Shops and shopping

Shops play an important role in our life. People cannot do without them. When people want to buy something, they go to shops where various goods are sold. Through the shop-window we can see what is sold in this or that shop.

At the grocer's you can buy sugar, tea, coffee, salt, pepper, ham, bacon, sausages, frankfurters and so on. Bread is sold at the baker's, meat at the butcher's. We go to the greengrocer's for vegetables and fruit. Cakes and sweets are sold at the confectioner's. When we want to buy clothes we go to men's and ladies clothes shop. We buy boots and shoes at the footwear shop. We buy jewelry at the jeweler's. We buy books at the bookseller's.

A salesman, salesgirl or saleswoman usually stands behind the counter. The cashier sits at the cash desk. The salesman or salesgirl weighs the goods, which are not packed on the scales, and tells the price. People who often come to buy different things in the shop are called customers.

Some shops may have many departments. These shops are called department stores or supermarkets. Supermarkets are self-service stores with departments for different food products. Supermarkets sell thousands of food products: meat, fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, canned groceries, bakery items, delicatessen items, and frozen food. Some supermarkets also have seafood and alcohol. In some supermarkets you can also buy household goods. The supermarkets are located in shopping centers or malls and along main roads. Supermarkets are popular because they save time, have low prices and variety of products in one place. There you can buy almost everything you need.

Vocabulary

cannot do without не могут без

to buy [bai] покупать

various ['væ riə s] разнообразный

goods товар

the grocer's бакалея

the baker's булочная

the butcher's мясной магазин

the greengrocer's овощной магазин

the confectioner's кондитерская

footwear shop обувной магазин

the jeweler's ювелирный магазин

cashier [кæ '∫ іə ] кассир

bookseller's книжный магазин

salesgirl ['seilzgə: l] продавщица

saleswoman ['seilzwu: mə n]

salesman ['seilzmæ n]– shop assistant

to weigh [wei] взвешивать

scales [skeilz] весы

self-service [, self'sə: vis] самообслуживание

household goods товары для дома

дому mall Am. торговыйторгівельний центр

canned консервированный

supermarket супермаркет

Answer the questions.

1. Do shops play an important role in our life?

2. Where do people go when they want to buy something?

3. What can we see through the shop-window?

4. What can we buy at the grocer's?

5. What can we buy at the baker's?

6. What can we buy at the greengrocer's?

7. What can we buy at the butcher's?

8. What can we buy at the confectioner's?

9. What can we buy at the footwear shop?

10. What can we buy at the bookseller's?

11. Where do the customers pay for the goods at the self-service shops?

12. What is a supermarket?

Match the names of goods with the places where they can be bought

Part 1

1. a prescribed medicine a) the stationery

2. a book b) the millinery

3. bread and cakes c) the newsagent's

4. fish d) the florist's

5. flowers e) the chemist's

6. writing paper, pens and files f) the butcher's

7. a woman's hat g) the fishmonger's

8. newspapers and magazines h) the bookshop / bookstore

9. fresh meat i) the baker's

Part 2

10. cigarettes and matches j) the off-license

11. very old furniture k) the boutique

12. stamps m) the pet shop

13. tools n) the antique shop

14. vegetables and fruit o) the tobacconist's

15. wine and other alcohol drinks p) the green-grocer’s

16. tea, biscuits, butter q) the post office

17. a dog or a cat r) the ironmonger's

18. fashionable clothes s) the grocer's

Match the following phrases of quantity with the nouns they go with. Bear in mind that some phrases of quantity can go with different products.

Part 1

1. a jar of a) yoghurt

2. a kilo of b) milk

3. a bottle of c) cheese

4. a packet of d) tuna

5. a carton of e) jam/honey

6. a loaf of f) bread

7. a piece of g) ketchup/sunflower oil

8. a bar of h) butter/rice/spaghetti

9. a tin of i) juice

10. a pot of j) meat/fish

11. a can of k) chocolate/soap

Part 2

12. a tube of l) bananas/grapes

13. a roll of m) flour

14. a bunch of n) margarine

15. a packet of o) potatoes

16. a bag of p) toilet paper

17. a box of q) cookies/ biscuits

18. a pack of r) film

19. a roll of s) matches

20. a packet of t) cornflakes

21. a bag of u) cigarettes

22. a tub of v) toothpaste

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