Vocabulary
1 Read the text and decide which answer (a, b or c) best fits each gap.
The shopping centre
There are always lots of people (0) a their shopping at the shopping centre. It’s a very big building. The doors open (1) _____ – you don’t need to push them. Inside there are shops, cinemas and lots of places to (2) _____ .
There are bookshops and music shops with lots of (3) _____ looking at the books and CDs. There are also flower shops, toy shops and many others. It’s gigantic! If you get (4) _____ , there are (5) _____ to sit on and have a rest.
If you want to buy some clothes, go up the (6) _____ to the second floor and you will find many shops. They sell shoes, skirts, (7) _____ – all the clothes you want! If you go up again, on the third floor you will find lots of restaurants where you can sit and have a drink or eat something if you’re (8) _____ .
On the top floor there are two cinemas, which are (9) _____ empty in the daytime and full at night. You can spend the whole day at the centre, and the whole evening, too! When I go there, I always (10) _____ myself.
0 a doing b making c having
1 a usually b normally c automatically
2 a wear b wave c eat
3 a presents b customers c grocers
4 a tired b hungry c bored
5 a benches b boots c books
6 a floor b escalator c square
7 a games b flowers c jackets
8 a hungry b tired c dangerous
9 a now b normally c automatically
10 a like b fun c enjoy
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Grammar
2 Put the verbs into the present simple or present continuous to complete the text.
At the moment Angela and I (0) are shopping (shop) in the new shopping centre. I (1) _________ (need) some new shoes and she (2) _________ (look) for a book.
The shopping centre (3) _________ (be) full of people today, because lots of shops (4) _________ (have) special offers on their things, so everyone (5) _________ (spend) a lot of money!
Right now we (6) _________ (stand) outside the book shop and we (7) _________ (look) at the books in the window. We (8) _________ (not want) to buy any today, but it’s always nice to look! Now we (9) _________ (have) a drink at our favourite restaurant on the third floor. Angela (10) _________ (eat) an ice cream. This shopping centre has got everything!
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3 Read the text and decide which answer (a, b or c) best fits each gap.
I (0)
c with my friend at the shopping centre today. (1) _________ are going shopping together because it (2) _________ his sister’s birthday soon and we need to buy (3) _________ a present. I don’t know what she wants for (4) _________ birthday, but she’s (5) _________ friend’s sister, so I’m sure he knows what she likes!
‘I think we should buy her a poster,’ I say, but my friend says she doesn’t like (6) _________ .
‘Maybe she wants a CD?’ I say, but he says she doesn’t like them either.
‘We could buy her one of (7) _________ books she’s always reading – you know – the Harold Pointer books,’ I say, but he says they don’t have any of (8) _________ in the bookshop.
‘This is really difficult. What does she like?’ I ask my friend. He says she likes things she makes (9) _________ .
‘But we can’t buy anything like that in (10) _________ shops!’ I say.
0 a am shop b shop c am shopping
1 a Us b We c Our
2 a being b is c it’s
3 a them b us c her
4 a she b her c your
5 a her b my c its
6 a them b it c their
7 a them b those c this
8 a them b this c they
9 a hers b her c herself
10 a these b them c this
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4 Choose the correct word.
0 This / These is the only florist’s in the shopping centre.
1 Do you like these / this skirt?
2 These are my pet cats. Do you like them / they?
3 It was really cold and our winter clothes didn’t keep us / we warm.
4 I want one of those / this CDs over there!
5 I cut me / myself with a knife when I was cooking.
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