List of words and word combinations

department store - универмаг

consumer goods - товары народного потребления

cloth - ткань

ready-made clothes - готовая одежда

footwear - обувь

knitted goods - трикотажные товары

socks and stockings - носки и чулки

underwear - нижнее белье

ring - кольцо

glassware - стеклянные изделия

skirt - юбка

blouse - блузка

to try on - примерять

high (low) heels - высокие (низкие) каблуки

sandals - босоножки

jewellery - ювелирные изделия

bracelet - браслет

precious stones - драгоценные камни

semi-precious stones - полудрагоценные камни

millinery - головные уборы женщин

hosiery - чулочно-носочные изделия

stationery - канцелярские товары

haberdashery - галантерейные товары

pin - булавка

lace - кружево

thread - нитки

button - пуговица

zipper - молния

needle(s) - иголка, спицы

suit-case - чемодан

brief-case - портфель

doll - кукла

shopping bag - хозяйственная сумка

perfume -духи

lipstick- губная помада

powder - пудра

make up - грим, косметика

size - размер

to be all the fashion - быть в моде

to be out of fashion - быть не в моде

to pinch - жать (об обуви)

to be a perfect fit - прекрасно сидеть

to wrap up - заворачивать

cash-desk - касса

cheap - дешевый

frock - платье

to be stock size - иметь стандартный размер

cotton - хлопок

silk-шелк

wool(len) - шерсть (шерстяной)

to fit - хорошо сидеть, быть по размеру

to become - подходить (по цвету)

to match - подходить, гармонировать

to suit - годиться, быть подходящим

to go with - подходить к чему-то (гармонировать)

leather - кожа

suede - замша

to afford - иметь возможность, позволять себе

window-shopping - смотреть на витрины

to cost - стоить

to decide on - сделать выбор, остановиться на

shrinkproof - не садящийся

waterproof - водоотталкивающий

tight / loose - узкий / просторный, свободный

space ship – космический корабль

set of records - набор пластинок

Shopping (buying foodstuffs) Dialogue

Mother: Ann, will you please, do the shopping today? I'm very busy.

Ann: Of course, I shall. What am I to buy?

Mother: We are going to have a festive dinner tomorrow. Your aunt Liza and uncle Roger promised to come and see us.

Ann: What are you going to cook? Shall we have anything special?

Mother: For the first course I want to make clear soup. Will you buy some beef, please, but mind, it shouldn't be very fat.

Arm: Shall I buy anything else at the butcher's?

Mother: If they have lean mutton, buy 2 kilos, please, I'll make mutton chops for the second course. I'm afraid we've run out of potatoes and tomatoes. Drop in at the greengrocer's and get 2 kilos of potatoes and one of tomatoes.

Ann: Is that all? Beef, 2 kilos of mutton, 2 kilos of potatoes and 1 of tomatoes.

Mother: Oh, dear, you won't be able to carry all that, I'll ask Mike to help you. Mike, will you please, go with Ann and help her with the shopping?

Mike: Certainly, if she buys me an ice cream.

Mother: That reminds me. Will you look in at the cake shop and buy a chocolate cake? Aunt Liza is very fond of it. That seems to be all. Here is the money.

Ann: Mike, take the shopping bag and off we go.

Exercises

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions.

1. Who does the shopping in your family? 2. Where can one buy meat? 3. What kinds of meat do you know? 4. Do you prefer beef to pork? veal to mutton? mutton to pork? 5. How can you cook beef? mutton? 6. What meat do you usually buy for soup? 7. Do you like white or brown bread? 8. How much bread do you buy daily? 9. What else can you buy at the baker's? 10. Are you fond of sweets? 11. Where do you buy them? 12. How often do you buy cakes and biscuits? 13. What shop in St. Petersburg is famous for its cakes? 14. What does the fruiterer deal in? 15. What fruit can you buy in season? all the year round? 16. Do you prefer apples to pears? grapes to oranges? peaches to plums? strawberries to cherries? 17. Where do we buy vegetables? 18. What vegetables do you usually buy? 19. What dishes can we make of vegetables? 20. Where is dairy produce sold? 21. What dairy produce do you buy daily? 22. Do you buy bottled or loose milk? 23. Do you use sour cream when cooking? 24. What shop deals in fish? 25. Do you like fish better than meat? 26. Is there a supermarket not far from where you live? 27. What departments can you see in the supermarket?

Exercise 2. Ask your fellow students:

... if she (he) likes shopping

... when she (he) usually does it

... if there are many shops in her (his) street

... what food she (he) buys every day (on Sunday, for a festive dinner)

... what vegetables she buys for a mushroom soup

... what things she (he) buys for breakfast (supper)

... if she buys cakes or makes them herself

... if she (he) prefers smoked fish to pickled fish

... what kind of meat she usually buys

... where she buys it

... if it is sold ready-weighed and ready-packed

... what fruit she can buy all the year round (in season)

... what her favourite kind of fruit is

... what dishes she can make of potatoes

... if she knows how to make salads

… what salad she likes best of all

... if she knows how to make it

... what dairy produce she usually buys

... what bread she prefers: brown or white

... how much bread she buys every day

... how much money she spends on her everyday shopping

... what food she buys once a week

... how often she buys flour, coffee, sugar, tea, cereals

... if she prefers to do the shopping at a self-service shop and why

... if she likes small specialized shops better than supermarkets

Exercise 3. Complete the following sentences according to the examples.

Example 1: The baker ...

The baker sells bread, buns, rolls etc.

Say what the following shops and tradesmen sell: the butcher, the fruiterer, the grocer, the greengrocer, the confectioner, the dairy, the fishmonger, the poulterer, the cake shop.

Example 2: We buy meat

We buy meat at the butcher's

Say at what shops you can buy:

ham and sausage; sugar and coffee; beef and mutton; chickens and geese; smoked and salted fish; potatoes, onions and carrots; grapes and pears; milk and sour cream; cakes and pies; toffees, candies and chocolates; curds and sweet cream; tea, eggs, flour; beetroot and cabbage; turkeys and ducks; oranges and apples; cheese and cream; green peas and tomatoes.

Exercise 4. What will you say if you want to know:

the price of the cake; where the meat counter is; if the bread is new; if they have bottled milk; how much a kilo of grapes costs; how much you must pay for the things you have bought; if they have smoked fish on sale; where you can buy some sweets; if you must do the shopping today.

Exercise 5. What will you do if:

you've run out of flour; you are expecting somebody for dinner; you want to make meat salad; your husband asked you to cook fish for dinner; the doctor's advice is to eat much fruit and vegetables; you are going to treat your family to roast chicken; you are going to cook a Christmas dinner.

Exercise 6. Complete the following sentences.

1. What can I do for you? I'd like .... 2. How much do I pay for ...? 3. Where can I get ...? 4. Is the mutton ...? 5. Where do they sell ...? 6. I've run out of ... . 7. Have you got ... ? 8. Where is the nearest ...? 9. It's very convenient to do the shopping .... 10. If you've run out of potatoes you'd better .... 11. They sell a lot of nice things at .... 12. Meat salad is easy to make: buy .... 13. If you want to cook clear soup ... . 14. Every day I buy ... . 15. Once a week we buy ... . 16. They usually sell fish ... 17. Besides milk I want you to buy ... .18. The florist deals in ... . 19. I prefer to do the shopping at ... . 20. Can I haire a leaf of ...?

Exercise 7. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and postverbal adverbs wherever necessary.

1. The baker usually deals ... bread, buns and rolls. He has all kinds ... bread ... sale. 2. I prefer to do the shopping ... a self-service shop. One takes a basket and moves ... the counters which are filled ... various foodstuffs. After you've chosen the things you want you come ... the cash-desk and pay ... them. 3. They sell apples and oranges all the year ... but strawberry is sold only season. 4. ... the fishmonger's one can buy smoked, salted, fresh and frozen fish. 5. We go ... a milkshop ... dairy produce. 6. Bread is sold ... loaves, meat ... kilos, eggs ... dozens (tens). 7. If you've run......vegetables you'd better go ... the greengrocer's now. 8. How much does a bottle ... milk cost? 9. ... the way, have you got pickled cucumbers or tomatoes? 10. Will you drop ... ... the baker's and buy some rolls? 11. Where do I pay ... the things I've bought? ... cash-desk which is ... the exit. 12. Mushroom soup is made ... mushrooms, potatoes and onions. 13. This shop is famous ... its biscuits all ... the city. 14. The poulterer deals ... poultry.

Exercise 8. Name some kinds of vegetables, meat, poultry, fruit, pastry.

Exercise 9. Say what you buy to cook beetroot soup, cabbage soup, meat salad, a cake, vegetable salad, rissoles, mushroom soup, fish salad, mushroom omelette.

Exercise 10. Translate into English.

1. У нас кончилось масло. Зайди, пожалуйста, по дороге из школы в магазин и купи двести граммов. Заодно возьми триста граммов сыра. 2. Я собираюсь испечь торт, для этого мне понадобится пять яиц, стакан песку, двести граммов сметаны, два стакана муки. Сахар, мука и яйца есть, а сметана кончилась. Петя, сбегай в молочный магазин и купи сметану, пожалуйста. Если будет творог, возьми две пачки. 3. Что нужно купить в овощном магазине? -Пакет картошки, килограмм лука, полкило соленых огурцов и банку зеленого горошка. Я хочу сделать на ужин мясной салат. В холодильнике лежит кусок отварного мяса. 4. Когда пойдешь в аптеку (to the chemist's), зайди, пожалуйста, по дороге в булочную и купи полбуханки черного хлеба и два батона. 5. Рядом с нашим домом большой универсам. Я очень люблю делать там покупки. На это у меня уходит не больше 30-40 минут. 6. Скажите, пожалуйста, у вас есть разливное молоко? - Нет, только в бутылках. Но после обеда будет и разливное.

Exercise 11. Be ready to talk on one of the following topics.

1. Everyday shopping. 2. Doing the shopping at a supermarket. 3. The shopping you did before your birthday party.

Exercise 12. Make up your own dialogues on the topic "Shopping".