Can we buy a pet, please? Yes. Let’s see the pets. How much is the puppy? The puppy is eighteen dollars. How much is the kitten? The kitten is seventeen dollars. How much is the rabbit? The rabbit is sixteen dollars.

Timmy: Can we buy a pet, please? Mom: Yes. Let’s see the pets. Mom: How much is the puppy? Girl: The puppy is eighteen dollars. Mom: How much is the kitten? Girl: The kitten is seventeen dollars. Mom: How much is the rabbit? Girl: The rabbit is sixteen dollars.

Create MCQs from this text "For as long as we can remember, innovation has been a top priority—and a top frustration—for leaders. In a recent McKinsey poll, 84% of global executives reported that innovation was extremely important to their growth strategies, but a staggering 94% were dissatisfied with their organizations’ innovation performance. Most people would agree that the vast majority of innovations fall far short of ambitions. On paper, this makes no sense. Never have businesses known more about their customers. Thanks to the big data revolution, companies now can collect an enormous variety and volume of customer information, at unprecedented speed, and perform sophisticated analyses of it. Many firms have established structured, disciplined innovation processes and brought in highly skilled talent to run them. Most firms carefully calculate and mitigate innovations’ risks. From the outside, it looks as if companies have mastered a precise, scientific process. But for most of them, innovation is still painfully hit-or-miss. What has gone so wrong? The fundamental problem is, most of the masses of customer data companies create is structured to show correlations: This customer looks like that one, or 68% of customers say they prefer version A to version B. While it’s exciting to find patterns in the numbers, they don’t mean that one thing actually caused another. And though it’s no surprise that correlation isn’t causality, we suspect that most managers have grown comfortable basing decisions on correlations. Why is this misguided? Consider the case of one of this article’s coauthors, Clayton Christensen. He’s 64 years old. He’s six feet eight inches tall. His shoe size is 16. He and his wife have sent all their children off to college. He drives a Honda minivan to work. He has a lot of characteristics, but none of them has caused him to go out and buy the New York Times. His reasons for buying the paper are much more specific. He might buy it because he needs something to read on a plane or because he’s a basketball fan and it’s March Madness time. Marketers who collect demographic or psychographic information about him—and look for correlations with other buyer segments—are not going to capture those reasons. After decades of watching great companies fail, we’ve come to the conclusion that the focus on correlation—and on knowing more and more about customers—is taking firms in the wrong direction. What they really need to home in on is the progress that the customer is trying to make in a given circumstance—what the customer hopes to accomplish. This is what we’ve come to call the job to be done. We all have many jobs to be done in our lives. Some are little (pass the time while waiting in line); some are big (find a more fulfilling career). Some surface unpredictably (dress for an out-of-town business meeting after the airline lost my suitcase); some regularly (pack a healthful lunch for my daughter to take to school). When we buy a product, we essentially “hire” it to help us do a job. If it does the job well, the next time we’re confronted with the same job, we tend to hire that product again. And if it does a crummy job, we “fire” it and look for an alternative. (We’re using the word “product” here as shorthand for any solution that companies can sell; of course, the full set of “candidates” we consider hiring can often go well beyond just offerings from companies.)"

Timmy: What do you want to do tonight? Sam: I want to watch a movie. Let’s go to the video store and buy a DVD. Timmy: What kind of movie do you want to watch? Sam: I want to watch a scary movie. I like scary movies. Timmy: I don’t like scary movies. What about a funny movie? Sam: OK, I like funny movies too. Let’s watch a funny movie. Sam: Wow, this movie is very funny. Good choice, Timmy! Timmy: Yes, I like it too. We can watch a scary movie next week.

Timmy: Hey, Dad! Can you bring me to the store? Dad: Sure, I am going out now. I want to look at the movies. Maybe I will buy a DVD. Dad: Why do you want to go to the store, Timmy? Timmy: I want to buy a swimsuit. Dad: Oh, really? Why do you need a swimsuit? Timmy: It is Sam's birthday. He will have a party. Dad: Oh, will you give Sam a swimsuit? Timmy: No, I will wear the swimsuit. It will be a pool party. Dad: Cool! Timmy: There will also be a band so that we can dance.

Good morning, Dad. Where are you going? I am leaving for work. I will take a trip into the city. Will you drive into the city? No, I won't. The traffic is very bad. I will buy a ticket and take the train. Do you like to be a passenger on the train? Yes, I like it. I can sleep or read a book. I think taking the train is better than driving. Will you take a tour of the city? No, I don't have enough time. We can take one for your birthday! Great!

A Choose the correct answer. 1 When his grandma died, he came ….. some of her money and property. A into C across B up D round 2 We should try to ….. the amount of rubbish in our area. A increase C provide B improve D reduce 3 I avoid driving to work because there are always ….. jams in the centre. A transport C power B traffic D station 4 By the end of the year, there will be more ….. farms in our city. A solar C floating B vertical D electric 5 Who is going to ….. our new piano? A deal C deliver B produce D construct 6 She doesn’t like being ….. in the house; she wants people around her. A healthy C lonely B crowded D alone 7 Why don’t you come ….. for dinner tonight? A up C over B into D back 8 Mr Jones has found the cure for a serious ….. . A disease C crime B pollution D poverty 9 Scientists are hopeful ….. the future of energy sources. A for C about B in D with 10 Do you think ….. tube trains will ever be used? A drone C charging B front D vacuum Grammar B Choose the correct answer. 1 I’ll still ….. two hours from now. A have gardened C garden B have gardening D be gardening 2 ….. you ….. your homework by 7 o’clock? A Will ... finish C Will … have finished B Will … be finishing D Won’t … finish 3 By 2100, experts ….. new energy sources. A will have discovered C will be discovering B will be discovered D will discover 4 The film will have started before we ….. there. A will have got C get B will get D will be getting 5 This time tomorrow, Sheila ….. a job interview. A will have C will be having B is having D will have had 6 David ..... back from work by dinner time. A will be coming C will have come B will come D won’t be coming 7 I can’t believe that in a few hours, we ….. our first live concert. A are performing C will have performed B will be performing D will perform 8 ….. next Friday, I will be flying to Glasgow. A This time C By B At D Until 9 Jake ….. by the end of September. A will retire C will have retired B is retiring D will be retiring 10 ….. the time Mum gets home, I will have tidied my room. A Before C Until B At D By Everyday English C Choose the correct answer. 1 A: How did you find that job? B: a I’ll be working in the local library. b I’ll be there from June 15th. c There was an advert online. 2 A: I can’t wait! B: a Sounds like fun. b I’ll work in my uncle’s restaurant. c I’ll stay there for two weeks. 3 A: Do you have any plans for the summer? B: a Really? b What about you? c Haven’t I told you? 4 A: What will your duties be? B: a I’ll be flying to London to see my uncle. b I’ll be helping customers. c I’ll have earned enough money to buy a new smartphone. 5 A: How long will you stay there? B: a Until the end of July. b Well, this time next week, I’ll be relaxing. c And what are your plans?

Create this questions into quiz: 1. Yesterday I ………………..(buy) a shirt and cargo trousers. 2. Ethan and Noa……………………(already/wait) for an hour before the bus arrived. 3. My parents……………….………(paint) the kitchen the whole morning. 4. It……………..(rain) very often in London 5. My brother………………….(clean) his room at the moment. 6. What…………………….…….(you/do) yesterday at 7 in the evening? 7. While my husband…………………..(cook) I ………..…………..(watch) TV. 8. She………………………….(not/study) for the exam yet. 9. I want you.……….………….(hand in) this assignment before Friday. 10. Students enjoy…………………(play) vocabulary games in class. 11. Can you afford………………..(buy) this expensive car? 12. We are looking forward to………………….(hear) from you.

Shopping Made Easy How can you buy things without money? Have you ever exchanged toys with a friend in return for one of their toys? In ancient times, people exchanged services and goods for other services and goods. That is called barter. The history of bartering dates back to at least 100,000 years ago. Goods were exchanged for food, weapons, tea and spices. It was around 3000 BC when societies in Americas, Asia, Australia and Africa used shells as money. Paper money or banknotes were first used in China during Song Dynasty. Now, we have Alipay and WeChat Pay. Because of the online payment, we seldom buy things in cash.

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