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a)

I can't manage to see what the price is. Let's ask inside.

MAKE

...I can't make out what the price is. Let's ask inside. ........

b)

Is this coat the right size? Can I check?

TRY

c) Two masked men robbed the supermarket yesterday.

HELD

d) You need a new coat. Your old one is too small.

GROWN

e)

I've been shopping all morning. I feel exhausted.

WORN

f)

I'll come and collect the goods on Thursday.

PICK

g)

Sorry, we don't have any bread left.

RUN

h) Are you going to the chemist's?

CALLING

i)

I don't like supermarkets. I can't bear the queues.

PUT

j)

I don't know whether to buy this car. I'll consider it.

OVER

a)

You have to

queue...

for ages to pay in this supermarket.

b)

In the London area, we

furniture free

of charge in our van.

c)

The trousers I bought are the wrong size. I'd like to

them.

d)

Could somebody

me, please? I've been waiting for ten minutes.

e)

Is this a present? Would you like me to

it for you?

f)

I like the colour of this skirt, but it doesn't

me.

g)

Good morning, madam. Can I

you?

h)

We don't have your size at the moment, but we can

it for you.

i)

Can you

at the other cash desk, please.

j)

Would you like to

on this green pair?

k)

I went shopping but couldn't

exactly what I wanted.

1)

Food is so expensive now. Prices seem to

up all the time.

a) I bought my new television from a department

.5.

a)

I bought these jeans very cheaply in the

C.

A) bargains

B) reductions

C) sales

D) discounts

b) The washing instructions for this shirt are given on the

A) label

B) badge

C) notice

D) mark

c)

All the small

closed their shops in protest at the price rises.

A) shop assistants

B) shoppers

C) shopkeepers

D) shop stewards

d) We don't have the CD, I'm afraid. It's out of

A) order

B) stock

C) shelf

D) sale

e)

The street market was full of

selling

fruit and vegetables.

A) counters

B) boutiques

C) tables

D) stalls

f)

The shop opposite my house sells a variety of

A) objects

B) purchases

C) goods D) productions

g)

I'm sorry, but the dress you want is not

in red.

A) possible

B) economical

C) suitable

D) available

h)

Every Friday you can buy cheap vegetables in the market

A) street

B) place

C) store

D) sales

i) I like street markets, because you shop in the open

A) prices

B) sunshine

C) bargains

D) air

j)

I like your new car. What

is it?

A) brand

B) make

C) name

D) label

Supermarkets

Nowadays, a great (1) ..variety.... of different food is available

VARY

from large supermarkets. There are rarely any (2)

SHORT

of fresh food, and there is far less (3)

of our having

LIKELY

to rely on (4)

products. Does this mean that

FREEZE

supermarkets have become the most (5)

shops of

SUCCESS

all time? Certainly they seem to have made some kinds of

food less (6)

and most people enjoy shopping in

EXPENSE

them. There has been a (7)

in the number of

REDUCE

(8)

made against supermarkets in recent years.

COMPLAIN

The assistants are no longer (9)

, but smile and

POLITE

try to be helpful. Above all, supermarkets have shown a

(10)

to listen to their customers, and to adapt to

WILLING

customers' needs.

Street markets

Most people enjoy looking for (1)

D

in street markets. It can be very

enjoyable walking around the (2)

, among the crowds of

(3)

, and trying to spend as (4)

as possible. Of course

it depends (5)

the market. In fruit and (6)

markets,

there is usually a wide variety of (7)

produce, but it may not be

cheap. There may be goods at (8)

prices at the end of the day,

however. Clothes markets can be a problem, as it is difficult to (9)

on new clothes in the open (10)

! My favourite are antique

markets, where although there is not much (11)

of finding

(14)

up feeling completely worn (15)

Still, it is an

interesting way of shopping.

1)

A cheap

B sale

C inexpensive

D bargains

2)

A tables

B stalls

C boxes

D stores

3)

A shoppers

B public

C buys

D goods

4)

A little

B soon

C late

D is

5)

A from

B with

C on

D to

6)

A salads

B green

C farm

D vegetable

7)

A new

B fresh

C young

D early

8)

A half

B bottom

C reduced

D down

9)

A look

B try

C have

D take

10)

A time

B shop

C light

D air

11)

A likelihood

B instead

C in spite

D luck

12)

A that

B all

C sale

D others

13)

A round

B for

C up

D out

14)

A shut

B bring

C get

D end

15)

A clothes

B however

C out

D through