Buyers & Sellers
A buyer pays a seller for goods or services; recognising both roles in a trade and explaining what each person gives and gets
What a learner can do afterwards
- Explain what a buyer does and what a seller does
- Act out a simple buying and selling transaction with a partner
- Describe a time they or a family member bought something from a person (market stall, car boot sale, bake sale)
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You have learned about goods and services. A seller offers a good or a service for money. A buyer pays the seller to get it. For goods, the buyer gets the thing. For services, the buyer gets work done, like a haircut.
Ivy sells bread at her stall. Eli picks a loaf. Eli pays Ivy, and Ivy gives him the bread. Eli is the buyer. Ivy is the seller.
A bake sale sells food. A car boot sale sells used things. You can sell in one trade and buy in another. Play shop with a partner, a toy and pretend money. Take turns being buyer and seller.
Tell a grown-up about a time you or someone in your family bought something from a person. What was bought? Where? Who paid, and who sold it? If you cannot remember, ask a family member about a purchase, then retell it.
A buyer pays for a good or a service. A seller offers it for money.
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A Sale at the Fair
Imagine a school fair where Noor sells a puzzle with a grown-up's help. Noor tells a customer how much money the puzzle costs. That amount is its price.
The customer chooses to buy it and pays Noor. Noor gives the customer the puzzle.
Noor is the seller in this trade. The customer is the buyer. The buyer gets the puzzle, and the seller gets the money.
Goods and Services at a Market
Imagine visiting a market with a grown-up. One seller offers fruit. Another seller offers bike repairs.
If the grown-up pays for fruit, they buy a good. If they pay for a repair, they buy a service.
A market brings buyers and sellers together. Sellers can offer goods or services. Look at what is offered and who pays. Those clues help you name each person's role.
A Shop Can Buy and Sell
Imagine a shop buying notebooks from a maker. The shop pays the maker for the notebooks. In this trade, the shop is the buyer.
Later, a family pays the shop for a notebook. In that trade, the shop is the seller.
The shop did not make the notebook. A seller can sell something made by someone else. Check each trade to see who buys and who sells.
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