SHOPS AND BUILDINGS1. SHOPS AND BUILDINGS + SOMEW OTHER LOCATIONS IN A CITY:

a) Put the following words into the right column.

b) Complete these sentences with the right name of a shop or building.

police stationhospitalcinemarailway stationtheatre

toiletsbank

flower shop

shopping centrechurch

greengrocerspost office fish & chips shop

bakerschemists

butchersnewsagents

office blockspub

parklibrary

supermarket

stationersconfectioner playground

court

bookshopfactorygalleryhairdresserspetrol station

shoe shopopera

restaurant

swimming pool

SHOPSBUILDINGSOTHER LOCATIONS

1) If I want to buy some flowers, Ill go to the_____________________.

2) When I want to borrow some books, I go to the ____________________.

3) If you want to send a letter, you must buy a stamp at the _____________ ________________.

4) If you want to go for a walk with your dog, you can go to the _____________ (eg. Tivoli).

5) If you have run out of bread and rolls, you can buy them at the _______________.

6) People who protect us from criminals work at the ______________ __________.

7) If you want to buy some pears and tomatoes, you need to go to the ____________________.

8) If you want to pay the bills, you need to go to the _______________.

9) If you need to pee (urinate), you must go to the __________________.

10) If you need to buy some pencils and notebooks, you can do that at the _______________________.

11) If you want to watch a new film tomorrow, you will go to the _____________.

12) People who are religious can visit Masses at the _________________.

13) If you want to do aerobics or go to the fitness, you need to drive to the nearest ____________ _______________.

14) Surgeons perform operations at the ___________________.

15) If a doctor prescribes you some medicine (tablets, syrup, ointments), you can buy it at the ____________________.

16) Different offices usually rent the facilities in the ___________ ____________.

If you want to buy a newspaper or a magazine, you need to go to the __________________________.

17) Pictures of famous artists are exhibited in the _________________.

18) We can buy petrol at the _____________ _________________.

19) We wait for the train at the __________________ ____________________.

2. Look at the names of shops on the handout and complete these sentences.

1. If I want a new pair of trousers, I go to a ___________________.

2. If I want to surprise my partner with some fresh rolls or delicious buns for breakfast in bed, I rush to a ___________ first thing in the morning.

3. If I get sick, I go to a ___________ and buy some medicine there.

4. If I get bored and want something to read, I go to a ____________.

5. If we want to eat healthy food, we should go to a______________ more often and buy lots of fruit and vegetable there.

6. If you want to get a nice present for your friend, visit a ________ ________ and check their choice of books there.

7. If you need to do the shopping to fill in your fridge, go to the first ________________.

8. If you want to start your Saturday in a really relaxing as well as useful way, turn to the nearest _________ _________ where you can buy different fruits and vegetables, as well as clothes and some pottery.

9. If you want to surprise your family with a very delicious meal with juicy steaks, you should go to a ___________ first.

10. If you have to buy some stamps and send a letter to your friend, go to the nearest _______________.

3. Answer the questions. Check the vocabulary on the handout on shops.

1) Where can we buy sweets?______________________________

2) Where can we buy pencils and notebooks?_________________

3) Where can we buy shoes, slippers and boots?_________________

4) Where can we buy pork, beef and other meat?_________________

5) Where can we change currencies?

_________________4. a) Cross the odd word out.

a) beefvenisonsteak

liqueurkidneys

b) a bunch/bouquet of flowersreference book

plants

fertilisers

c) vitamins

ointments

plastersbiscuitmedicine

d) stamps

nails

envelopes

telegrams

e) wine

liqueurbreadspirits

f) tools

nails

cucumbers

candlesbulbs

g) croissantsbuns

pineapple

tarts

cakes

h) trout

salmonoctopus

magazines

mussels

b) Match the names of shops with the things listed above.

1) ironmongers

5) off-licence

2) fishmongers

6) bakers

3) pharmacy / chemists

7) newsagents

4) butchers

8) florists5. Match the beginning and the end of the sentences.

a) If you go to a shop to buy something for pleasure, you ___________.

b) If you have to buy food and things for the house, you say __________________________.

c) If you just look at the clothes or other things in a shop but you dont want to buy anything, you say to a nice shop-assistant who asks you How can I help you? _____________________________________.

d) If you like looking at the things (clothes, toys, books) which are in the windows of the shops, you like ____________________.

1) I have to do the shopping.

2) Oh, thank you. Im just browsing around.

3) go shopping

4) window-shopping

6. PAST TENSE: Complete these sentences with the correct verbs in the past tense and then with the information.

1) Yesterday, I (wear) _____________________________ at work.

2) My partner and I (drive) __________________________at weekend.

3) I (drink) _____________________________ last night before I fell asleep.

4) I (sleep / until) _______________________________ last Sunday.

5) I (wake up) _________________________________ this morning.

6) I last (read) _________________________________in my pastime.

7. Make negative sentences for these statements and then correct them.

1. France Bevk wrote Krst pri Savici.

(-) ______________________(+) _____________________2. Albert Einstein discovered dynamite.

(-) ________________________ (+) ______________________11. Osama Bin Laden won Nobel Prize for peace.

(-) ________________________ (+) ______________________12. Superman was a block buster in the 1960s.

(-) ________________________ (+) ______________________13. Lord Bothwell murdered Mary Queen of Scotland.(-) ________________________ (+) ______________________8. CINDERELLA (vocabulary)

WIDOW

a woman whose husband died and who didnt married again

STEPMOTHERthe woman who is married to someone's father but who is not their real mother

THOUGHT (n)an idea or opinion (mnenje), or a set (zbirka) of ideas about a particular subject

TOUCH (n) the ability (sposobnost) to know what something is like if you feel (potipati) it with the fingers

SHAWLa large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and/or head

DELICIOUS

having a very pleasant taste (okus) or smell (vonj)

COMFY /COMFORTABLEdescribes furniture and clothes that give a pleasant feeling and that do not give you any physical problems

COMFORT

a pleasant feeling when you are relaxed and free from pain

LAY

to put down

POOR

having little money and/or few possessions (lastnina)

HAND-ME-DOWNa piece of clothing which someone gave to a younger relative or friend because they no longer want it

DISHa pan (posoda), flatter than a bowl and sometimes with a lid (pokrovka), where we can serve food or in which we can cook

SCRAPS (pl)

mall bits of food which we didnt eat and which we usually throw away

REST

a period of time in which you relax, you do not do anything active, or sleep

ALLOWto permit (dovoliti), to say to somebody that he /she can do what they want to do

CINDERa small piece of partly burnt coal (premog) or wood (les)

NICKNAMEa name which you are called by your friends or family, usually based on your proper name or your character

CHEER UPif someone cheers up, or something cheers them up, they start to feel happier

BEAUTY

nice appearance / looks (izgled)

RAGS

a torn (raztrgan) piece of old cloth

DUSTYcovered in dust (dry dirt in the form of powder that covers surfaces inside a building)

SPLENDID

excellent, or beautiful and impressive

CLUMSY

awkward 8neroden) in movement (premikanje) or manner (obnaanje)

LUMPY

covered with or containing lumps (buke, otekline)

UGLY

extremely unattractive (neprivlaen)

SHOPS AND SHOPPING

English Vocabulary Organiser

ENGLISH EXPRESSIONENGLISH TRANSLATIONSLOVENE TRANSLATION

AISLEa long narrow space between the rows of shelves in a large shop

CHECKOUTthe place in a shop, especially a large food shop, where you pay for your goods

TROLLEY

a small vehicle with two or four wheels that you push or pull to transport large or heavy objects on: a shopping trolley

CUSTOMERa person who buys goods or a service:

a satisfied customer

SHOP ASSISTANTsomeone who serves customers in a shop

RECEIPTa piece of paper which proves that money, goods or information have been received

TRY STH ONto put on a piece of clothing to discover if it fits you or if you like it:

Try on the shoes to see if they fit.

REFUNDan amount of money that is given back to you, especially because you are not happy with a product or service that you have bought:

I took the radio back to the shop and asked for/demanded/got/was given a refund.

BARGAINsomething on sale at a lower price than its true value:

This coat was half-price - a real bargain.

CHANGING ROOMa room where people can change their clothes, for example before and after sports or, in a shop, where people can try on clothes before buying them

WINDOW-SHOPPINGwhen you spend time looking at the goods on sale in shop windows without intending to buy any of them

PRICE TAGa piece of paper with a price on which is fixed to a product, or the amount that something costs:

How much is it? - I can't find the price tag.

ENCLOSEto send something in the same envelope or parcel as something else:

Please enclose a curriculum vitae with your letter of application.

COST YOU A PACKETto be extremely expensive

A BIT PRICEYExpensive

COST ME AN ARM AND AN LEGto be extremely expensive

PAY THROUGH THE NOSEto pay too much money for something:

We paid through the nose to get the car fixed and it still doesn't go properly.

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