New Cutting Edge. Elementary.

New Cutting Edge. Elementary.

Module 9: Buying and Selling

Forms of adjectives:

adjective	comparative	superlative
a short adjective (one syllable)
old nice tall	old er nice r than tall er	the old est the nice st the tall est
a short one syllable adj. with the combination: vowel-consonant-vowel in the end
big hot s lim	big ger hot ter than slim mer	the big gest the hot test the slim mest
an adj. of one or two syllables ending in ' y'
dr y tid y health y	dr i er tid i er than health i er	the dr i est the tid i est the health i est
other adjectives of two or more syllables
common difficult beautiful	more common more difficult than more beautiful	the most common the most difficult the most beautiful
irregular adjectives
good bad far	better worse than further	the best the worst the furthest

Mount Elbrus is high er than Mount Ararat,

and Everest is the high est mountain in the world.

Climate in Mexico is dr ier than in the USA.

The Nazca desert is the dr iest place in South America.

Buddhism is more popular than Islam,

and Christianity is the most popular religion in the world.

Rostov-on-Don is further from Saint-Petersburg than Moscow

and Anadyr is the furthest from Saint-Petersburg in Russia.

A conversation in a shop

Do you take credit cards?

Have you got this T-shirt in a small/medium/large/extra large?

Let me check for you! What size are you?

Can I have one of those chocolate cakes, please? These ones?

Which floor is the restaurant on? It's on the fourth floor!

Do you sell diaries? No, we don't. Try the stationery dep-ment.

Is there a cafe in this department store?

What time does the store close? At 9 o'clock.

Can I have the bill please?

Can I have the receipt, please?

Shops & goods (services)

shops	goods/services
a pharmacy	medicine
a bakery	bread/cakes
a butcher's	meat/sausages
a clothes shop	clothes/a silk scarf
a gift shop	presents/souvenirs
a post office	post letters/parcels
kitchenware	plates/forks etc.
luggage/baggage	travel bags/suitcases
handbags	leather bags
a perfumery shop	perfume/aftershave
a cosmetics shop	lipstick/mascara etc.
a stationer's	pens/pencils/diaries
a footwear shop	shoes/boots/slippers
jewellery	diamonds/earrings etc.
electrical goods	TV sets/players etc.
a furniture shop	tables/chairs/cupboards
a bookshop	'Alice in Wonderland'
a florist's	flowers
a dry-cleaner's	have your clothes cleaned
a hairdresser's	have your hair cut
a(n open air) market	rugs/carpets/herbs/fruit/ vegetables/toys/ decorations/flowers etc.
a local shop	food/drinks/every day goods
a supermarket	food/clothes/drinks (you put goods in your shopping trolley and pay only at the checkout)
a department store	everything (it's got lots of shops inside, you pay in the shop where you buy something)
a shopping mall	almost the same as a department store but also you can find there a cinema/cafes/restaurants/ bowling/a fitness centre/ sometimes a skate rink and other entertainments

Remember:

to check - проверять

the bill - чек/счет в ресторане

the rec ei pt(рис и т) - чек в магазине/квитанция

Дата добавления: 2015-11-04