THE LANGUAGES COUNCIL

Vocabulary At one time , certain jobs were thought of as being mens jobs or womens jobs that often ended with man or ess. It might sound discrimination of gender nowadays, especially against women. COMMON NAMES Here are words that can relate to both men and women. MAKE THEIR SENTENCES ALSO. WORDS COMMON NAMES 1)actor and actress 2)anchorman and anchorwoman 3)aviator and aviatrix 4)chairman 5)congressman 6)fireman 7)mailman 8)policeman 9)steward and stewardess 10)waiter and waitress
GRAMMAR

III. Past Perfect Tense

a. It describes a certain moment in the past. Example: I met him in New Delhi in 1996. I had seen him last five years before. b. It also tells about the two actions happened in the past and is used for the action that takes place first Example: i. I had done my exercise when John came to see me. 1st action 2nd action Example: ii. I had written the letter before he arrived. S + had + V3 S + had + not + V3 Had + S + V3 S + had + been + V3

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Exercise:
1 Sita discovered that Mohan ___________ to her. (Lie) 2 I __________to bed when the phone rang. (Went) 3 I__________to visit the office before I left for foreign tour. (Want) 4 Mr. Dayal _____________to retire at 60. (Hope) 5 The film _______ already____________ by the time we got into the cinema. (Hope) 6 Sheela _______just _____________ into her office. (Step)

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 not buy anything shopping list: a list of things to buy I went shopping yesterday (= I went to the shops to buy food or clothes, etc.) I did the shopping yesterday (= I bought food and household goods)
Types of shop (and what they sell)

department store almost everything (furniture, clothes, electrical appliances, e.g. TV and washing machine, toys, jewellery, etc. and sometimes food) food and household goods, e.g. cleaning products newspapers, cigarettes, sweets, stationery, e.g. writing paper, cards, envelopes, etc. butcher('s) meat greengrocer('s) fruit and vegetables boutique fashionable clothes chemist('s) medicine, baby products, shampoo, soap, toothpaste, ete.
Note: Most other shops are just' + shop', e.g. shoe shop, record shop, camera shop, etc. Supermarket newsagent('s)

Useful words and expressions

ASSISTANT: Can I help you? CUSTOMER: Yes, I'm looking for (= I want) a blue jumper. ASSISTANT: Can I help you? CUSTOMER: No, I'm just looking, thanks. (= I don't need help) ASSISTANT: Can I help you? CUSTOMER: I'm being served, thanks. (= another assistant is already serving/helping me) ASSISTANT: What size are you looking for? (e.g. big? small? medium? 12? 14? 16?) CUSTOMER: Where's the changing room? (=the room where you try on clothes; also called the fitting room) ASSISTANT: It's down there on the right. CUSTOMER: Yes, I'll take this one / these. (= Yes,I want to buy this one / these) CUSTOMER: No, I'll leave it thanks. (= No, I don't want to buy it/them) CUSTOMER: Excuse me. Where do I pay for these? ASSISTANT: Over at the cash desk/till. CUSTOMER: And can I pay by cheque / credit card? ASSISTANT: Yes, of course.
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LISTENING: You will hear a customer asking for help in a shop. Write down414 the answers to the questions concerning what she wants. You will hear the listening twice. 0 1. What did the woman receive as a gift? 2. What kind of gift was it? 3. Why does she not want it? 4. Why can't she get her money back? 5. What can she do with it? 6. What would she like? 7. What kid of handbag would she like? 8. What kind of handbag was she looking for? 9. Where is the handbag that she likes? 10. What is the problem with the handbag she likes? 11. What can she have instead of a refund? 12. Who would she like to speak to? 13. What does the man think the manager will say? 14. Where has the manager been?

You will hear a customer asking for help in a shop. Write down the answers to the questions concerning what he wants. You will hear the listening twice. 1. What did the man receive as a gift? 2. What does he not want the present? 3. What can he do with the gift? 4. What could he exchange it for? 5. What would he like? 6. What kind of style does he like? 7. Does it cost more or less than the wallet? 8. Can he find anything that costs the same as his wallet? 9. What does he decide he wants to do? 10. Who would he like to speak to? 11. What does the woman think the manager will say? 12. Where has the manager been?

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