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Unit 04 A good buy - 4A READING AND VOCABULARY

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4A READING AND VOCABULARY

Shopping Vocabulary & Mystery Shopper Reading

Shopping Vocabulary and Mystery Shopper Career Reading

🛍️ Shopping Contents

💬 Discussion

📖 Reading

📚 Vocabulary

Jump to: 💬 Discussion | 📖 Reading | 📚 Vocabulary | 📒 Workbook

💬 Exercise 1: Shopping Discussion

SPEAKING: In pairs, ask and answer the questions.

❓ Question 1

Do you enjoy shopping? Say why

🛒 Question 2

Which things do you like/dislike shopping for?

Shopping Categories: clothes, electronic gadgets, food/snacks, make-up and toiletries, presents, school items, shoes/trainers

Students' own answers

📖 Exercise 2: Reading Comprehension

ACTIVE READING | Understanding the main idea

✅ To understand the main idea of a text:
• read the first paragraph carefully
• read the rest of the text quickly
• don't worry if you don't understand every word

✅ To understand the main idea of a paragraph:
• look for the key sentence – it's often the first one
• find the keywords and phrases in the paragraph

Read the text quickly to identify the main idea. What is it about?

c) What it's like to be a mystery shopper.

MUSTAFA MADI, MYSTERY SHOPPER

It seems that most of us enjoy shopping these days. For young people in the UK, shopping is the fourth most popular free-time activity, after watching TV, meeting friends and listening to music.

So just imagine somebody paid you to go shopping! Sounds great, doesn't it?

Exercise 3: Match headings A–G with paragraphs 1–6.

Paragraph 1: G) What is a mystery shopper?

Paragraph 2: C) Why I became a mystery shopper

Paragraph 3: A) No week is the same

Paragraph 4: E) Skills and qualities of a good mystery shopper

Paragraph 5: F) The positive side of the job

Extra Heading: B) The negative side of the job

📚 Exercise 4: Shopping Vocabulary

Match the highlighted words and phrases from the text with the definitions.

1. help that you get in places such as a shop, restaurant or hotel
service

2. one of a group of shops owned by the same company
chain store

3. a large shop with different parts that sell different types of things
department store

4. a place in a shop where you can try on clothes
changing room

5. a person who buys goods from a shop
customer

6. a large building with lots of different shops
shopping mall

7. a reduction in price
discount

8. a line of people waiting for something
queue

9. a place in a large shop where you pay
checkout

10. someone whose job is selling things in a shop
shop assistant

Exercise 6: SPEAKING - In pairs, ask and answer the questions.

What are your favourite chain stores/shopping malls in your area?
Which shops in your town have the best/worst service in your opinion?
Do you have a customer discount in any shops?

Students' own answers

📒 Workbook Exercises

Exercise 1: Read the text quickly and choose the best answer.

a) How supermarkets make us spend more.

Exercise 2: Match headings A–G with paragraphs 1–6.

Answers: 1-F, 2-G, 3-A, 4-E, 5-C, 6-D

Exercise 3: Read the text again and answer the questions.

What are the first products you see in most supermarkets?
fruit and vegetables
Where do supermarkets place the most important items that most people need?
at the back
What emotion do customers often feel when they see a special offer?
excitement
According to the article, why are supermarket trolleys very big?
to make us think that we only have a few items
Which product do customers sometimes buy while waiting at the checkout?
chocolate bars
Which two tips for spending less in the supermarket does the author give?
make a list, look at your phone