- •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
A visit to a department store phrases and word combinations
Shoppers and Shop Utensils: basket, bill, cashier, cash-desk, change, changing booth (fitting booth), check out, computing scale, counter, customer, dummy, fashion journal (magazine), money, price, price card, price label, purchase, receipt, receipted bill, shopping bag, shelves, shop assistant, shopping list, showcase (display case, show window, indoor display window), trading hours, trolley, wrapping paper.
Kinds of Shops; (bargain) sale, bookshop/store, book stall, boutique, cash-and-carry, department store (almost everything: furniture, toys, jewellery, etc. and sometimes food), flea market, gift shop, grocery store/the grocer's, private shop, provision shop, state-run, supermarket (food and household goods), the butcher's, the confectionery, the dairy market, greengrocer's.
Note: most other shops are just ‘+shop’, e.g. shoe shop, record shop, camera shop, etc.
Departments: Cosmetics, Electrical Goods, Footwear, Fur Department, Haberdashery, Household Goods, Jewelry, Knitted Goods, Ladies' Wear Department, Leather Goods, Linen Goods, Men's Wear Department, Millinery, Perfumery, Ready-made Clothes, Stationery and Office Supplies, Textiles, Toy Department.
To go shopping (to go to the shops to buy food or clothes), to do the shopping (to buy food and household goods), to run out a/something, to pay the bill, to join a queue, to wrap up the purchase, to try something on, to be tight/loose on somebody, to sell, to be in fashion/out of fashion, to come into fashion, to go out of fashion.
Trading hours, a cheap/expensive/dear purchase, sky-high/soaring prices, reasonable price. the most economical buy.
What size is it? I wear size ... My size is ... What do you charge for it? (How much is it? What does it cost? How much is that watch worth? It’s worth about ₤50) It's too dear, I can't afford it (= don’t have enough money). What would you like? Just to have a look round. I'm just looking round. Can I help you? Help me on /off with it, please. Here is your change. I have a lot of shopping to do today. Prices are going up/coming down. You can buy it at a reasonable price. Prices are at an all-time high/low; bargain prices.
Browse around the shops - to look at the goods in a shop without wanting to buy any particular thing. E.g.: If Helen wants to buy something other than food, she goes into the city centre. Often she will take an afternoon off from her work and browse around the shops. Window shopping (= to look round the shops but not buy anything).
Vocabulary activity
1. Find the odd word out.
kiosk, stall, booth, department store
market, bid, auction, sale
shop-assistant, manager, cashier, customer
debt, overdraft, account, loan
hammer, screwdriver, bracelets, drill
table, book, chair, dresser
ring, earrings, necklace, dress
washing powder, bleach, flowers, furniture polish
towel, deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste
pen, envelopes, paper, ribbons