Exercise 3

Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.

1. Before we choose a dress for you, let's...... all the shops.

a) look into b) look through c) look up d) look around

2. This jacket is the kind of thing I want. Can I..........?

a) wear it b) dress it c) take it off d) try it on

3. Mrs Forgetful couldn't remember what she had to buy for the weekend as she had lost

her shopping ……...

a) code b) form c) list d) record

4. ……..-order shopping is popular with housewives.

a) Letter b) Package c) Post d) Mail

5. Everything in the department store is marked with a price……..

a) mark b) tag c) sign d) notice

6. Mrs Thrifty came to the shop hoping to ….. something.

a) pick on b)pick out c) pick through d) pick up

7. I bought these shoes in the sales. They were a real …….

a) cheap b) purchase c) bargain d) economy

8. I’m interested in this old car. Is it …..?

a) selling b) a sale c) to sell d) for sale

9. The street market was full of ……. selling fruit and vegetables.

a) counters b) boutiques c) tables d) stalls

10. I like your new car. What …… is it?

a) brand b) make c) name d) label

Exercise 4

Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.

tag, label, cash desk, off-the-peg, refund, sales, try on, fit, till, assistant,

Mail order, bargain, receipt, cashier, exchange

If you want to buy a ready-made (or we sometimes say (a)____) jacket, first find the jackets in the shop and look at the (b) _____inside to see the size, material and make. For the price, look at the price (c) _______. To see if it will (d) ________ you, you can (e) _____ the jacket in front of a mirror. If necessary an (f) _____ will help you. You pay the (g) ____, who you will find at the (h) ____. He or she will take your money, put it in the (i) _____, give you your change. Make sure you also get a (j)______ which you should keep and bring back to the shop with the jacket if something is wrong with it and you want to (k) ____ it or ask for a (l) _______ of your money. In clothes shops you pay the fixed price, of course. You don’t (m) _____. Or you can wait until the (n) _____, when many goods are reduced in price. If you don’t like shops, you can stay at home, look at catalogues and newspaper advertisements and do your shopping by (o) ______.