- •Basic text carrie goes to a department store
- •Vocabulary notes
- •8. Fill in articles wherever necessary. Retell the text:
- •P enny wise, pound foolish
- •Money: vocabulary
- •Adjectives
- •A visit to a department store phrases and word combinations
- •Vocabulary activity
- •1. Find the odd word out.
- •2. Match the shops with what one could find there. Then say what else you can find in these shops.
- •3. In pairs, complete the table. You can add your own ideas. Then make up sentences as in the example.
- •4. Where do the following people work?
- •5. A. Match the items to the shop(s) where you can buy them. Then, make up sentences, as in the example.
- •6. A. You are new to the area and you want your neighbour to tell you where to do your shopping. In pairs discuss:
- •7. Bridge street is the central street of a small town called Barnford. It has banks, flower shops, stationers, etc. And even a small supermarket and a garage.
- •8. Fill in the correct word(s) from the list below:
- •9. Translate the text from Ukrainian into English.
- •In a department store
- •Harrods is in Paris. It isn't in Paris. It's in London.
- •Don’t ask how much –
- •It’s a penny
- •Fashion & clothes
- •Vocabulary
- •Try on, match, dress, wear, suit, go with, put on.
- •Additional material From ‘fifty model essays fashions’ by j. Miller
- •Phonetics
- •Food shopping
- •Vocabulary practice:
- •Reading
- •Helen smith goes shopping
- •Vocabulary
- •Vegetables:
- •Choosing a present
- •Mrs smith turns silver into gold
- •Introduction
- •Picking the perfect present
- •Shopping with the stars
Fashion & clothes
There's never a new fashion but it's old. Geoffrey Chaucer (1342 - 1400)
A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984),
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Vocabulary
Women's Clothing; bathing costume, blouse, cardigan, dress, dressing gown, evening gown, frock, fur coat, gloves, hat, handkerchief, house frock (dress), jumper, kerchief, over-coat, raincoat, scarf, skirt, stockings, suede jacket, summer dress, sweater, T-shirt, tights, bra, anorak. underwear, cast-off(s) (clothes, shoes), casual clothes (shirt...).
Men's Wear: blazer, braces, cap, collar, coat, dinner-jacket, jacket/coat (of suit), jeans, pullover, pajamas, shirt, shorts, short-sleeved shirt, socks, tails, T-shirt, tie, trousers, two (three) piece suit, vest, waistcoat, boxer shorts, bow tie.
Teenagers' clothes (girl's blouse, slacks,). Unisex: jeans, leather jacket, outfit, overcoat, pants,
Fabrics: cloth, material (cotton, nylon, silk, wool-woollen, velvet, denim, suede), coloured, checked, plain, striped, spotted, flowery, tartan.
Footwear; boots, court shoes, evening sandals (sandal court shoes), ladies' boots, mules sandals, shoes (platform shoes, tennis shoes), shoes (bareheeled, open-toed, high/low-heeled heelless, walking, for country/town wear), tennis shoes, tieshoes/laced shoes, training shoes.
Adjectives for describing people’s clothing: how things fit: baggy, loose, tight, close-fitting.
How people look: elegant, smart, scruffy, chic, trendy, messy, old-fashioned, fashionable, well-dressed, badly-dressed, casually, dishevelled, informal, sexy, untidy.
Fit somebody - if something is not too big and not too small for a person or other thing, it fits them. E.g.: A size 12 dress should fit. Suit - if clothes or other personal things are the right style, colour, etc. for someone, you say they suit them. E.g.: Casual clothes really don't suit her. A green dress won't suit me. That new haircut suits you.
Match somebody - if things are almost the same in some way and look good together, they match. E.g.: The curtains don't match the carpet (=they are not the same pattern/colour).
If things look right together in style, colour etc. they go together or go with each other. E.g.:
The curtains don't go with the carpet (=they are not the same colour and do not look good together either). Things can go together in other ways too. E.g.: Fish and white wine go particularly well together.
TASK 1. Match the nouns in part A with the fitting adjectives in part B:
A. Fashion, dress, shoes, material, bag, size, purchase, buy. small, shopping, expensive, economical.
B. Well-made, woolen, latest, tight.
TASK 2. Select the odd word that does not fit into a list, giving reasons for your choice.
A. Vest, dressing gown, clothesbasket, socks, blouse.
B. Sweater, trousers, cardigan, pullover, jumper.
C. Collar, sleeve, belt, velvet.
D. Slippers, sandals, tights, walking shoes, court shoes.
E. Changing booth, computing scale, shelf, trolley, glove.
F. Boutique, department store, bouquet, gift shop, bookshop.
G. Frock, dress, dinner-jacket, blouse, kerchief.
H. Confectionery, confession, meat, poultry, sausage, vegetables.
TASK 3. Fill in the blanks with "fit, match, suit, become".
1. I don't feel comfortable in these shoes. Do you think they ... me? 2. Could you show me a pair of gloves ... my bag? 3. Buy a blue scarf; this colour ... you more than any other and your coat. 4. The carpet should ... the curtains. 5. She was wearing a brown dress with hat and gloves ... 6. Oh, yes, the size is all right; it... you very well but it does not... you to wear such a short skirt. 7. You should also have shoes that... well when you intend to go for a walk.
TASK 4.Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the meaning of each sentence:
1. Go to the fitting-room and ... the suit.... 2. What did she... at the party? - A white dress. 3. The jacket is ... on you. 4. How much do these shoes ... ? Nine pounds. 5. On our way to the station we ... at the baker's and bought some buns. 6.1... the bill, took my parcel and left the shop. 7. The hat is too ... . Will you ... me something cheaper? 8. The salesgirl ... the parcel and gave it to me. 9. The coat is just your size. It... you well. 10. Have you a blue tie to ... the shirt?
TASK 5. Put the right verb, match, suit, or fit, into each of these sentences.
The blue dress ...................... her properly now she’s lost some weight.
The blue of her dress ......................... the blue of her eyes.
That blue dress ......................... the girl with the blonde hair.
TASK 6. Fill in the correct word from the list below: