Lesson 5: At a Bookshop

A. Look at the Picture and Answer these Questions.

1. What is it?
2. Where can you find it?
3. Is there a bookshop near your house or school or in your upazila/town? Tell us about it.
4. Can you guess what the people in the picture are talking about?

B. Listen and Answer the Questions.

Listening Text: 2

1. What do you mean by ‘in stock’ and ‘out of stock’?
2. Who are talking in this conversation?
3. Where is the conversation taking place?
4. How many books does the student want?
5. What books does he want to buy?
6. How much do the books cost?

C. Work in Pairs.

One of you is a customer, and the other is a shop assistant. Make a dialogue saying the following sentences in the right order. Then write the dialogue in your notebook and act it out:

• Thanks
• Hello. Can I help you?
• Yes. An eraser too.
• Fifteen taka, please.
• Here you are.
• Sure. Anything else?
• Here is the money.
• How much?
• Can I have a pencil?