Classroom quiz

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Shopping 1
For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
After you have paid for something in a shop, you get ________.
a receipt
a recipe
a bill
an invoice
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
What do you say in a shop if you only want to look and not buy?
I'm just browsing
I'm just surfing
I'm just shoplifting
I'm just viewing
3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
In a supermarket, where do you pay?
At the check-in
At the check-out
At the check-on
At the check-off
4.
a.
b.
c.
d.
In a shop what do you call the small room where you can try on new
clothes before you buy them?
guest room
wardrobe
change room
fitting room
5.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which verb means to negotiate a price, usually in a market?
to barter
to dispute
to haggle
to quarrel
6.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which of the following would you not say in a clothes shop?
A sliced loaf please
I'm just looking.
Can I try it on?
I'll take it thanks.
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SHOPPING answers
1..
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
a.
Correct. The answer is 'receipt'.
Wrong. A recipe is a list of cooking ingredients.
Wrong. The word 'bill' has a number of different meanings. Here are two
of them: a bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or
services. In American English, a bill is also a piece of paper money.
Wrong. An invoice is a document that lists the goods you have received
from a person or company and says how much money you owe them.
c.
d.
Correct. 'To browse' is a verb - the noun, a 'browser' is now also used as
the name for the kind of Internet software you are using to see this page.
Wrong. Although the verb 'to surf' is used about the Internet, it's not used
about shopping!
Wrong. 'To shoplift' means to steal from a shop.
Wrong. However, you could use the phrase ‘I’m just looking’.
3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Wrong. The 'check-in' is where you have to go in an airport before flying.
Correct. The 'check-out' is where you pay.
Wrong.
Wrong.
b.
4.
a.
b.
c.
d.
5.
a.
b.
c.
d.
6.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Wrong. A 'guest room' is a spare bedroom in a house.
Wrong. A 'wardrobe' is a piece of furniture for storing clothes.
Wrong. This room CAN also be called a 'changing room’ but not a
‘change room’.
Correct. A 'fitting room' is where you can try on clothes in a shop.
Wrong. 'To barter' means to buy something by exchanging what you want
for something you have that the seller wants.
Wrong. If you 'dispute' something then you disagree with it.
Correct. 'To haggle' means to negotiate a price.
Wrong. 'To quarrel' is a synonym of 'to argue'.
Correct. 'A sliced loaf please' is something you might say in a bakery, not
a clothes shop.
Wrong.
Wrong.
Wrong.
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