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Shopping
UNIT 1
Describing Shops. American and English Shops
Active Vocabulary
Baker’s / bakery
bargain (n)
buy (v); (bought, bought)
buyer
butcher’s
call (v); to call at a shop
cart / trolley / wire basket
cash (n)
cash desk / check-out
cash register (AmE) / till (BrE)
cashier
change (n); small change
cheap
choice (n); a wide / poor choice
choose (v); / (chose, chosen)
confectioner’s / confectionery
consumer
corner shop
cost (n); the cost of living
cost (v); (cost, cost); What does it cost? What did it cost you?
count (v)
counter (n); at the shop counter
customer (n) / shopper
dairy
delicatessen
drop (v); drop into a shop
expensive
fishmonger’s
greengrocer’s
grocer’s / grocery
market
money; to have money on / about oneself; spend money
offer (v); offer smth., offer to do smth.
off licence (Br. E.) / liquor store (A. E.)
pay (v); (paid, paid); to pay in cash / by cheque / card; to pay the bill
price (n); a high / low / reasonable price
- What is the price of …?
- How much is it?
- How much was it?
- What did you pay for it?
price / pricey / pricy
product
queue (up) (BrE) / line (up) (AmE)
receipt (n)
run (v); (ran, run); run out of smth
salesman / saleswoman / shop assistant
sell (v); (sold, sold); sell for a price; sell at a price
shop (BrE) / store (AmE); self-service shop
shopping (n); do the shopping; go shopping; shop around
shopping bag / carrier bag
shopping centre
shopping list
shopkeeper (BrE) / storekeeper (AmE)
stock up
store detective
street vendor
suggest (v); suggest smth.; suggest doing smth.; suggest that smb. should do smth.
supermarket / superstore
tobacconist’s
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
Exercise 1. Name 5-10 products you might buy at:
1) a grocery; 2) a sweet-shop; 3) a butcher’s; 4) a fruiterer’s; 5) a greengrocer’s; 6) a fishmonger’s; 7) an off-licence shop; 8) a baker’s.
Exercise 2. We can say grocer (=the person or the shop) or grocer’s (=the shop). How many of the words from the focus vocabulary can be treated the same way?
Exercise 3. Match the words from the box with the correct definitions.
| Supermarket | Convenience store | Corner shop | ||||
| Bakery | Butcher’s | Delicatessen | Off licence | Market | ||
a) A small local shop, usually on the corner of a street that sells food, alcohol, magazines, etc.
b) A large shop that sells a wide range of things, especially food, cleaning materials and other things that people buy regularly.
c) An area outside where people buy and sell many different types of things.
d) A shop that sells bread and cakes, especially one that also makes bread and cakes.
e) A shop that sells high quality food such as cheeses and cold meats, often from different countries.
f) A shop in your local area that sells food, alcohol, magazines etc. And is often open 24 hours a day.
g) A shop that sells beer, wine and other alcoholic drinks which you drink at home.
h) A shop that sells meat.
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