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Black Friday is a fun ESL lesson for students to learn vocabulary and expressions to talk about Black Friday. A great lesson for teaching cultural awareness.
Watch the ESL video about Black Friday, and use the ESL storytelling flashcards to retell the story and practice using new vocabulary and expressions. Get the downloadable PDF, digital flashcards, listening and reading exercises and everything you need for the perfect digital and remote English lessons when you subscribe.
aggressive, bright, packed,
shop, interrupt, sale, personally
decorations, hurt, save, crowd
Watch the YouTube video and answer the following questions.
Match the words on the left with words or expressions on the right that are closest in meaning.
| 1. Bright |
| 2. Hurt |
| 3. Packed |
| 4. Decorations |
| 5. Interrupt |
| 6. Shop |
| 7. Aggressive |
| 8. Save |
| 9. Crowd |
| 10. Personally |
| 11. Sale |
| A. full of people, crowded |
| B. doing something with force and sometimes violence |
| C. in my opinion, what I think |
| D. many people in one place |
| E. a time when the price of something is lower than usual |
| F. giving out a lot of light, shining |
| G. to stop something before it is finished |
| H. to keep something, like money, to use later |
| I. things used to make something more attractive |
| J. to visit a store or website to buy something |
| K. damage to your body, injury, harm |
Use the words from the vocabulary box to complete the following sentences. You may need to modify the tense or word form.
Fill-in-the-blanks – Watch the video and complete the sentences.
Black Friday is the day after ____________________.
It is the first day of the Christmas shopping season.
Christmas is the biggest holiday in the US and in many other countries ________ world.
In the US, many stores have big sales on Black Friday and a lot of people get really ____________________ about shopping on this day.
Many stores open at 12:01AM on Friday morning!
A few stores even start their Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving Day, the day before Black Friday.
Not everyone thinks this is a good ____________________.
Some people say it isn’t good because it ____________________ Thanksgiving dinners and family time.
Some people get really excited about Black Friday.
They love the chance to save a lot of money on Christmas presents for their friends and family.
People even ____________________ outside of stores so they will be the first inside when it opens.
____________________ shoppers get too excited on Black Friday.
People become ____________________ and ____________________ each other out of the way.
Sometimes people fight with other shoppers and people get hurt.
Personally, I think it’s a little scary to go shopping on Black Friday.
The stores are ____________________ with excited shoppers, it is loud, and it can be a little scary.
I think I will shop ____________________, like Mackenzie.
That way, I can relax and not have to worry about the crowds.
I will probably wait for a few days after Black Friday this year.
I enjoy seeing all the bright, colorful Christmas lights and _____________ at the stores, I just don’t like big crowds of crazy shoppers!
By the way, do you know why it’s called Black Friday?
It got the name because many stores finally start making a profit for the year from this day.
Before this day, many stores were thought to be losing money or _________________.
Accountants commonly refer to this as “in the red”.
When a business is making money, we say it’s “____________________.”
So that’s how it got its name.
Because stores are finally in the black.
Pretty interesting, isn’t it?
What is Black Friday? Hmm…let me see.
Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving.
It is the first day of the Christmas shopping season.
Christmas is the biggest holiday in the US and in many other countries around the world.
In the US, many stores have big sales on Black Friday and a lot of people get really excited about shopping on this day.
Many stores open at 12:01AM on Friday morning!
A few stores even start their Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving Day, the day before Black Friday.
Not everyone thinks this is a good idea.
Some people say it isn’t good because it interrupts Thanksgiving dinners and family time.
Some people get really excited about Black Friday.
They love the chance to save a lot of money on Christmas presents for their friends and family.
People even camp outside of stores, so they will be the first inside when it opens.
Occasionally shoppers get too excited on Black Friday.
People become aggressive and push each other out of the way.
Sometimes people fight with other shoppers and people get hurt.
Personally, I think it’s a little scary to go shopping on Black Friday.
The stores are ‘packed’ with excited shoppers, it is loud, and it can be a little scary.
I think I will shop online, like Mackenzie.
That way, I can relax and not have to worry about the crowds.
I will probably wait for a few days after Black Friday this year.
I enjoy seeing all the bright, colorful Christmas lights and decorations at the stores.
I just don’t like big crowds of crazy shoppers!
By the way, do you know why it’s called Black Friday?
It got the name because many stores finally start making a profit for the year from this day.
Before this day, many stores were thought to be losing money or breaking even.
Accountants commonly refer to this as “in the red”.
When a business is making money, we say it’s “in the black.”
So that’s how it got its name.
Because stores are finally in the black.
Pretty interesting, isn’t it?
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