Work in pairs and discuss the questions
Do you collect anything or did you collect things when you were young?
Would you like to collect anything from this list? Why or why not? figures games musical instruments shells stamps tickets trainers
Imagine you find a large amount of money in the street. Do you keep it or do you try to find the owner? Why?
Now imagine you find a gold watch in the street. What do you do?
Read the article. Why was the writer lucky? Find at least two reasons.
Read the statements (1-6). Find a phrase or sentence in the article that shows why each statement is false.
1 The writer went to the shop only because he liked buying things there.
2 This was the first time he read The Hobbit.
3 His first conversation with the expert was face-to-face.
4 The expert offered £7,000 for the book.
5 On the day of the auction the writer felt relaxed.
6 He stopped going to the shop where he bought the book.
Work in pairs and discuss. Have you ever found anything interesting? What did you do with it?
VOCABULARY Money and Value
fair valuable cost offer increase savings spend on rent
Work in pairs. Do you agree with the statements? Why/Why not?
1 The price of phones in my country is increasing.
2 A bottle of water costs more than a cup of coffee.
3 It’s not important to have savings when you’re young
4 When you want to buy something in an online auction, you should start with a high offer.
5 I think fifty euros is a fair price for an old bike.
6 In my country people usually buy flats, they don’t rent them.
GRAMMAR
possessive pronouns, whose, this/that, there/then
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