Shops and shopping

There are different kinds of shops. Some of them sell bread. Others have tea, sugar, coffee, butter, cheese, sausages, meal, and fruit.

When we want to buy something, we take our shopping-bag and go to a shop. There we can see shop-girls and shop men who sell things.

Many people do their shopping at the market. There the farmers sell the vegetables and fruit which they grow themselves. They sell meat, milk and other things too.

Large shops with many departments are department stores. In these stores we can buy almost all we want. In the windows we see all the things which they sell there – food, suits, dresses, coats, boots, shoes, radio and TV sets and many other things.

Shops are very important in our life.

In the past there were no supermarkets [′su:pəma:kits] in Great Britain, but there were a lot of small shops.

Fifty years ago people went to the shops almost every day. They went to the butcher’s to buy meat. They went to the grocer’s for tea, sugar, flour and cheese. They bought butter and milk at the diary. They bought bread at the baker’s. They bought fruit and vegetables at the greengrocer’s. Customers pointed to all the packets, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, jars, and tins they wanted to buy.

	Магазин	Shop	(Am.E. Store)
·	аптека	chemist’s (shop)	drugstore, pharmacy
	булочная	bakery, baker’s (shop)
	гастроном	grocer’s/grocery (shop)	grocery store, grocer’s
	игрушечный магазин	toyshop
	книжный магазин	bookshop	bookshop, bookstore
	мясной магазин	butcher’s (shop)
	обувной магазин	shoe shop	shoe store
	рыбный магазин	fish shop, fishmonger’s (shop)
	торговый центр	shopping centre	(shopping) mall
	универмаг	department store
	универсам	supermarket
	ювелирный магазин	jeweller’s (shop), jewellery shop	jewelry store, jeweler’s

We buy . . . at the . . .

We buy bread at bakery ['beikәri] = the baker’s (хлеб в булочной)

meat at a butchery ['but∫әri] = the butcher’s (мясо в мясном)

fish at a fishmongery ['fi∫mΛŋgәri] = the fishmonger’s (в рыбном)

butter and milk at a dairy [dεәri] (в молочном)

vegetables at a greengrocery ['gri:ngrousәri] = the greengrocer’s

(овощи в овощном магазине)

tobacco at a tobacco shop / the tobacconist’s

Put the words in the box in the right column.

cheese	a shirt	fruit	mushrooms	cereal	jumper	a film
aspirin	a dress	soap	toothpaste	shorts	shampoo	a suit

Clothes shop		Food		Chemist’s

Look at the phrases from a conversation between a shop assistant and a customer. Who says which phrase?

E.g.: Can I help you? – Shop assistant

1. Can I try it on?

2. It suits you.

3. It doesn’t fit me.

4. It looks nice.

5. The changing rooms are over there.

6. How much is it?

7. I’m just looking, thanks.

Imagine you are in a shoe shop. Write the conversation between the customer and the shop assistant. Use phrases like Yes, of course, Yes, certainly and Thank you very much.

We have different kinds of shops in Russia. But Englishmen also have different shops.

• The corner shop

• Harrods

• Mark & Spencer

• Sainsbury’s

• The Body shop

The Corner Shop is a small shop on or near a street corner. They usually sell food.

Harrods is a department store. It has 230 departments. It has a library, a bank. It is a very expensive shop.

Sainsbury’s is the biggest of the supermarket chains. It suggests good food, wine, do it yourself goods.

Mark & Spencer is a chain store. It is a number of department stores which sell men’s and women’s clothing, home furniture, plants and food. The company has over 700 stores over the world.

The Body Shopsells perfumes, soap, shampoo, skin-care products for men and women.

? What do they sell in the Corner Shop (Harrods, Sainsbury’s, Mark & Spencer, the Body Shop)?

? What similar shops have we got in our town?

? What is your favourite shop in our town?

Answer the following questions:

1. Do you like to go shopping?

2. Is there a shop near your house?

3. How often do you go shopping?

4. Do you prefer supermarkets? Why?

5. When do you like to do the shopping on weekdays or at the weekend?

6. Do you agree that women are fonder of shopping than men?

7. What do you usually buy?

8. Where can you buy it / them?

9. What is your favourite shop?

Answer the questions:

1. Where can you buy medicine?	6. Where can you read books?
2. Where can you buy pens and pencils?	7. Can you buy newspapers at the bookshop?
3. Where can you watch a film?	8. Where can you buy sweets?
4. Can you buy sausages at the grocer’s?	9. Can you buy a cake at the baker’s?
5. Can you buy fruit at the greengrocer’s?	10. Where can you buy a bike?

Write the dialogue in order:

	You:	Yes, I’m looking for a T-shirt.
	You:	I’m small.
	Shop-assistant:	Can I help you?
	You:	Yes, that’s nice, can I try it on?
	Shop-assistant:	What size are you?
	You:	Perfect, I’ll take it. How much is it?
	Shop-assistant:	Certainly, madam. How does it fit?
	Shop-assistant:	It’s $ 20. How would you like to pay?
	You:	Here is my credit card.
	You:	Thanks. Goodbye.
	Shop-assistant:	Thank you. Have a nice day.
	You:	Do you take credit cards?
	Shop-assistant:	Yes, we do.
	Shop-assistant:	How about this one?

Read the sentences and write true or false.

1. The pet shop sells animals.

2. You buy sweets at the chemist’s.

3. You buy bread at the baker’s.

4. The grocer’s sells meat.

5. You buy carrots at the greengrocer’s.

6. You buy butter at the grocer’s.

7. You can’t buy shoes at the clothes shop.

8. You can’t buy books at the newsagents.