B2
English Vocabulary Exercises for B2 – Shopping
8 exercícios
1. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs below.
- budget get into debt knock down overcharge
- shop around snap up
- I have to buy lots of things at the beginning of the university year. I 1) carefully for everything I need to buy and the most expensive things are my books. So, I always 2) and see which shops are selling things the cheapest as I don’t want to 3) before the year has even started. Fortunately, I saw a 10% discount on books at a local bookshop and decided quickly to 4) the ones that I needed. However, the shop almost 5) me! They had forgotten to 6) the price of the books by 10% on their computers.
2. Listen to five dialogues about money. Match sentences A-F with speakers 1-5. There is one extra sentence.
Audio
- This speaker
- A has been spending too much money and has got into debt.
- B hasn’t picked up any bargains.
- C explained that she was almost overcharged for something.
- D has been haggling at a local market.
- E has splashed out on something that cost a lot.
- F has been budgeting for a future activity that will cost a lot of money.
3. Listen again and complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below.
Audio
- afford knock down overspend shop around snap up
- 1)Speaker 1 has been all day.
- 2)Speaker 2 thinks she will be able to everything on her trip if she saves money.
- 3)Speaker 3 was about to the price of her laptop by 10%.
- 4)Speaker 4 has and had to borrow money from a friend.
- 5)Speaker 5 says she some shoes in the sale.
4. Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.
- 1)If you overspend, you might get into
- 2)If you at the market, the stall owner might knock the price.
- 3)If you around, you might find things cheaper.
- 4)If you shop in the sales, you might up some bargains.
- 5)If you for how much you can spend before you go shopping, you won’t spend more money than you can
- 6)It’s always a good idea to check the receipt after you buy something to make sure you haven’t been
5. Replace the underlined phrases with the words below.
- delivery items notification reviews track wish list
- I’ve been waiting for a number of 1) goods that I ordered online. I had a 2) list of things that I wanted and decided to buy everything on it! I’ve been to the website to 3) follow the progress of my order, but there’s no information. Neither have I received a 4) message with information about 5) when they will brings the goods to my houseThe 6) customer opinions of this site were positive, but my experience of it isn’t!
6. Complete the definitions.
- 1)A w l is a list of things that you want to buy.
- 2)A c o is a place where you pay for goods.
- 3)A n is information sent to someone about something.
- 4)An i is an individual unit, often part of a list or group.
- 5)A b is a place on a website where you can see the goods you have decided to buy. It is also a physical thing that you use in a supermarket.
- 6)A r is an opinion about a product or service.
- 7)A d involves goods, letters, parcels, etc. being taken to a person’s house, office, or place of work.
- 8)When you t something, you follow it by using a website or electronic equipment.
Extra exercises
7. Complete the sentences with the verbs below.
- afford knock down rip off shop around snap up splash out
- 1)Some restaurants try to their customers by demanding a 20% service charge.
- 2)I missed the bus but I couldn’t a taxi so I had to walk.
- 3)When I get paid at the end of the summer, I’m going to on a new smartphone.
- 4)You’ll probably save money if you before buying a new laptop.
- 5)I’m hoping to a bargain in the sales.
- 6)They’ll probably the price of those watches if no one buys them.
8. Complete the sentences with words related to online shopping.
- 1)I created a w l on a site selling computer games. Before my birthday, I gave it to my parents.
- 2)It’s a good idea to look through the details of your order when you get to the c.
- 3)I’m going to check my b to make sure everything I want to order is in there.
- 4)The great thing about that company is that you can t the progress of your order.
- 5)I usually try to order several i at once to save on postage and packing.
- 6)Most of the online r said the camera wasn’t very good, so I decided not to buy it.
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