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Let's Go Shopping

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Details: Parent Category: Lower-Intermediate Skill Builders; Category: Lower-Intermediate Skill Builders: Speaking; Written by Chris Cotter

Discuss or debate the questions below. Remember to support your answers!

Do you like shopping? Why/not?
Do you usually buy expensive products or are you a bargain hunter? Please explain.
If you didn't need to worry about money, would you go shopping every day?
Did you go shopping last week? If yes, what did you buy? If no, why didn't you go shopping?
Have you ever bought something on the Internet? If yes, what did you buy?

How often do you go shopping? Do you think this is too much or too little?
What was the last thing that you bought?
What was the most expensive thing that you have ever bought? How did you feel after you bought it? Please explain.
What is a spur-of-the-moment purchase? Do you often make spur-of-the-moment purchases?
What is a shopaholic? Are you a shopaholic?
What is a cheapskate? Are you a cheapskate?
What kind of stores do you prefer, big department stores or small shops? Why?
If money weren't important, what would you really want to buy? Why would you want to buy it? Please explain.

Do you have any plans to go shopping this weekend? If yes, what do you want to buy? If no, then why aren't you going shopping?
Have you ever participated in an auction? If yes, what did you buy? If no, would you want to?
Do you think women love shopping more than men? Why do you think so?

If you found $100, what would you buy? How about $10,000? Why would you buy these products?
Why do people often buy something that they don't really need?
Which is better, shopping alone or shopping with friends? Why do you think so?
A classmate or friend plans to visit your hometown or country. What should he/she buy as a souvenir? Please explain.