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TALK2ME VIDEO5 A2Talk Me2It’s better to …

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Before watching1 Write the food in the box in the correct

list. Use the Macmillan dictionary for help. Then add one more thing to each list.

apples | beans | biscuits | cat food cereal | oil | orange juice | pasta potatoes | salad | tuna | water

1

A packet of , ,

2

A tin of , ,

3

A bottle of , ,

4

A bag of , ,

Video skillsFollowing natural speech

• Don’t try to understand every word.

• Listen for the words that speakers stress: A packet of cereal. How to get to the supermarket. More and more people are doing it.

• It’s not important to understand the other words.

While watching2 Read the Video skills tips and then watch

the video. Complete the extracts with one or two words in each gap.

Max: It says to buy some (1) juice.

Jojo: I like (2) juice the best.

Evie: Six tins of (3) and two tins of (4) .

Evie: Would you like some toast or a (5) ?

Evie: OK, we’ve got some bread, some (6) , some (7) juice, a packet of (8) biscuits.

3 Watch the video again. Write what the friends say about the comparisons below. Write positive things and negative things  .Going shopping by bus instead of by bike.

1 2

Online shopping instead of going to the shops.

3

4

5

Tuna instead of cat food.

6

After watching4 Write the comparative or superlative

form of the adjectives. Use than and the if necessary.

1 It’s (good) to go on the bus than on our bikes.

2 I like online shopping (good).

3 Dad thinks orange juice is (good) apple juice.

4 That’s (funny) thing ever!

5 I think he’s (clever) cat in history!

EvieMax

Jojo