56 Clothes A Pocket, buttons, collar, sleeves “ jacket ‘earrings ~ blouse or top pocket hat « \ scarf buttons jeans overcoat —} shoes boots Note: Some of these words are plural nouns, e. jeans and trousers. See Unit 27. B Important verbs Use this text to guess the meaning of the key words, I got up at 7.30, had a shower, got dressed, and had breakfast. It was a cold morning so I pur on my overcoat and left home about 8.20. When I got to work I took off my coat and hung it up behind the door. Ie was hor in the office, so I took my jacket off as well. During my lunchbreak I had a look round the shops, | saw a nice jacket in one shop and tried it on, bit ie didn’ fit me ~ it was too small and they didn’t have a bigger size Note: Notice the different word order with the verbs put on, take off, hang up, and try on, If you want to know the rule abour this, turn to Unit 17 Phrasal ve ar and style © Too small and not long enough ‘The man is wearing a suit, but it doesn’t fit him very well: the jacket is too small (= not big enough); the trousers are too short (= not long enough), 16 English Vocabulary in Use (presitermedioe & Intermediate)56.1 56.2 56.3 56.4 56.5 Exercises Finish this sentence with six different items of clothes. Tneed a pair of Find a logical order for these 1 He took off his trousers. 2. He put his shoes back on, 3 He tried on the suit. 4. He went into the changing room. 5 He took ir off. He paid for the suit. He took off his shoes. He went back to the s He pur his trousers on again. What's missing? Write down anything, that is missing in the second picture of the woman, Fill the gaps with suitable words. (More than one answer may be possible in some cases.) 1 She decided to wear a and a instead of a dress. 2 Lrried on a the jacker was fine but the were t09 short. 3. It was hot in the office, so [ rook off my jacket and and rolled up the sleeves of my 4 Lwanted to buy the jacket, but unfortunately the one I tried on wasn’t big and they didn’t have it in a bigger $ Lalso wanted a new jumper, but unfortunately the medium size was big and the small size wasn’t big Write down: 1 five things usually worn by women only; and five things worn by men and wom 2 a list of clothes you like and don't like wearing. 3. five more items of clothing you have at home in your wardrobe / chest of drawers. Engish Vocabulary in Use (presintermedioe & intermediate) 757 Shops and Shopping Shops and shopping shop assistant: person who works in a shop; also called sales assistant shop window: the window at the front of the shop shopping centre: a place with many shops, outside or indoors window shopping: to look round the shops but nor buy anything shopping list: alist of things to buy { went shopping yesterday (= I went to the shops to buy food or clothes, ete.) I did the shopping yesterday (= | bought food and household goods) ‘Types of shop (and what they sell) Name of shop What it sells department store almost everything (furniture, clothes, electrical appliances, e.g. TV and washing machine, toys, jewellery, etc. and sometimes food) supermarket. __ food and household goods, e.g. cleaning products newsepen(s) _newpapems caren, sweet statoney 6g iting paper cad, envelopes, etc. butcher(’s) meat sgreengrocer(’s) fruit and vegetables boutiqu fashionable clothes chemists) medicine, baby products, shampoo, soap, toothpaste, ete ‘Note: Most other shops are just “+ shop’, e.g. shoe shop, record shop, camera shop, ete Useful words and expressions assistant: Can I help you? CUSTOMER: Yes, I’m looking for (= I want) a blue jumper don’t need help) mother assistant is assistant: Can Thelp you? cusTomer: assistant: Can help you? customer: I'm being served, thanks. already serving/helping me) assistant: What size are you looking for? (e.g, big? small? mediun cusromter: Where's the changing room? the fitting room) ASSISTANT: It’s down there on the right, customer: Yes, PL take this one / these. to buy this one / these) customer: No, I'll leave it thanks. (= No, don’t ‘want to buy itithem) customer: Excuse me, Where do I pay for these? assistant: Over at the cash deskitill. custome: And can I pay by cheque / credit card? assIstaNT: Yes, of course, ‘o, I'm just looking, thanks. 122 142 162) the room where you try on clothes; also called = Yes, I want English Vocabulary in Use (preintermediote & intermediate)57.1 57.2 57.3 57.4 Exercises Can you find a ‘general" word on the opposite page to describe each group of items below? Example: ..frvit.... e.g. apples, oranges and peaches e.g. shoes, a blouse, a jacket eg. a sofa, an armchair, a table eg. a television, a washing machine, a food mixer eg. washing powder, soap, milk, toilet paper e.g, teddy bea, plastic gun, lego eg. writing paper, envelopes ‘Where would you buy cach of the items on the left? Choose from the shops in the box. newsagent chemist department store butcher sreengrocer supermarket Now write down two more things you could buy in each shop. ‘What word or phrase is being defined in these sentences? [A shop where you can buy fashionable clothes. A place with many shops, either outside or indoors. A person who works in a shop. ‘The place where you can try on clothes in a shop. The place where you pay for things in a shop. To look round the shops without planning to buy anything. ‘The shop where you buy meat. ‘The shop where you buy medicines, baby products, shampoo, ete. ‘Complete this shopping dialogue. ASSISTANT 1: Can I help you? CUSTOMER: Yes, I'm 1) a blouse like this, but in blue. ASSISTANT 1: see, And what are you looking for? customer: Uh, 14 usually. ASSISTANT 1: Ok, I'll just go and see if we've got any. customer: Thank you. AssisTaNT 2: Can Thelp you? customer: No, it’s OK, I'm thanks ASSISTANT 1: Here we are. The last one in stock. customer: Great. Can [ try it on? ASSISTANT 1: Yes of course. The # is just over there. ASSISTANT 1: How was it? customer: Fine. Pls ASSISTANT: Right. Would you like to pay over there at the! 2 English Vocabulary n Use (preintermediate & intermediate) hg.228 54.3 54.8 551 55.2 55.3 56.1 56.2 56.3 56.4 56.5 S74 Possible answer Thad terrible toothache, so I made an appoitment to sce the dentist. He had a look at the tooth and decided that I needed a filling. It was quite a big one, so I had an injection first. Afterwards it felt so much better 1 hurts 3 ache S lung 7 asthma 9 myself 2 attack 4 pain 6 prescription 8 disease_—10_aches Unit 55 Noun — Verb Nown Verb cut cut blood bleed wound — wound bandage bandage injury injure bruise bruise shot shoot treatment reat Model answwer Paul somehow fell feom the tee where he was picking apples and he knocked himself unconscious. His wife immediately rang for an ambulance and it soon arrived and rushed him to hospital. He was suifering from concussion and had to have some stitches for a large eut on the side of his head, but fortunately it was nothing more serious than that Possible answers 1 Twas preparing the dinner and I cut my finger on the vegetable knife. 2 he was in a fight and someone gave him a black eye. 3 Lwas running for a bus and I hit my foot on something on the pavement and fell over, 4. We were running for the same ball; 'm afraid I didn’t see him and he didn’t see me, and we collided. Unit 56 Possible answers shoes, socks, jeans, trousers, shorts, gloves, tights 4,7,1,3,5,9,2,8, 6 an earring, a ring, a button, a pocket, a necklace, gloves. Most likely answers 1 blouse or *top; skirt 3. ties shirt 5-005 enough 2 suits trousers 4 enous size (top isa general word) Possible answers worn by women: dress, blouse, skirt, rights, necklace worn by both: hat, gloves, jeans, trousers, jacket, scarf, coat, shirt Unit 57 1 clothes 3 electrical appliances 5 roy 2 furniture 4 household goods 6 stationery English Vocobulory in Use (peitermediote & intermediate)57.2 57.3 57.4 58.1 58.2 58.3 53.4 newsagent: envelopes, a newspaper chemist: toothbrush, aspirin department store: envelopes, an armchair, gloves (and possibly the apples, carrots, coca cola, chicken and a loaf of bread) butcher: a chicken jgreengrocer: apples and carrots supermarket: a chicken, a toothbrush, a loaf of bread, coca cola, apples, carrots, a newspaper Other things you could buy in each shop: newsagent: cigarettes, sweets, greeting cards chemist: soap, shampoo, perfume, toothpaste department store: clothes, washing machines, saucepans butcher: steak, sausages, bacon, lamb sreengrocer: onions, oranges, peas, lemons supermarket: coffee, wine, cakes, biscuits, cheese 1 boutique 3 shop/sales assistant 5 ill cash desk 7 butchers} 2 shopping centre 4 changing/fiting room 6 window shopping 8 chemist’) 1 looking for 3 being served. 5 takeit 2 size 4 changing room 6 till cash desk Unit 58 peas/porato; peachipear beans; banana mushroom; melon carroticauliflower/eabbage; cherry aubergine; apple lerrneeichicken dl ‘nion/mushroom /a! ‘orangelcauliflower /ov banana/melon /a/ aubergine/tomaro /au! salmon/lamb ei 1 salmon; the others are types of meat but salmon is a fish 2. salmon; the others are types of shellfish but salmon is.a fish 3. aubergine; the others are found in salad but aubergine isn't 4 peach; the others are vegetables but a peach is a fruit 5 mussels; che others are types of meat but mussels is a shellfish Most likely answers: always usually never cherries apples bananas ‘grapes peaches pineapples strawberries pears melons lemons oranges mangoes Englsh Vocabulary in Use (preintermediate & intermedia) n9