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Teacher’s Notes

SHOPPING and SERVICES – matura rozszerzona

by Aleksandra Prochalska

Type of activity: individual work
Focus: to check and revise vocabulary concerning

SHOPPING AND SERVICES based on “Revise

ForMatura – Repetytorium”

Level: Intermediate – Upper Intermediate
Time: 20 – 25 minutes
Preparation:

1. Photocopy the test.

Procedure:

1. Explain the tasks in the test if necessary.

2. Set the time limit.

Extension / Follow-up:

You may discuss marked tests with the whole class.

KEY
The key just provides suggestions, there might be

other possible answers.
1) In English explain the difference. / 10 points

a) a shopkeeper

= an owner of a shop /

a shoplifter

= a person who steals from a shop

b) a shop window

= a large window used for

showing products /

window shopping

= an activity of looking at the

shop windows and the products without

intending to buy them

c) a receipt

= a piece of paper that tells you how

much you paid for something /

a recipe

= instructions for how to cook

something

d) greengrocer’s

= a shop selling vegetables and

fruit /

grocer’s

= a shop selling different types of food

e) laundry

= a place where you can have your clothes

washed and ironed, and water is used /

dry cleaner’s

= a place where you can have your

clothes washed, and chemicals are used instead

of water

2) Translate into English / 15 points

1. sklep monopolowy –

off-licence shop / liquor shop

2. pchli targ –

flea market

3. kosmetyczka –

beautician

4. gwarancja –

warranty / guarantee

5. kolejka w sklepie –

a queue

6. wywołać film –

to develop a film

7. wypożyczalnia kaset video –

video shop

8. bochenek chleba –

a loaf of bread

9. sklep zoologiczny –

a pet shop

10. lada sklepowa –

a counter

11. sklep mięsny –

a butcher’s

12. obniżka –

a discount

13. bankomat –

ATM / cash machine / cash dispenser

14. rachunek bieżący –

current account

15. słoik miodu –

a jar of honey

3) Translate into Polish. / 15 points

1. shop till you drop –

kupować do upadłego

2. home delivery –

dostawa do domu

3. online shopping –

zakupy internetowe

4. spare parts –

zapasowe części

5. registered letter –

list polecony

6. bank draft –

przekaz bankowy

7. wallet –

portfel

8. trolley –

wózek sklepowy

9. wobbly wheels –

chwiejące się kółka

10. reasonable prices –

rozsądne ceny

11. a tin –

puszka, konserwa

12. to enlarge –

powiększyć

13. glossy photos –

błyszczące zdjęcia

14. goods –

towary

15. purse –

portmonetka

4) Write down the defined word/ 10 points

1) a table or a small shop with an open front, especially

outdoors, where goods are sold –

a stall

2) an area in a town where there are a lot of shops and

where cars are not allowed –

a shopping precinct

3) someone who makes their own clothes, or makes

clothes for other people as a job –

a dressmaker

4) the total number of products that are sold during a

particular period of time –

sales turnover

5) a place with sunbeds where you can get an

artificial suntan –

a solarium

6) medical operations that improve your appearance

after you have been injured, or because you want

to look more attractive –

cosmetic surgery / plastic

surgery

7) a sale of used clothes, books, etc, in order to get

money for a local church, school, etc –

jumble sale

8) something you buy cheaply or for less than its usual

price –

bargain

9) a shop that sells fish –

fishmonger’s

10) a set of questions that you ask a large number of

people in order to find out about their opinions or

behaviour –

a survey