Unit 5: Going Out of Business
1 Is Colin
1Colin’ss Coffee Shop open or closed? How do you Know?
2- What does “out of business” mean?
3- Do you know of a store in your city or community that went out of
business?
€ Why
do some stores close and put that notice
“ For Sale” ?
€ What does “out of business” mean?
€ What are chain stores?
€ What are family-owned businesses?
€ Why
y are large
g chain stores killing
g familyy
owned businesses?
€ Some
small stores / family- owned businesses
are going out of business these days .
€ This is because chain stores are more
powerful with money and other facilities.
Th are usually
They
ll owned
db
by llarge companies.
i
€ Chain
stores
€
1-Owned byy companies
p
such as Carrefour.
€
2- Popular and successful
everywhere .
€
Example: Hyperpanda and
Carrefour
€
€ Locally
owned
stores or businesses
€
1-Owned by families or
individuals.
€
2- Face difficulties because
they don’t have much
money and cannot stand
ith chain
competition with
stores.
p
Example:
small
supermarkets
€
Compete
C
t ( verb
b)
€ Competition ( noun )
€ Benefit ( noun )
€ Discount ( noun )
€ Employee ( noun )
€ Increase ( noun / verb ) X decrease
€ Loyal ( adjective )
€ Selection ( noun )
€ Owner ( noun )
€ Customers ( noun )
€ Chain ( noun )
€
1- There are two restaurants nearby. The two restaurants compete.
a____ to become more in price or number
b____ to try to be the best at something
g in a big
g cityy is p
public transportation.
p
2-One benefit of living
a_____ choice
B_____ a good thing; something that is helpful to you
3-These shirts usually cost 25 riyals. Today, they are only 20 riyals.
What a great discount!
a
a lower price than usual
a____
B____ to become more in price or number
4- The prices at the clothing store increase every year. Clothing is getting
very expensive.
A_____ to become more in price or number
B_____ to become less in price and number
5- II’m
5
m not the boss. I’m
I m an employee.
A____ people who buy things from a store or company
B_____ a person who works in a store or company
6- My mother shops at Hyperpanda. She is a loyal customer.
A
A_____
not changing; faithful
B_____ a person who has or owns something
7- I like large stores because they have a better selection. I can find
everything I need.
A
A____
a bad thing
B____ choice
8- This is my shop. I am the owner.
A____ a person who works in a shop
B
B_____
a person who
h h
has or owns something
thi
9- Hyperpanda has a lot of customers. A lot of people like to buy
from
there.
A_____ a person who has or owns something
B______ people who buy things from a store or company