Shopping

When we want to buy something, we go to the 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 or women`s clothing stores, grocery, bakery and butchery.

I like to do my shopping at a big department stores and supermarkets. They sell various goods and this is very convenient. A department store, for example, true to its name, is composed of many departments: ready-made clothes, fabrics, shoes, sports goods, toys, electric appliances, cosmetics, curtains, records, etс. You can buy everything you like there.

There are also escalators in big stores which take customers to different floors. The things for sale are on the counters so that they can be easily seen. In women`s clothing department you can find dresses, costumes, blouses, skirts, coats and many other things. In the men`s clothing department you can choose suits, trousers, overcoats, ties, etc. In the knitwear department one can buy sweaters, cardigans, pullovers, woolen jackets.

In a food supermarket we can also buy many different things at once: bread, sausages, fish, sugar, flour, cereals, butter, milk, tea. At the butcher there is a wide choice of meat and poultry. At the bakery you buy brown and white bread, biscuits. Another shop we frequently go to is the greengrocery which is stocked by cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, beetroots, green peas and what not. Everything is sold here ready- weight and packed. If you call round at a dairy you can buy milk, cream, cheese, butter and many other products.

The methods of shopping may vary. It may be a self – service shop where the customer goes from counter to counter selecting and putting into a basket what he wishes to buy. Then he takes the basket to the check- out counter, where the prices of the purchases are added up. If it is not a self –service shop, and most small shops are not, the shop- assistant helps the customer in finding what he wants. You pay money to the cashier and he gives you back the change.

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