Explain the meaning of the following words and collocations.

to do the shopping	to go to shops in order to buy the things that you need regularly such as food
to go shopping	to go to shops to look at and buy things, often for enjoyment
to shop around	to go to several different shops comparing goods and their prices before deciding which ones to buy
to get	to get something by buying it, especially ordinary things such as food, clothes, or things for your house
shopping centre / mall	a specially-built large covered area where there are a lot of shops
department store	a large shop which is divided into several parts, each of which sells one type of thing, for example men’s clothes, children’s toys, or kitchen equipment
supermarket; grocery store	a large shop that sells food and other things that people regularly need
goods	movable articles (e.g. clothes, food, etc.) which can be owned, bought, or sold
customer	someone who buys goods or services
purchase	1) buying; 2) an act of buying; 3) an article that has just been bought
bargain	something bought or offered cheaply
refund	repayment

Express the following in one word.

stall, shop / store, chemist’s / drugstore, market, kiosk, greengrocer’s, baker’s, butcher’s

1 a building where goods are sold to the public

2 a place outside where you can go to buy things

3 a table, especially outdoors, where goods are sold

4 a small hut on a street that sells things such as newspapers, cigarettes, and drinks

5 a shop selling vegetables and fruit

6 a shop where medical goods are sold

7 a shop where meat is sold

8 a shop where bread is sold

Fill in the correct word from the list below. Some words may be used more than once.

stall, buying, shopping, goods, shopping mall, shelves, markets

Renaissance Centre is a huge steel and glass ... in downtown Detroit.
This shop sells a variety of ... .
On Saturdays we usually do the ... and clean the car.
I really like that tie – I was thinking of ... it for my husband for his birthday.
The ... tend to be cheaper, especially for fruit and vegetables.
Janet has a fruit and veg ... on the market.
There’s an ever greater variety of goods to be found on supermarket ... .
I’m just going ... . Do you want anything?
I did all my ... yesterday.
You’ve been ... a lot of clothes recently. Have you decided to change your image?

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Ask your partner what he/she did last weekend. Respond with related questions.	\|	Study the following dialogues. The first one is between Mrs Smith and her younger son John. The second is between Mrs Smith and a shop assistant.

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