Reading Test: Black Friday

English as a Foreign Language

The day after Thanksgiving has become America’s biggest shopping day. Closed all day on Thursday, shopping centres all across the nation open early on Friday. Some of them open at 12:01 Friday morning, while others open at 4 a.m. Some “sleepyhead“ shopping centres, like Target this year, don’t open their doors on Friday until 6 a.m. From Friday to the day before Christmas, this is the season when businesses make nearly 25 per cent of what they earn in a year. This season puts many businesses “in the black”, that is, they make the money they need for the year.

Reporters from local TV stations interview people who sleep in tents in front of the shops a day or two before the doors open on Friday. These people patiently wait in queue to get products that are 50 per cent cheaper or more.

“Oh, we have fun,” said one of the persons queuing. “We sometimes bring games to play, we watch TV and order lots of pizza, and we often meet interesting people. And, most important of all, we save a lot!” The problem, of course, is that only a very small number of products have big reductions in their prices. Apart from a few big discounts, each shop has other things that are reduced from 10 to 50 per cent, saving shoppers from $10 to $400 per item, and so Americans want to go shopping.

Not all Americans enjoy shopping. Reverend William Graham wants to change Black Friday’s name. “We want to call it Remember Jesus Friday. People should start the season with the right attitude. Christmas has become a Season of Shopping. We want to make it a Season of Giving. And we don’t mean giving material things. We mean giving your back, your mind, and your hands. Help an old lady clean up her house. Teach a kid how to read. Visit sick people in the hospital or in nursing homes. Give food to the Red Cross. Celebrate Christmas by remembering Jesus and forgetting Santa Claus.”

Future Plans (Going to)

English as a Second Language (ESL)

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks

 

Complete the sentences using “going to” and the correct verb.

  • I __________ (visit) my grandmother this weekend.
  • She __________ (buy) a new phone tomorrow.
  • We __________ (watch) a movie tonight.
  • They __________ (travel) to Spain next summer.
  • He __________ (start) a new job next Monday.

Exercise 2: Match the questions with the correct answers.

 

Draw a line or match the correct responses.

 

Questions

1. What are you going to do this evening?

2. Are you going to visit your parents this weekend?

3. Where are you going to go on holiday?

4. Is she going to buy a new car?

5. What are they going to eat for dinner?

 

Answers

a) I’m going to study for my exam.

b) No, I’m going to stay at home.

c) We’re going to the beach.

d) Yes, she’s going to buy a red one.

e) They’re going to have pizza.

 

Exercise 3: Plan your weekend!

 

Write three sentences about your weekend plans using "going to". Example: I am going to visit my friend on Saturday.

 

1. _______________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________

 

Exercise 4: Speaking practice (Breakout rooms)

 

Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about your future plans. Take turns answering. Use full sentences!

  • What are you going to do this weekend?
  • Are you going to visit your family?
  • Where are you going to go on holiday?

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Basic English

A. LISTENING SMART START 4 – TERM 1 I. Listen and circle. Question 1. A Question 2. B C A Question 3. B C A II. Listen and choose the correct answer. Question 1. A. Yes, I’d love to B B. Yes, you can Question 2. A. They’re kangaroos Question 3. A. It’s sunny and cool Question 4. A. It’s pizza Question 5. A. He’s shopping B. Kangaroos can jump B. I like warm weather B. Yes, I can C C. I like the winter C. I like kangaroos C. It’s spring. C. Yes, please B. He likes hopping C. He can hop B. VOCABULARY AND READING Question 2. Question 3. I. Look and complete. Question 1. pu_ _ le II. Choose the correct answer fr_ _ zing Question 1. What can your dad do? - ____________ A. He’s doing gymnastics B. He can do gymnastics C. Yes, he can f_ _ther D. He likes doing gymnastics Question 2. Ben and his friends can ______table tennis well. A. make B. have C. do Question 3. Bring your ________ because it’s rainy A. raincoat B. coat Question 4. Can your mother ______ a car? A. drive B. to drive Question 5. I can draw, _____ I can’t dance. A. because B. at C. dress C. to driving C. with Question 6. My mom would like to go ______ a walk A. for B. at Question 7. My grandpa ______ television A. is watching B. is watch Question 8. What’s this? - _______ A. It’s a zebra’ B. It’s zebras C. in C. are watch C. They’re a zebra Question 9. What do you like ______ when it’s hot? A. can do B. doing C. to doing Question 10. What _____ these? – They’re snakes. A. are B. am D. play D. sunglasses D. driving D. but D. with D. can watching D. They’re zebras D. do C. is D. can III. Read and match A. It’s warm 1. What ‘s your favorite season? 2. What’s the weather like today? B. No, thanks 3. What’s his brother doing? C. It’s summer 4. Would you like to eat snacks? D. He’s eating snacks IV. Choose the underlined part that needs correcting Question 1. What can his grandma doing? – She can play chess A B C D Question 2. Would you like playing video games? – Yes, I’d love to A B C D Question 3. Bring your cap because it’s hot and rainy outside. A B C Question 4. What is he doing? – He is watch TV. A V. Read and fill. B C D D This is a picture of the zoo. This is a _______(1). It’s big and gray. It’s swimming . That’s an elephant. It’s very big. It’s _______(2) leaves now. Look over there. _______(3) are dolphins. They have _______(4) to help them swim well. They can _______(5) in the water. I love animals jump – fins – Those – eating – These – hippo C. WRITING Unscramble the sentences, 1. fur/ yellow/ and/ have/ Lions/ tail/ a long/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. watcing/ Is/ Lucy/ TV?/ eating/ and/ snacks/ ___________________________________________________________________________

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