Shopping
General knowledge • Shopping is an activity that is important for our life. Most people have to spend part of their day doing shopping for food or other essential items. We have many different types of shops. We can go to: • A mall • A big department store • A small local shop • An outdoor market
A Mall • The most favourite is a Mall. It has different sections where we can buy various goods – clothes for women, men and children, shoes, electronics, books, furniture, perfume, cosmetics and of course food. • Families do large shopping once a week.
A Department store • Very favourite are Department stores. • We can buy everything from food: meat, cheese, eggs, milk, butter, bread, sugar, flour, tea, coffee, fruit, vegetables, something from chemist’s and sometimes clothes. • Crowded
A small local shop • Popular by old people in villages or places where there aren‘t supermarkets. They often have friends there, know each other in that shop, discuss about daily problems. • As you can see at the picture, owners of those shops often live above in the same building. It‘s their life. • Expensive • General goods
An outdoor market • Outdoor markets are strategically set into the places where lots of people usually walk for example from their jobs. • It‘s place of huge sortiment of goods: fruit, vegetable, also clothes, even some markets especially near sea (Portugal, Spain, …) have a fish sortiment. • Crowded • Chinese guys
Kinds of shops • At a bakery - we can buy bread, rolls, cookies and cakes. • At butcher’s - we can buy meat and sausages. • At a clothing store - we can buy clothes for men, women, or children. • At an electronics store - we can buy TV sets and other electrical appliances. • At florist’s - we can buy flowers and plants. • At a garden shop - we can buy grass seed, fertilizers, and garden supplies. • At a greengrocer - we can buy vegetables and fruits. • At a hardware store - we can buy tools, nails, and other building supplies. • At shoes store - we can buy shoes and shoe polish. • At sweets shop - we can buy cakes, candies, and ice cream. • At toys store - we can buy dolls, games, balls and other toys.