Vocabulary and Speech Exercises

I. Read the following transcriptions.Write them down in words and give their Ukrainian equivalents.

['baIq], ['sjVpq"mRkIt], ['klqVDIN], ['traVzqz], [Sqm'pu:], ['GxkIt], ['paVdq], ['beIkqn],['mxk(q)rqVnI], ['kxbIG], ['sPsIG], [pq'fjVmqrI], ['bIskIt], [hjVG], [tSJz], ['Anjqn].

II. Match the following phrases of quantity and the nouns they go with. Use them in compiling your shopping list. Mention the departments or shops you have to drop at.

1.a jar of a.yoghurt

2.a kilo of b.milk

3.a bottle of c. cheese

4.a packet of d. tuna

5.a carton of e. jam/honey

6.a loaf of f. bread

7.a pack of g. ketchup/sunflower oil

8.a bar of h. butter

9.a tin of i. matches

10.a bag of j. meat/fish

11.a can of k. chocolate/soap

12.a tube of l. potatoes

13.a roll of m. toothpaste

14.a box of n. toilet paper

III. Find the odd word. Prove your choice.

1. Supermarket, department store, post office, market.

2. Carrot, cabbage, plum, red-beet.

3. Garlic, pine-apple, grapes, melon.

4. Pork, veal, ham, mutton.

5. Sour-cream, cheese, butter, pasta.

6. Tin, packet, loaf, bottle.

7. Trousers, jeans, lipstick, blouse.

8. Shampoo, soap, raincoat, washing powder.

9. Pad, ruler, lash-colour, exercise-book.

10. Bread, cake, yoghurt, bun.

IV. Fill in the gaps with one word from the brackets and read about the manufacturers’ tricks to sell their products.

Are you Aware of all these Tricks?

Shopping is not as … as you may think! There are all sorts of … and eye-deceiving tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.

…, for example, varies according to what the manufacturers are trying to sell. Most cosmetics are packed in delicate pastel colours such as pink. Health foods come in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as … colours. Ice cream packets are often … because we identify that as a cool colour; and luxury goods, like expensive chocolates, are invariably … or silver.

It is estimated that the more established cosmetics companies spend, on average, 70 per cent of the total cost of the product itself on …!

The most … manufacturers know that it's not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears soap, who for 25 years have used enchanting little girls to promote their goods, summed it up. ”Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius … it,” he said.

(Blue, packaging, psychological, to sell, gold, successful, сolouring, health, simple)

V. Complete the dialogue and dramatize it.

A.: What can I do for you?

B.: ...

A.: What size do you take in?

B.: ...

A. I’ll bring you a few dresses to try on.

B.: ...

A.: Here you are. Try on this one.

B.: ...

A.: It fits you well.

B.: ...

A.: The price is fifty dollars.

B.: ...

A.: Not at all. You are welcome.

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