Task 7: In pairs discuss the advantages and the disadvantages of shopping in a small corner shop vs. in a huge hypermarket. The following table might help you with it

 

SUNNY SIDES

	SMALL SHOPS	HYPERMARKETS
	Near your home	Paying in cash/ by credit card
	Shop assistants are nice and polite	A wide choice of products
	Doing the shopping quickly	Everything is under one roof
	No long queues (lines)	Huge discounts (cheaper products)
	Not crowded	Nice design, big shop windows

DARK SIDES

	SMALL SHOPS	HYPERMARKETS
	Only paying in cash	Far from city centres (in the suburb)
	Few products	Shop assistants are more unfriendly
	Pricey (more expensive products)	Doing the shopping takes more time
	No discounts	Long queues (lines)
	No design	Crowded places

Task 8: What shopping habits do people have?

Shopping

AT THE WEEKEND (weekend shopping)

-People buy more products (e.g. daily groceries, some bread, butter, fizzy drinks, cold cuts, ingredients for cooking, etc).

-They do the shopping in big hypermarkets or shopping centres.

-They go there by car.

 

EVERY DAY (daily shopping)

-They buy some daily groceries (e.g. some croissants, rolls, cold cuts, butter, yoghurt, dairy products (milk, sour cream), etc).

-They do the shopping in small corner shops.

-They go there on foot.

Task 9: Discuss the advantages of markets and shopping centres. The following ideas might help you.

 

MARKETS

-Popular places

-Local sellers/ farmers

-You can bargain there

-Fresh fruit and vegetables

-Homemade products

-Reasonable prices

-Special atmosphere

 

SHOPPING CENTRES (MALLS)

-They are in the centre

-Everything is under one roofà time-saving

 

Activities:

-Eating out,

(buffets, sandwich bars,

fast food restaurants, etc.)

-Looking around, looking at shop windows

(doing the window shopping)

-Going to a hairdresser’s/ a nail designer’s, etc.

-Meeting friends,

-Buying products or services

-Going to the cinema and watching the latest films