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Your friend’s birthday is a few days after yours. He often buys you an expensive gift. He says he just enjoys shopping for gifts, but this makes you feel pressured to spend a lot of money on his birthday present. You don’t think you will have enough money this year to buy him something nice. What do you do?
Let him buy you an expensive gift and get him something cheaper.
Ask him not to get you a gift this year.
Useful Language
Students can access a Useful Language drawer at any time during the activity. The key vocabulary and sentence stems will help your learners express their thoughts and opinions.
Keywords
- extravagant: spending or using more than what is necessary or reasonable
- feel pressured: to feel like you have to do something that you don't want to
- generous: willing to give and share unselfishly
Sentence Stems
- Even though my friend has good intentions,...
- It would be hard to ask my friend...
- This year, I decided to...