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I. LEAD-IN
drop? Answer the questions

➢ How often do you go shopping? Who with? Why?

➢ What do you take into consideration while doing the shopping?
(e.g. types of shops, prices., etc.)
➢ Do you have any shopping habits? (e.g. making a shopping lists)
➢ In what ways are shopping habits changing (e.g. shopping from
home, by phone, hypermarkets, etc.)

Complete the following sentences, choosing one of the options.

1. I like/ don't like going to small shops to get food because... I prefer shopping for food every
day/ once a week since... I Like/ dislike going to supermarkets as... I never/ usually choose
food of a specific brand because... I like/ dislike buying clothes and footwear at the market
because...
2. I like/ dislike window-shopping because... I never/ sometimes drop in at second-hand shops
for clothes because...
3. I always/ sometimes/ never pay_ attention to the information on the package because...
4. I prefer buying books in bookshops/ at the book market
5. because...
6. I never/ sometimes go to sales because...

II. DEALING WITH ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

Complete the table from your own experience.

TYPES OF SHOPS LOCATION ITEMS to BUY ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

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Match the shop with what it sells

1. department store newspapers, cigarettes, stationary

2. hypermarket medicine, baby products, shampoo, soap, toothpaste

3. newsagent(‘s) specialist shop for wine, beer and soft drinks

4. butcher (‘s) almost everything (furniture, clothes, electrical goods,

toys, jewellery)
meat
5. chemist (‘s)

most things, but especially food and household goods, in

6. off-licence some of them even food

III. Types of Shops and Departments

a shop = a store a confectioner’s / a a hardware shop
a shopping centre = a confectionery an antique shop
mall a footwear
a chain store an off-licence= a liquor a perfumery & toiletries
a supermarket store household goods
a department store hosiery - трикотаж
a stall=a stand souvenirs
an outdoor market jewellery
a tobacconist’s
a kiosk
stationary
dairy products
electric appliances
a butcher’s / a butcher’s
a chemist’s = a drugstore sportswear
shop
= a pharmacy pottery
a grocer’s / a grocery
glassware –
shop
a greengrocery стеклянная посуда
a baker’s / a bakery silverware - серебро
a newsagent’s
a florist’s
a fishmonger’s

a boutique
a gift shop
a bookshop=a bookstore

Work in groups: name as many things as you can buy in each shop. Compare your lists to define
the winner

1)
2) fishmonger's
3) chemist's
4) boutique
5) department store
6) greengrocer's
7) hardware
8) newsagent's
9) stationery' shop

Match the item below with the shops where you can buy them

1. a Victorian armchair a) florist's

2. flowers b) butcher's
3. writing paper, pencils c) grocer's
4. newspapers, magazines d) perfumery
5. cigarettes, matches, e) antique shop
6. tea, biscuits, sugar, f) confectioner's
7. mufflers, jersy, mittens g) tobacconist's
8. nails, pliers, spades h) newsagent's
9. cakes, fruit drops, lollipops i) stationer's
10. records, CDs, cassettes j) hardware shop
11. perfume, eye-shadow, hand cream k) greengrocer's
12.pork, veal, lamb, sausage l) knitted wear
13.bananas, cabbage, parsley m) music department

Define the shop

a shop where you buy meat

a shop where you buy pencils, paper, envelopes, ink,
pins, paperclips
a place with many shops
a place where you can try on clothes in the shop
a place where you can buy beer, wine and whiskey.
a shop where you find a great variety of buns, bread,
cakes.
where people buy sweets
where you can buy a hammer and some nails
where you can buy some apples, grapes, peaches,
bell-pepper and a bunch of parsley.
a place where you can buy some painkillers
people usually buy yogurt, milk and cottage cheese
there
when you need a nice-looking bunch of flowers
where people buy sneakers, boots and house slippers

Where would you buy these things. Choose from the list below:
butcher newsagent chemist supermarket department store outdoor market shopping mall

Mind that some may refer to more than one type of shop.

1) This sort of shops is a vast building, many storeys high.

2) At the exit there is a cash desk where you pay for all your goods.
3) Larger towns now usually have a special area for pedestrians
only, with shops grouped together, sometimes enclosed in a large building.
4) There you can buy everything you want, from a box of matches to a suite of furniture.
5) Today it has a number of stalls, mostly selling cheap or secondhand goods, but also flowers, fresh
fruit and vegetables, as well as meat and fish.
6) All the household and food shopping can be done there.
7) They offer more elaborate facilities for the customers' convenience and comfort than other shops:
restaurants and public toilets, public telephones and hairdressing, credit accounts and a number of
comfortable fitting rooms, theatrical agencies and travel agencies, delivery and after-sales service.
8) The stall-holders often come to town from the country to sell their goods., or travel round regularly
from town to town.
9) Most of these shops are very modern and are equipped with speedy lifts and escalators, and have
well-planned lighting, ventilation and heating.
10)The stalls usually start selling early, and may finish by mid-afternoon.
11)These shops operate on a self-service system: you go in, pick up a basket and walk around choosing
what you want.

IV Lively Discussion
1) Do you regard shopping as a pleasant pastime or a tiring duty?
2) What kind of goods do you enjoy buying? Why?
3) Which shops are popular with people in your city?
4) Which shops in your city have
a reputation for quality? for reasonable prices? for exclusive products?
5) What do you think of door-to-door sales? Think of pros and cons.
6) Why do you think shopping by
the Internet or mail order catalogues is becoming more and more popular?
7) What arc the main reasons people don't like shopping? (queues? crowds? difficulty finding
products? lack of time? inconvenient opening hours? any others?)
8) What is the price of the shopping basket of everyday goods in your country? What items do you
think the shopping basket contains?
9) How easily are you influenced by advertising?
10) What do you consider the advantages and disadvantages of small shops and large shopping
centres?
11) Would you prefer to do all your shopping in one huge department store or in
a number of specialized shops? Why?
12) Do you prefer self-service or counter service? Why?
13) Why do many housewives prefer to buy food (vegetables and fruit especially)
at the market? What about you?
14) Do you often consume frozen or tinned foods? Why?
15) Do you think that shop assistants should act according to the principle "The customer is always
right"?
16) How many pairs of shoes did you try on before buying the pair which you are now wearing?
17) Do you remember your first purchase? Talk about it.
7) Speak about your most successful and satisfying shopping.

V Language Development

1. Explain the difference between

to overcharge and to undercharge
a shopkeeper and a shop assistant
shopping and window-shopping
to buy and to look around
to shop around for a bargain
a wholesaler and a retailer
a supermarket and a department store
a counter and a cash desk

Packaging
bag box tub packet can bottle carton jar tin barrel case tube sachet

Label the containers using the words from the box

 Choose two items, which
you usually buy in that
container:

✔ potatoes
✔ tea
✔ beans
✔ ointment
✔ wine
✔ instant coffee
✔ tomato sauce
✔ yogurt apples
✔ beer
✔ tooth paste
✔ biscuits
✔ matches
✔ cigarettes
✔ coca cola
✔ jewellery
✔ cognac
✔ sardines
✔ glasses
✔ chocolates
✔ ice-cream
✔ jam
✔ shampoo
✔ cottage cheese

A) Answer the questions B) Look at the packaging below and discuss

what purpose it serves

What is packaging for? a plastic bag of oranges —

What information can you get from a jar of honey —
packaging? a box of cigars —
What information do bar codes contain? a tin of pâté —
Why are they important? a bottle of perfume —
How often do you read the information on a case for pencils —
packaging? a carton of milk —
How important are the kind of packaging a tube of face cream —
and its design for you? a barrel of wine —
What do you do with packaging after being a tub of margarine —
used?

Is the abundance of various packaging bad

for ecology? What can be done?

People buy some things by a particular unit. Choose the items from the list that you
would usually buy:

ks parsley beef thread flowers eggs chocolate wall-paper gloves grapes soap
 1) a bunch of ………………………………………………………
2) a bar of ………………………………………………………….
3) a joint of ………………………………………………….……..
4) a dozen of ………………………………………………….……
5) a reel of ……………………………………………………….…
6) a roll of …………………………………………………………..
7) a pair of ……………………………………………………….…
8) a pile of ……………………………………………………….…
9) a stack of ………………………………………………………..

Put a circle round the correct word to use in each blank.

1. Could I have a A B C D
______ of matches,
please? packet tin can box

2. And I’d like a A B C D

______
Cigarettes, please. box packet jar case

A B C D
3. How much is this
_____of soap? bar bag box loaf

4. Do you have any A B C D

toothpaste? I need
a large ______. tin bar roll tube

5. I also want a A B C D
_____ of orange
juice. vase pan bowl bottle

6. Oh, and could I A B C D

have a _______of
biscuits? case packet bottle piece

7. Yesterday my A B C D
husband bought a
_______of honey. box carton jar bar

8. Don’t buy cottage

A B C D
cheese by weight;
I prefer it in a tin bowl roll tub
________.

Home task _____________________________________________________

Can You Recognise the Shop?

1) In this shop you can choose different sorts of glass containers for wine, cognac, brandy and other
beverages.
2) If you don't want to spend hours fishing, it's better for you to go to this shop.
3) Kiwi, mango, peaches, avocados, parsley, lettuce: where do you go to buy all that?
4) Is your favorite pastime gardening? Then you will find all the tools you may possibly need at this
shop.
5) Want to make a birthday cake? You'll find everything (or almost everything!) you need here!
6) Here you can buy sports newspapers for your dad, fashion magazines for your mom and some
postcards to send to a friend.
7) If you are eager to read this year's №1 bestseller you'd better drop in this shop.
8) Why go hunting? You can buy pork, veal, lamb, beef, mutton and more at this kind of shop.
9) The shop where products that often cause lung cancer are sold.
10) A very large shop.
11) You are planning to spend your Christmas holidays in the Alps skiing? Then go to this shop and get
all the necessary gear.
12) You can shop here only if you are of age.
13) If you have a sweet tooth this shop is for you.
14) The shop where you buy medicines, baby products, shampoo, etc.

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Project Work
Choose a famous British/American/European store and repare a short presentation.

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– Harrods (London)
– Habitat (British retailer)
– The Body Shop (British retailer)
– - NEXT (British retailer)
– Marks & Spencer (British retailer)
– Wal-Mart (American retailer)
– Tesco (British retailer)
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