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Shopping

Kinds ot shop
1 What would you buy in the tollowing shops?
florist's greengrocer's baker's
butcher's tobacconist's pet shop
grocer's newsagent's antique shop
stationer's

Going shopping
2 Put each ot the tollowing words or phrases in its correct place in the
passage below.
cash desk sales tag label off-the-peg
retund try on fit receipt assistant
mail order bargain tiU cashier exchange

If you want to buy a ready-made (or we sometimes say (a) ,)jacket, first find
the jackets in the shop and look at the (b) inside to see the size, materia I
and make. For the price, look at the price- (c) o To see if it will (d) _
you, you can (e) the jacket in front of a mirror. If necessary an (f) _
wili help YOU. You pay the (g) " who you will find at the (h) , He or
she will take your money, put it in the (i) and give you your change, Make
sure you also get a (j) , which you should keep and bring back to the shop
with the jacket if something is wrong with it and you want to (k) it or ask
for a (I) of your money. In c10thes shops you pay the fixed price, of course,
You don 't (m) o Or you can wait until the (n) , when many goods are
reduced in price. If you don't like shops, you can stay at home, look at catalogues
and newspaper advertisements and do your shopping by (o) _
3 Explain the difference between ...
(a) to overcharge and to undercharge
(b) a shopkeeper and a shoplifter
(c) shopping and window-shopping
(d) a wholesaler and a retailer

4 Put one ot the tollowing words in each space in the sentences below.
in on for with at by inside back
(a) These jackets are reduced price.
(b) The assistant advised me to try the coat '
(c) I want to look the animals the pet shop,
(d) He bought many things mail order.
(e) There is normally a label a jacket
(f) I took it to the shop to complain.
(g) '15 something wrong iP' he said.
(h) I asked a refund.

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