Shopping

Task 1. Non-Food Shops / Department Store. Fill in the table with the italicized words.

The florist, the knitwear department, stationery, the millinery, the shoe or footwear department, the men’s outfitter’s, the men’s clothing department, the women’s clothing department, chemist’s (drug­store), the perfumery, music store/record store, bookstore, china store, electric appliances store, computer store, toy store, sporting goods store, haberdashery store, hardware.

Places I Often Go to	Places I Sometimes Go to	Places I Never Go to
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Task 2. Read the text. For questions (1–13) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

A Shopping Trip

Yesterday I went to the department shop, my first (1) _________ was to go to the clothes shop as I had to (2) _________ a shirt I bought last week but which did not (3) _________ properly. Unfortunately, I did not have (4) _________, so the (5) _________ told me I could not get (6) _________. Instead, I (7) _________ it for a shirt in a different style.

Next I went to (8) _________ to buy new shoes, I walked up and down the (9) _________ looking at this week’s (10) _________. Finally, I chose brown shoes to (11) _________ my new suit. There was a (12) _________ at the checkout, so I had to wait some time.

	A	B	C	D
	aim	errand	aiming	department
	exchanging	exchanged	exchange	change
	match	sit	fit	sat
	a cheque	a check	a recipe	a receipt
	assistant	byer	cashier	porter
	return	refund	receipt	check
	returned	changed	gave	exchanged
	headgear	millinery	footwear	knitwear
	stalls	rows	aisles	isles
	special	new	latest	fashion
	fit	match	sit	come
	kiwi	kick	queue	key

Task3. Where do you (your family) prefer to shop for food? Compare the three usual places for food shopping and speak about their advantages and disadvantages using the table.

	Advantages A good (the best) thing about … is… An important factor is…	Disadvantages A bad (the worst) thing about it is… A major disadvantage is… A serious (slight) drawback can be…
Supermarket	convenient, variety of goods under one roof, comfortable and luxurious	impersonal atmosphere, crowded at peak shopping times, people often buy more then they plan
Small shop close to your house	can go shopping anytime, usually the atmosphere is friendly and shop assistants know people, fresh food	you do not always find what you want, can be crowded
Food market	in the open air, reasonable prices, you may bargain and get lower price	unpleasant in bad weather, sometimes food is sold from the ground, doubts about food quality

Task 4. Read the text and fill in the table giving the name of the similar stores in Ukraine or your native city.

Big Shops

A supermarket is often called a grocery store — it is a self-service store with different departments offering food and household things. It typically has such food departments as meat, fresh produce, dairy, bakery, canned and packaged goods and non-food departments such as house hold cleaners, newspapers, clothes and pet supplies. The special feature of a supermarket is that it usually occupies a single level and is situated near a residential area to be convenient to consumers. Very often supermarkets work 24/7 — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

A department store usually sells non-food products and includes such departments as apparel, furniture, home appliances, jewellery, cosmetics, etc. The department stores are not as popular now as they used to be.

A hypermarket is a superstore, which combines a supermarket and a department store. It occupies a very huge territory usually at a single level and may allow you to do all week’s shopping in one place. It usually has one check-out area, though sometimes different departments can sell their products independently.

A shopping mall is one or several buildings forming a complex of shops and services. The visitors can easily walk from unit to unit using wide halls, escalators and stairs. Very often in the centre of the mall there is a food court, where different fast food restaurants open into a big space full of tables and chairs (a shared sitting area). Modern malls are inward-facing (no windows, all stores open into a large hall) and make customers spend more in a controlled environment. The term ‘shopping mall’ is used in North America, while in Europe they are called ‘shopping centres’ or ‘shopping precincts’. In Hong Kong and Bangkok we can find vertical malls that consist of a number of stores accessible by elevators and escalators.

Shop	Description	Example
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