VOCABULARY
1 Match the words and phrases to the definitions.
1 customer service
2 promotion
3 purchases
4 discount
5 receipt
6 refund
7 exchange
8 online shopping
2 Choose the correct words.
1 The department store has a promotion on at the moment.
2 The market is my favourite place to shop.
3 There’s no one to serve me in this shop!
4 Don’t go to that restaurant. They charge too much for their food.
5 I don’t like this computer, so I want to send it back.
6 There is a €5 charge for using the internet here!
3 Complete the dialogue with words from Exercise 1 or 2.
A: That’s a nice laptop. Did you spend a lot of money on it?
B: No, there was a 1 promotion on the internet. I know some websites which 2 charge less money than the usual shops, and I also got a 10% 3 discount on this laptop.
A: I don’t like online 4 shopping. If you have a problem, you can’t 5 send it back easily.
B: That’s not always true. With this laptop, if there’s a problem, I don’t get a 6 refund, but I can 7 exchange it for another one.
4 Match the sentence beginnings to the endings.
1 D (I didn’t feel well yesterday, and today I still don’t feel any better.)
2 C (I don’t go to the market, because there isn’t one in this town any more.)
3 B (I’ve looked, but I can’t find the shop anywhere.)
4 A (The shop was empty – there wasn’t anyone there.)
5 F (I’m tired. I don’t want to shop any longer.)
6 E (I sent the bag back because it wasn’t any good.)
7 G (I didn’t spend any money. There wasn’t anything I wanted.)
5 Correct the underlined mistakes.
1 any better any longer
I don’t shop in the centre any longer.
2 anyone anything
I haven’t got anything nice to wear!
3 better more
Have you got any more money?
4 any any better
I bought a new computer, but it isn’t any better than the old one.
5 good any any good
How is the new clothes shop? Is it any good?
6 anywhere anyone
I don’t know anyone who likes shopping on busy weekends.
7 anything anywhere
Do you know anywhere that I can buy some good trainers?
6 Choose the correct options.
1 A (anything)
2 B (anyone)
3 A (any more)
4 B (promotion)
5 B (discount)
6 A (charge)
7 B (any good)
8 A (shop)
A: I don’t have anything to wear for the party at the weekend.
B: Don’t worry! There won’t be anyone important there!
A: Yes, but I don’t want to wear the same old clothes any more.
B: Well, do you know that store in the city centre, in the square? They’re having a promotion at the moment. You can get a 10% discount on clothes.
A: But they always charge a lot – 10% isn’t any good when the original price is so high.
B: How about the market on Saturday morning? It’s a great place to shop for unusual old things.
A: Great idea!