Lesson 8 (vocabulary). Shops and shopping (part 2).

 

4. Complete each sentence ( a-j) with a suitable ending (1-10). Use each ending once.

a) I bought my new television from a department………5…………

b) Don’t forget to write a shopping ………………………

c) Can you pay over there? This cash ………………….

e) Most of the tourists went bargain …………………..

f) Quite late at night the little corner …………………..

g) It would be much better to buy an economy …………………

h) Don’t forget that we have to stop at the filling …………………

i) There’s a very nice suit on display in the window ……………………….

j) Mary has just started work as a shop……………………….

1. centre near the public library?

2. register doesn’t work.

3. of that new shop next to the post office.

4. size box of paper tissues.

5. store in the town centre.

6. shop down the road is still open.

7. assistant in a shoe shop.

8. list before we go to the market tomorrow.

9. station to get some petrol.

10. hunting in the old part of the city.

 

5. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.

a) I bought these jeans very cheaply in the ……C………..

A) bargains         B) reductions                    C) sales                                D) discounts

b) The washing instructions for this shirt are given on the ……………………

A) label                                B) badge                             C) notice             D)mark

c) All the small ………………….. closed their shops in protest at the price rises.

A) shop assistants           B) shoppers       C) shopkeepers                               D) shop stewards

d) We don’t have the CD, I’m afraid. It’s out of ……………………………

A) order              B) stock                               C) shelf                                D) sale

e) The street market was full of ……………………….. selling fruit and vegetables.

A) counters        B) boutiques                     C) tables              D) stalls

f) The shop opposite my house sells a variety of ………………………….

A) objects           B) purchases                     C) goods              D) productions

g) I’m sorry, but the dress you want is not …………………….. in red.

A) possible         B) economical                   C) suitable          D)available

h) Every Friday you can buy cheap vegetables in the market ………………….

A) street             B) place               C) store                               D) sales

i) I like street markets, because you shop in the open ………………………

A) prices              B) sunshine                       C) bargains         D) air

j) I like your new car. What ………………… is it?

A) brand              B) make               C) name              D) label

 

6. Complete each sentence with a word from the box. Use each word once only.

Baked beans     chocolates         jam        orange juice      soap      breakfast cereal              flowers                               margarine                paper tissues                    toothpaste

a)      a tube of …..toothpaste…

b)      a bunch of ………………………..

c)       a pot of ……………………..

d)      a tin of……………………….

e)      a box of………………..

f)       a box of …………………………

g)      a packet of ……………………

h)      a bar of …………………..

i)        a carton of ……………….

j)        a tub of ……………………..

Correct answers

4.            a) 5                       b)8                         c)2          d) 10                     e) 1                        f) 6         g) 4        h) 9                        i) 3          j) 7

5.            a) C        b) A       c) C        d) B        e) D       f) C         g)D         h) B        i) D         j) B

6.            a) toothpaste    b) flowers           c) jam                   d) baked beans                               e) chocolates/paper tissues                       f) chocolates/paper tissues        g) breakfast cereal         h) soap                i) orange juice                  j) margarine