Shops and shopping

When we want to buy something, we go to a shop. There are many kinds of shops in every town or city, but most of them have a food supermarket, a department store, men's and women's clothing stores, a grocery, a bakery and a butchery.

I like to do my shopping at big supermarkets because you can buy a lot of goods more cheaply there than at small local shops.

In the supermarkets most of the goods are sold ready-weighed, ready-packed and wrapped. You can find-wide selection of everything here from shoe polish to eggs. In the women's clothing department, for example, you can buy dresses, costumes, blouses, skirts, coats, beautiful gloves and hats, etc.

In the men's clothing department you can choose suits, trousers, overcoats, ties, shirts, T-shirts, etc. In the perfumery they sell face cream and powder, lipstick, lotions and shampoos.

Another department we frequently go to is a greengrocery which is stocked with cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucum­bers, carrots, beetroots, green peas, etc. l like to buy fruits and vegetables there. They smell good and you feel as if you are in an exotic country.

Customers go round the supermarket with a basket or trolley getting the food from the shelves. Having filled your basket, you go to the cash desk, where there is a short queue (line). When there is your turn, you pay money to the cashier and she gives you back the change.

There are departments, known as «bargain sales», where they sell goods at reduced prices. It is important for us because the prices are going up constantly.

I like all the departments at the supermarket, but my favourite one is…