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2. The customers are asked to load their purchases on to the conveyor ....
A. strap
B. line
C. belt
3. It is a lot more convenient to push a ... than to carry a wire basket in a supermarket.
A. trolley
B. roller
C. van
4. While shopping my brother always tries to go through a ... till, as he hates queues.
A. swift
B. fast
C. quick
5. Housewives prefer to buy ... packets of stuff, as it is a little bit cheaper.
A. gross-size B. family-size C. block-size
6. Sometimes the queues at... points are so long that the idea of leaving the supermarket without buying
anything may look attractive.
A. check-out
B. check-in
C. check-up
7. Customers are not allowed to put things in their own bags in supermarkets; they are suposed to use ....
A. iron baskets B. shop baskets C. wire baskets
8. A lot of people prefer to ... a cheque than to pay in cash.
A. write out B. write in
C. write up
9. Salesgirls usually put all goods bought in a supermarket into ... for the customers' convenience.
A. trade bags B. carrier bags C. supermarket bags
10. 'Here's your ... from a ten-pound note', said the cashier giving me three pounds.
A. exchange B. change C. bill
Exercise 9
Work in pairs. Discuss with your partner some interesting shopping experience. Use at least five
expressions from the list below.
To fall into silence, to be sure, to be sick of throwing away something, to feel one's cheeks flush, on one's
hands and knees, to grit one's teeth together, to look behind, a favourite maxim, from time to time, to scream
out from the front cover, foods one can get into, after all, eye to eye, to give a blank look, to hand somebody
something, bold letters, to fire questions, a soap opera, ups and downs, to sum up, to carry on with the story,
to have the right money, a sense of relief, to be away from, to feel out of place, to feel better in the fresh air,
to come round unexpectedly, to torn up, to catch one's eye.
Exercise 10
Fill in the gaps with the prepositions from the list: into, through, of, together, for, by, beside, in, on to.
1. The girl thought that glass bottles of milk would be too heavy to carry and changed them ... plastic
packets.
2. One can tell a good customer ... the way he or she chooses goods.
3. The lady screamed and all people in the hall immediately fell ... silence.
4. The guard from the security service helped the lady to go out of the shop and she felt better ... the fresh
air.
5. Anyone can get sick... the long queues at check-out points.
6. The customers are asked to put the stuff...... the conveyor belt.
7. If one has got not more than three items, he or she can go ... a quick till.
8. When the queue is too long one can do nothing but grit his or her teeth ... and wait dutifully.
9. The most annoying thing about shopping is standing ... the till and watching how slowly people pay.
Exercise 11
Express the same idea using different wording and grammar.
1.
Jean noticed the other woman giving an accompaniment of nods and headshaking at the
appropriate parts.
2.
Jean felt her patience beginning to itch.
3.
There was nothing else for it — she'd just have to wait.
4.
She was sick of throwing away half-used bottles.
5.
Jean looked behind and saw that she was hemmed in by
three large trollies.
6.
She was addressing a man who had been poised and waiting
to write out a cheque for a few
moments.
7.
Jean looked again at her basket and began to feel the familiar feeling of regret that visited her
from time to time.
8.
Nodding in agreement with her thoughts Jean found herself eye to eye with the blonde woman.
9. She picked up the cookery book and felt the frustration of indecision.