SHOPPING ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE

 

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 23 SHOPPING

 

A In a supermarket B Shopping centres and street markets Some people like modern shopping centres1 because everything is under one roof2 and it is convenient3. There’s a wide range4 of shops, and if there is anything wrong with something you buy, the shop will replace5 it, or give you a refund6. Other people prefer going to street markets because they like the atmosphere7 you get from the different stalls. Food and clothes are also usually cheaper in street markets. Sometimes you can try to agree a lower price for something you buy in a street market; we call this haggling. Of course, if you don’t like what you buy in a street market, you can’t normally take it back and get a refund.   EXERCISES 23.1 True or false? If a sentence is false, change it to make it true. 1 If you have a lot of things to buy, you need a basket. _______ False. If you have a lot of things to buy, you need a trolley. _________________________ 2 Supermarkets arrange things to make us spend more money. __________________________________________________________________________ 3 The checkout is where you pay for things. __________________________________________________________________________ 4 Expensive items are on the top shelves. __________________________________________________________________________ 5 If something is fresh, it has just been made. __________________________________________________________________________ 6 There are often lovely smells near the entrance. __________________________________________________________________________ 7 Sweets are often near the checkout. __________________________________________________________________________ 8 It’s always a good idea to buy things on special offer. __________________________________________________________________________ 23.2 Mark the main stress on these words. Use the index to help you. ‘atmosphere convenient checkout entrance a refund replace item 23.3 Are these statements true of shopping centres, street markets, or both? 1 They are usually quite modern. _________ shopping centres _______________ 2 Everything is under one roof. ___________________________________ 3 You buy things from stalls. ___________________________________ 4 You can haggle. ___________________________________ 5 You can normally get refunds. ___________________________________ 6 They can be very convenient. ___________________________________ 23.4 Complete the sentences. 1 I took the shoes back to the shop, but they wouldn’t give me a ________ refund ____________. 2 It _____________ me angry when shops refuse to give you a refund or things. 3 I often buy bananas but forget to eat them, and then I have to _____________ them away. 4 When I got to the checkout, there was a long _____________ of people waiting. 5 There’s a special _____________ on melons – buy one, get one free! 6 The vegetables are near the _____________, where we came in. 7 I like that supermarket because they have a wide _____________ of meat and cheese. 8 In my local street market, there’s just a really nice _____________: it’s very busy, but everyone is friendly and there’s lots of colour. 9 I am more _____________ to buy something if it’s a special offer, because it seems cheaper. 23.5

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