🛍️ I'll Take It!
Adam has saved his birthday money, and today he's buying an e-reader at the electronics store with his dad! Learn the names of electronic products, say what you need, want and like to do, buy something in a store ("How much is it?" · "It's on sale!" · "I'll take it.") and use the irregular comparatives: good → better, bad → worse…
At The Electronics Store
Saturday morning, at the mall. Adam walks in with an envelope in his hand and his dad next to him.
🤔 Do you save money for something special? What do you want to buy?
📱 Electronic Products
Click each product to hear its name.
In American English, a mobile phone is a cellphone (or a cell). We often say just a laptop, a desktop or a tablet — no need for "computer". TV = television: "a new TV", "watch TV".
🛒 The Electronics Shelf
Read what the customer needs and find the right product. 8 customers.
🎯 Need, Want, Like + Infinitive
Use need, want and like with an infinitive (to + verb) to make statements and questions.
💬 Statements
- I need to get a new computer.
- I want to buy a new tablet.
- I like to play computer games.
- He doesn't like to play computer games.
✂️ Without the verb
- I need a new computer.
- I want a new tablet.
- I like computer games.
- Same meaning!
❓ Questions
- What do you need to do? — I need to clean my room.
- What do you want to do? — I want to go shopping.
- What do you like to do? — I like to read.
Don't forget to! ❌ "I want buy a tablet." → ✅ "I want to buy a tablet." · With he / she: She needs to… · He wants to… · He doesn't like to…
📝 The Wish List Machine
Choose who, the verb and the action — listen to the question and the answer.
🛒 Purchasing A Product
From "hello" to the receipt: everything you say (and hear) in a store.
🙋 1. Help
- Salesperson: May I help you?
- You: Excuse me. Could you help me?
🎯 2. What you need
- I want to buy a new camera.
- I need a game console for my brother.
- I'm looking for a TV.
- Could you tell me about your e-readers?
❓ 3. Questions
- How much is it?
- Is there a warranty?
- What's it made of?
- Is it reliable? · Is it easy to use?
🏷️ 4. Promotions
- It's on sale today.
- It's 25% off. (25 percent off)
🤝 5. Decide
- Yes: I'll take it.
- No: I don't think so. · I need to think about it.
💳 6. Pay
- How would you like to pay? Cash or credit?
- Could I see your ID? · Please sign here.
- Here's your receipt (and credit card).
Cash or credit? A credit card belongs to an adult — only Mom or Dad pay by card, show an ID and sign. Kids pay in cash with their savings: "Cash, please. Here you are." And always keep the receipt — you need it for the warranty!
🏷️ The Sale Calculator
Listen to the salesperson and find the new price. 6 products.
🛍️ The Store Simulator
You are Adam. Buy an e-reader with your birthday money — from "May I help you?" to the receipt!
🔨 Spelling Rules & Irregular Comparatives
Remember: one-syllable adjectives take -er (fast → faster). But watch the spelling, and learn the irregular ones by heart!
✏️ Spelling rules
- Ends in e → add -r: safe → safer, large → larger
- Vowel + consonant → double it: big → bigger, hot → hotter
- Ends in y → i + er: easy → easier, pretty → prettier, heavy → heavier
- This e-reader is easier to use than that one.
🌟 Irregular comparatives
- good → better than · bad → worse than
- far → farther than
- little → less than · much → more than
- The tablet is better than the desktop. My new phone cost more than my old computer!
Two correct forms! Some two-syllable adjectives follow both rules: quiet → quieter / more quiet · friendly → friendlier / more friendly. "Your street is quieter than my street." = "Your street is more quiet than my street."
🔨 The Comparative Forge
An adjective goes into the forge… which comparative comes out? 10 adjectives.
Listen And Repeat!
Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!
✍️ Practice Time!
Exercise 1 — True Or False?
Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue
Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.
🎭 Create & Record: At The Store
Write a conversation between a salesperson and a customer (you, with your mom or dad). Ask for help, say what you need or want to buy, ask two questions about the product, hear about a sale, compare with better or worse, decide, and pay.
🎙️ Now, Record It!
Read your dialogue out loud with a friend or a parent — one of you is the salesperson! Then listen back.
🎯 Final Quiz — Making A Purchase
Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!