañol’ ofrece desde elpasado mes de diciembrelas mejores paellas en unahora. Pero ahora hay unnuevo servicio que se llamaTodo Menú. La idea con-siste en que el cliente hacesu propio menú que llega a

su casa en el menor tiempoposible. Pablo Pocero tienela experiencia necesariaporque desde hace tres añostiene un restaurante en laCalle de Navarra, BuffetLibre Valencia en el quehay muchos platos para ele-gir. Todos los productos sonde Valencia: el arroz negroes importante y también losfideos. Se reparten los

platos en las zonas de Sala-manca, Chamartín y ArturoSoria, aunque en ocasionesespeciales pueden ir a otrospuntos de la ciudad. Lossábados y domingos lademanda de este servicio estanta que se hacen hasta 40paellas en un día.

‘Menú español’ tieneespecialidades para llevar comopaella y tortilla

New vocabularyla comida a domicilio takeaway food (service)desde (hace) sinceelegir to chooselos fideos noodlesrepartirse to delivertanto/a so much, so great

Exercise 2.Shopping

Where do you go toshop in Madrid? Here isa list of possibilities.Match up the Englishwords with the Spanishequivalent.

Shoe shops

Souvenirs

Madrid folk art

Toys

Old books

Costume jewellery

Antiques

Fashion

New vocabularyel espacio space la comodidad comfort

a. Iberia tiene las mejores frecuencias y los mejores horarios. _________

___________________________________________________________

b. Tiene las conexiones más convenientes entre España y las ciudadesmás grandes de Europa.

___________________________________________________________

c. Tiene la flota más moderna de Europa – los Boeing 737, 777 . . .

___________________________________________________________

d. Tiene los aviones más confortables._____________________________

e. Tiene más espacio. ___________________________________________

f. Puedes trabajar con mayor comodidad. __________________________

a. (This, these) Quiero ________ figurita y, a ver, ________ cabezas.

b. (Those) ¿Cuánto valen ________ postales?

c. (Those) Quería ________ dos paquetes.

d. (That) ¿Cuánto vale ________ bicicleta? (That one) ¿Y ________?

e. (This) Quiero ________ perfume y (that) ________ crema.

f. (These) ________ sandalias ¿qué precio tienen? (These) ¿Y ________zapatos?

Exercise 3 Look at these three pictures and write at least five sentences comparing eachperson. You’ll be writing sentences like ‘Tere es la más pequeña’ or ‘Juan esmuy mayor’.

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Exercise 1

Read through theadvantages of flyingwith Iberia and translateeach one. You’ll noticehow each sentencecontains a comparativeor superlative.

Exercise 2

You are out shopping.Complete each sentencewith the correct form ofeste/a/os/as orese/a/os/as. Don’tforget to use an accentif you use these formswithout anaccompanying noun.Esta postal y éstatambién.

_______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________

Tere

JavierJuan

Activity 1 You are in a souvenir shop and are interested in three items.

una figura de cerámicauna mantillaun abanico (fan)

Ask about colour, size and price.

Choose two of them to buy.

Activity 2 You are the sales assistant in a small grocery store. Your partner wants to buythe following items for a picnic. Give him or her the information he requires.You will see that some items are not available.

aceitunas negras x (sólo verdes en bote pequeño) 0,79

una barra de pan ✓ (grande 1,45, pequeña 1,05)

medio kilo de tomates ✓ 1,35 kilo

media docena de huevos ✓ 1,34 la docena

dos latas pequeñas de sardinas x (sólo grandes) 0,85 cada una

medio kilo de fruta ✓ naranjas 1,10 kilo, manzanas 2,45 kilo

cuarto kilo de queso ✓ 20,15 kilo (manchego)

jamón serrano ✓ 17,81 kilo

1 bolsa de patatas fritas ✓ 1,20 (grande) 0,95 (pequeña)

1 litro de vino ✓ (Rioja 1,10, Valdepeñas 1,25)

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Activity 1 You are a sales assistant in a souvenir shop. The customer (A) enquiresabout certain items. Here is the information you need.

figura de cerámica azul, verde, 22,50€ grande19,50€ pequeña

mantilla negra, 133,00€blanca, 248,00€marrón, 220,00€

abanico rojo, 25,00€blanco, 30,00€

Activity 2 You have ten items to buy for a picnic.

aceitunas negras

una barra de pan

medio kilo de tomates

media docena de huevos

dos latas pequeñas de sardinas

medio kilo de fruta

cuarto kilo de queso

250 gramos de jamón serrano

1 bolsa de patatas fritas

1 litro de vino

Enquire about availability, size and price.

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