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GEP8 Unit 8A Shopping Vocabulary

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  • What do you call a large shop divided into departments, which sells a lot of different things?
    A department store
  • What do you call it when you retrn something that you have bought to the shop you bought it from (because it doesn't work or is the wrong size)
    to take something back
  • What is an amount of money that is taken off the usual cost of something?
    A discount
  • What is a sum of money that is paid back to you because you returned something to a shop?
    A refund
  • What is the name of a place where you can 'borrow' books?
    A library
  • What is a thing bought for less than the usual price?
    A bargain
  • What do you call a place where you buy legal drugs?
    A pharmacy (American) or a chemist (British)
  • What is the difference between a sale and the sales?
    A sale is when something is sold and the sales are on occasion when a shop / store sells tis goods at a lower price than usual.
  • Where do you buy items online?
    The internet
  • What is a label on something that shows how much you must pay?
    A price tag
  • What is the name of a place that 'sells' books?
    A bookshop
  • What do you call a store selling the goods of a particular manufacturer more cheaply because it is usually the previous season’s stock?
    An outlet store or factory outlet
  • What is the difference between put on a shirt and try on a shirt
    To put on a shirt is to wear it. To try on a shirt is to see if if fits / suits you before buying it
  • In American English what is another name for a shopping center?
    A shopping mall
  • What is the difference between it fits you and it suits you?
    It fits you means it is the right size. It suits you means it looks good on you.