English Vocabulary in Use Elementary » Unit 19: Shops and shopping

Word List
  • bag
  • baker(’s)
  • basement
  • beauty
  • bigger (size)
  • bookshop
  • butcher(’s)
  • carrier bag
  • cash
  • cash desk
  • change
  • chemist(’s)
  • cheque
  • children’s department
  • closed
  • colour
  • cost
  • credit card
  • department store
  • different (colour)
  • electricals
  • first floor
  • floor
  • food
  • fourth
  • furniture
  • gift shop
  • ground floor
  • men’s wear
  • newsagent(’s)
  • note
  • open
  • pay
  • post office
  • pull
  • push
  • receipt
  • restaurant
  • second
  • shop
  • shopping
  • sign
  • size
  • smaller (size)
  • supermarket
  • third
  • toys
  • try on
  • women’s wear
Exercises

19.1 ‣ Match the item with the shop.

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  1. a) toy shop
  2. b) butcher
  3. c) chemist
  4. d) baker
  5. e) gift shop
  6. f) newsagent

19.2 ‣ Where do you need to go?

  1. I want to get a newspaper.
  2. I’d like to buy food for a week. _____
  3. I need some stamps. _____
  4. We must get Michael a present. _____
  5. I’d like to buy a book. _____
  6. I want to buy some clothes for myself and my children in one shop. _____

19.3 ‣ Look at the department store plan in B opposite. Which floor will you go to buy:

  1. an armchair?
  2. lipstick? _____
  3. a cup of tea? _____
  4. a packet of tea? _____
  5. a skirt? _____
  6. some baby clothes? _____
  7. a tie? _____
  8. a TV? _____
  9. a bed? _____
  10. a doll? _____

19.4 ‣ Write the words for these definitions.

  1. a person who sells things in a shop
  2. money (not a cheque or credit/debit card) _____
  3. a piece of paper that is worth £20 _____
  4. ‘plastic money’ _____
  5. coins or small notes _____

Now write definitions in English for these words/phrases.

  1. a butcher’s
    _____
  2. the first floor
    _____
  3. a newsagent’s
    _____
  4. the basement
    _____

19.5 ‣ Which sign tells you ...

  1. that you can give the money for the things you are buying here?
  2. that you can’t go into the shop? _____
  3. that the door will open towards you? _____
  4. that the door will open away from you? _____
  5. that you can go into the shop? _____

19.6 ‣ Fill the gaps in the dialogue.

Customer: How much does this jacket 1 _____?
Shop Assistant: £50.
Customer: I’ll take it, please. Can I 2 _____? by credit card?
Shop Assistant: Certainly. I’ll put your receipt in the 3 _____?.
Answer Key
A ‣ Kinds of shops

* These words are also for people’s jobs. We oft en add ’s and say: I’m going to the newsagent’s to get a paper. Do you want anything from the butcher’s?

B ‣ In the department store

A department store is a large shop which sells a lot of different things – clothes, beauty products, toys, etc.
C ‣ Signs in shops

D ‣ Expressions

Shop assistant: Can I help you?

Customer: Can I try this shirt on? (goes and tries it on) Have you got a bigger / smaller size / a different colour?

Shop assistant: No, I’m sorry. That’s the only one.

Customer: OK. I’ll take it. How much does it cost?

Shop assistant: £22.

Customer: Can I pay by cheque?

Shop assistant: No, credit card, debit card or cash, please.

Customer: Sorry, I only have a £50 note. I don’t have any change [coins or smaller notes].

Shop assistant: That’s OK. Here’s your receipt. Would you like a (carrier) bag?

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