Exercises

1. Define the words/choose the definition from those given below:

supermarket, department store, the baker`s, the dairy, the grocer`s

1. a place where bread and cakes are baked and/or sold;

2. a large shop where one serves oneself with food and other goods previously packed;

3. a shop where dry and preserved foods like flour, sugar, drinks and other things for home are sold;

4. a large shop divided into departments, in each a different type of goods is sold;

5. a shop where milk, butter, cheese are sold

2. Give synonyms to the following words:

to buy, to wrap up, supermarket, cash, cosmetics.

Find antonyms to the verbs:

to sell, to be tight, to pack, to purchase, to buy, to be loose, perfumery, money, self-service store.

Give adjectives to the following nouns:

roll, salmon, veal, cucumbers, mutton, fruit, egg, beef, milk.

fresh, pickled, rotten, bad, newly-baked, frozen, canned, dried.

3. Insert the missing words:

1. Usually I buy milk and yoghurt at _______.

2. When you are to purchase beverages you go to ______.

3. At ______ we buy bread and pastry.

4. She went to ______ department to buy a pair of pumps.

5. You can obtain a jacket and a waistcoat at ______ .

6. You drop in the grocer`s when you need ______.

7. There are a lot of fashionable ______ at the ready-made clothes department.

8. A woman spends a lot of time and money at ______ , for there are many departments and plenty of goods.

9. At ______ the customer serves oneself with food and goods previously packed.

10. I prefer fresh cucumbers to the ______ ones.

11. Fresh berries are more useful than ______.

4. Construct the sentences:

fresh bread and tartlets the grocer`s

I buy frozen caviar and shrimps at the baker`s

newly-baked ham, sausage, pate the fishmonger`s

salted coffee, sugar, the butcher`s

canned products

You elegant blouses the footwear

сan silk pumps at department

buy woolen ties the ready-made clothes department

fashionable kerchiefs the haberdashery

suits the hosiery department

5. Change the dialogues using the words in brackets:

1. - Where can I buy some sugar (butter, meat, fish, sweets)?

- You can buy sugar at the grocer`s (the butcher`s, the dairy, the fishmonger`s)

2. - What can I do for you?

• I`d like 2 pounds (kg. , 500gr.) of mutton ( ham, sausage, cabbage) and 4 slices of cheese.

3. - Can I have 200 gr. (half a pound, a kg.) of sausage at 2.20 a kg. ($ 1.20 a pound)?

4. - How much is that suit (belt, handkerchief, blouse)?

• It is 3,000 (80,000; 15; 240 rubles, pounds, dollars).

5. - What size do you take in gloves (shoes, shirts, hats)?

• 8 (38; 42; 57; 10).

6. - Do you think this dress (coat, jacket, blouse) fits me well?

• Yes, you look nice in it.

7. - Have you already tried this jacket (blouse, waistcoat, skirt) on?

• Yes, I have and it suits me.

8. - I`ll take this jacket.

• Good, you can pay in cash (by card, by cheque).