Комплекс упражнений для учащихся старшей школы по теме "Shopping".

1. Read a magazine article about one of Britain’s most famous shops – Marks & Spencer. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Explain your choice

A)

MARKS & SPENCER

Britain’s favourite store

Marks & Spencer (or M&S) (be) Britain’s favourite store. Tourists (love) it too. It (attract) a great variety of customers, from housewives to millionaires. Princess Diana, Dustin Hoffman, and the British Prime Minister (be) just a few of its famous customers.

Last year it (make) a profit of £529 million, which (be) more than £10 million a week.

How (it/begin) all?

It all (start) 105 years ago, when a young Polish immigrant, Michael Marks, (have) a stall in Leeds market. He (not have) many things to sell: some cotton, a little wool, lots of buttons, and a few shoelaces. Above his stall he (put) the now famous notice:

Ten years later, he (meet)Tom Spencer and together they (start) Penny Stalls in

many towns in the north of England. Today there (be) 564 branches of M&S all

over the world – in America, Canada, Spain, France, Belgium, and Hungary.

What (the best-sellers/ be)?

Surprisingly, tastes in food and clothes (be) international. What (sell) well in Paris (sell) just as well in Newcastle. Their best-selling clothes (be):

• For women: jumpers, bras, and knickers (M&S (be) famous for its knickers!).

• For men: shirts, socks, pyjamas, dressing gowns, and suits.

• For children: underwear and socks.

Best-sellers in food (include): fresh chickens, bread, vegetables, and sandwiches. Chicken Kiev (be) internationally the most popular convenience food.

Why (M&S/to be) so successful?

The store (base) its business on three principles: good value, good quality, and good service. Also, it (change) with the times – once it (be) all jumpers and knickers. Now it’s food, furniture, and flowers 40 as well. Top fashion designers (advise) on styles of clothes.

But perhaps the most important key to its success (be) its happy, well-trained staff. Conditions of work (be) excellent. There (be) company doctors, dentists, hairdressers, and even chiropodists (look) after the staff, and all the staff (can/ have) lunch for under 40p!

B) At home:

• Honey, ____ you____ (to go/can) to the shop, please? I ___ (not/have) enough ingredients for an apple pie.

• Oh, ok. What __ you ____ (to need/to buy)?

• I have a little/little flour, so you should buy some. And I have little/few eggs.

• How much/many eggs do you need?

• A _______ (12). ___(not forget) to buy any/some milk as well. A tin/carton/can of milk will be enough.

• Ok, ___ you ___ (to need) anything/something else?

• Yes, apples, of course!

In the shop:

• Hello, can I help you?

• Yes, I’d like some/any apples.

• How much/many? ____ (to be) 5 apples enough?

• No, let it 6 apples. And I’d like a carton/packet/glass of milk, please.

• Ok, _________ else?

• Yes, I need any/some flour and some/any eggs.

• It’s 6$.

• Here ___ _____.

• Thank you. _____ a nice day!

C)

1. Tomorrow I ______ (to buy) any/some bananas for a banana cake.

2. ___ we _____ (to have) some/any sugar? – No, we ____. Please, buy a _____ of sugar in a local shop.

3. I ________ (to cook) the dinner right now. ____ you _____ (to pass) me a few/a little tomatoes?

4. Every Monday I ____ (to go) shopping with my husband. He ____ (not/like) it. But he _____ (to understand) that I _____ (not/can) carry the shopping bags myself. They are too hard/heavy.

5. Thanksgiving Day ___ (to be) a huge event for us. The whole family ____ (to gather) together and ____ (share) love and support with each other. Aunt Mary always ______ (to come) to celebrate the holiday with us, but she _____ (not/to come) last year. At first, we ____ (not/to know) why, but then we ______ (to receive) a postcard from Florida. It ____(to turn out) that she had met a boyfriend and soon they would get married. She _____ (to promise/ to come) with her husband Pete next Thanksgiving Day. So, we can’t wait ___ (to see) her and her husband!

2. Write singular form of the irregular plural form of the following nouns.

1. men …………………………………….2. children …………………………..

3. foot ……………………………………..4. tooth ……………………………..

5. mice …………………………………….6. women ………………………….

7. goose ……………………………………8. sheep ……………………………

9. deer ……………………………………..9. people ……………………………

3. Write these nouns in the correct column.

Store, tourist, variety, customer, housewife, millionaire, princess, year, profit, week, immigrant, stall, market, thing, cotton, wool, button, shoelace, town, branch, world, food, clothes, jumper, knickers, furniture, flower, fashion, style, key, staff, work, doctor, dentist, hairdresser, chiropodist, profession, column, example

4. Use the words to write special questions.

1. is/ shopping /place /your /town/ to go/ what / your /in /favorite/?

2. do //go /how / you/ often /usually/ shopping/?

3. with /go/ you/who /do /shopping/?

4. shopping /what /buy /in/ the nearest /can/ center /you/?

5. shopping /centers //why so /are /nowadays/ popular/?

6. some/ do /people /hate/ why/ shopping/?

7. what /you/ time /go /recommend/ busy /would/ people/ that /shopping/?

8. the /countries/ that/ of /the famous /brands /what/ you /are /can/ some /buy /in /many /of / world/?

9. your/is/ the /shopping/ in/ what/ street /main/ town/?

10. for/ shopping/ you /what/ like/ do/?

5. Look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Tick each correct line. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space.