VOCABULARY PRACTICE

BLOCK I

1. Match a famous shopping street with a town, a store, and a product.

Model: Oxford Street – London – Marks and Spencer – underwear and jumpers

1. Look at the picture and guess what these people are saying.

Match up the shop (departments) with the appropriate goods. Give answers in the box.

Say the same in one word or a phrase.

1. A shop where you can buy fashionable clothes.

2. A place with many shops, either outside or indoors.

3. A person who works in a shop.

4. The place where you can try on clothes in a shop.

5. The place where you pay for things in a shop.

6. To look round the shops without planning to buy something.

7. The shop where you buy meat.

8. The shop where you buy medicines, baby products, shampoo, etc.

Fill in the blank with the corresponding words.

price (2), cheaper, purchase, regular, discount (2), compare, advertise, shop, expensive, sale(s) (4), bargain (2), impulse, bargain(s) (2).

A word of caution about ... stores and... . Some ... stores are not actually any ... than other stores in the area. In others, the merchandise may not be only less ..., but shoddy and not worth the ... charged. Some stores perpetually advertise …, even though they never have sold the merchandise at the ‘regular’ ... . A store may ... something at a low price in the hope that if you come into the store, you will not only … that item but other items at ... prices as well. To avoid this kind of trap, ... prices at different stores to be sure you are actually getting a ... . Do not buy something you do not need or want if you are shopping where some items are on ... . Avoid ... buying. It does not mean that you can not find real ... at ... stores or at ...; it means that you must ... carefully at all times.

Date: 2016-04-22; view: 2115