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1 Divide the class into pairs. Students ask and answer 
questions about the area in which they live.
2 Students work in small groups and write a description of 
their town or the area of the city they live in.
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I saw it in the window
Explain to the class that it in the heading means a notice. 
1 Check the answers with the class. Read out the sentence 
yourself, pausing before the missing word. Students say the 
missing word.
Elicit that all the places in the exercise are services.
2 Look at the example with the class. Ask students to say which 
words in notice a tell them that this notice is from a video rental 
store (rental, movies). Students can do the exercise in pairs. 
They can either work together to name the shops and places, or 
they can work on their own and then compare answers.
3 Look at the instructions with the class. Elicit the meaning 
of scan. Remind students to look only for the information 
needed to answer the question. If you like, you can set a time 
limit for this exercise, e.g. fi ve minutes. Check the answers 
with the class. Get one student to ask a question and another 
student to give the answer.
Focus on … for and from
Ask students to fi nd other examples of for and from in the text (e.g. 
3 for £9 for 2 nights
/withdraw cash from any of our ATMs /
 
for a 
few hours
/treatment for minor ailments). 
Ask students to write two sentences of their own – one with for 
and the other with from. Check answers with the class. Ask two 
or three students to read their sentences aloud.
4  Ask students what kind of things they think Oxfam sells 
(clothes, books, CDs, household items, etc.). Explain that 
sometimes shops like this Oxfam shop are called second-
hand shops
. Ask students if they go to second-hand shops.