Lesson 1 5 UNIT
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PUBLIC PUBLIC VENUESVENUES
SHOP TILL YOU DROP Complete the questionnaire below.
1) Where do you usually go shopping? a) markets b) department stores c) shopping malls 2) How much do you usually spend in a month? a) less than 500 hrn b) more than 500 hrn 3) What’s important for you when you go to a shop? a) shop assistants b) cheap prices c) quality goods 4) How often do you go to the supermarket? a) once a week b) once a month c) more than once a week d) never 5) When you go to the supermarket, which of the following foodstuffs are always in your basket? a) chocolate b) coke c) milk d) crisps e) meat f) oranges
VOCABULARY 1. Match these words to their definitions. 1) price tag 2) bar code 3) discount 4) stock 5) bargain 6) retailer 7) boutique 8) department store 9) shopping mall 10) wholesale trade
a) a label attached to a product which shows it’s price b) Harrods, Macy’s, Walmart, Target, C&A c) the total amount of goods available in a shop d) a small independent clothes shop, selling fashionable clothes e) something for sale, which is cheaper than expected f) a deduction from the usual price of something g) a company or person that sells goods to the public in a shop h) selling goods in large quantities and at low prices, not to the public i) a large building containing many stores and restaurants j) a machine-readable representation of data about the goods
2. Use the words below to answer the questions. a label / a receipt / a till / a shoplifter / a refund / a queue / change / window display / cash 1) What do you call the place where you try on clothes before you buy them? 2) When a supermarket is busy, what do you have to stand in when you are waiting to pay? 3) When you buy something, what do you call the piece of paper that the shop assistant gives you? It shows the price paid. 4) If you bring something back to a shop, the shop assistant may give you your money back when you are unhappy with something that you bought. What is this called? 5) What do you call someone who steals things from shops? 6) If something costs 4.70USD, you will probably give the shop assistant a 5USD note. What do you call the money he/she gives you back? 7) What do you call the piece of material that is attached to clothes, and tells you the name of the company that made it, where it is from, and how to wash it? 8) What do you call the machine that shop assistants use to put the money in? 9) What do you call a place at the front of the shop where you can see the products? 10) If you don’t pay by credit card, what can you pay by?
3. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences or phrases. customer / client / shopper / consumer 1) A _____ came in Mango store and bought several jackets. 2) The street was crowded with _____. 3) _____ have a right to know what they are buying. 4) The firm is one of our oldest _____ – we don’t want to lose them.
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