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9. Speak about your shopping preferences ( supermarkets, shopping centers, round the corner shops or on the Internet) and explain your choice.

☺ London is the capital of shopping. Thousands of visitors and guests come here every day to do their shopping and find everything to their tastes.

London’s shops are considered to be attractions in themselves. Most famous of them are situated in Oxford Street and Regent Street.

Marks and Spencer is a chain of department stores selling men’s and women’s clothing, food and home furnishing. In Russia this chain is mostly represented in clothing, traditional in design.

The Body Shop selling skin-care products, shampoo and perfumes is also represented in Russia now. It has its branches in almost all big cities. The shops sell cheap high-quality products.

Next is a chain of clothes shops, which sold mostly fashion clothes which hadn’t been available to the majority of people. Now the company designs more democratic lines for young people, but still provides education in style and fashion with its collections.

Quiz.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping?

10. Study the use of much, many, little, few, a lot.

1. Much is used with uncountable nouns, many – with countable ones. They are mainly used in negative and interrogative sentences. A lot of is used in affirmative sentences.

Do you spend much flour for this cake?

I haven’t got many friends here.

I spent a lot of money for this necklace.

There are a lot of shops in this area of the city.

  1. Little is used with uncountable nouns, few – with countable ones.

Little and few can be used with indefinite article: a little and a few – некоторое, хотя и небольшое количество (мало, но достаточно). No article before little and few - мало, недостаточно, почти нет.

We have a little butter to make sandwiches.

They will leave London in a few days.

Please, go to the shop. We have little bread.

He won’t get the job because he has few qualifications.

11. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate form of to be.

1. There …a lot of books on the shelves.

2. There …a little butter on the plate.

3. There …too many questions to ask.

4. It…very dark in the street, there…no people .

5. There…not much money left.

12. Fill in the gaps with many, (a) little, (a) few, a lot.

1. Our house is almost empty because we haven’t got…furniture. 2. How …brothers has Andy got? 3. Life is difficult for Greg because he earns very…money. 4. Martha has only had a passport for two years, so she hasn’t visited…countries. 5. …people enjoy going to the dentist.

6. Now Mary has…friends at the institute. She is happy about it. 7. I have…spare time today. I don’t go to the office. 8. There is…information in this book. Take another one.

13. Match the beginnings and endings to make up sentences.

1. How much a. potatoes did you buy?

2. There isn’t much b. information did you get?

3. There are very few c. time left.

4. We didn’t buy any d. waiters in the restaurant

5. How many e. fruit last week.

6. I’ve prepared some f. work so far.

7. He has found little g. sandwiches, has she?

8. She’s invited a lot of h. food with you?

9. Have you got any i. delicious soup for you.

10. John hasn’t eaten many j. friends to diner.

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