Контроль навичок читання на тему "Shopping" 6 клас, II семестр

Variant I

Reading Comprehension Activities

Task 1. Match the sentences with their translations.

1) Чи можу я вам допомогти?

2) Це чи те?

3) Щось іще?

4) Мені б хотілося…

a) Anything else?

b) Can I help you?

c) This one or that one?

d) I’d like…

Task 2. Read the text “Shopping” and fill in the gaps.

Text “Shopping”

When we want to buy something, we go to a shop. There are many kinds of (1) … in every town or city, most of them have a food supermarket, a department store, men’s and women’s clothing stores, grocery, a bakery and a butchery. I like to do my shopping at big department stores and (2) … . They sell various goods under one roof and this is very convenient. A department store, for example, is composed of many departments: ready-made clothes, shoes, (3) …, toys and glass, cosmetics, cameras, records, etc.

You can buy everything you like there. There are also escalator in big stores, which take customers to (4) …. The things for sale are on the counters so, that they can be easily seen. In the women’s clothing department you (5) …, costumes, blouses, skirts, coats, beautiful underwear and many other things. In the men’s clothing department you can choose suits, (6) …, overcoats, ties, etc.

In a food supermarket we can also buy many different things at once: sausages, (7) …, sugar, macaroni, flour, cereals, tea. At the butcher’s there is a wide choice of (8) … and poultry. At the bakery you buy brown and white bread, (9) …, biscuits.

Another shop we frequently go to is the greengrocery, which is stocked by cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, (10) …, beetroots, green peas and what not. Everything is sold here ready-weighed and packed. If you call round at a dairy you can buy (11) …, cream, cheese, butter and many other products. The methods of shopping may vary. It may be a self-service shop where the customer goes from counter to counter selecting and putting into a (12) … what he wishes to buy. If it is not a self-service shop, and most small shops are not, the shop-assistant helps the customer in finding what he wants. You pay money to the cashier and he gives you back the change.

a) sports goods

b) fish

c) carrots

d) shops

e) can find dresses

f) basket

g) supermarkets

h) milk

i) trousers

j) rolls

k) meat

l) different floors

Task 3. Read the text “Shopping” again and answer the questions.

1) Where do we go when we want to buy something?

2) What sell various goods under one roof?

3) Where do they sell sugar, macaroni, flour, cereals?

4) Is everything sold ready-weighed and packed at the greengrocery?

Variant II

Reading Comprehension Activities

Task 1. Match the sentences with their translations.

1) Я візьму ось це…

2) Ось, будь ласка.

3) Скільки це коштує?

4) Де можна купити …?

a) Here you are.

b) I’ll take this one, please.

c) Where can I buy …?

d) How much is it?

Task 2. Read the text “Shopping” and fill in the gaps.

Text “Shopping”

When we want to buy something we go to a (1) … . There are many kinds of shops in every town or city, most of them have a food supermarket, a department store, men’s and women’s clothing stores, grocery, a bakery and a butchery. I like (2) … at big department stores and supermarkets. They (3) … various goods under one roof and this is very convenient. A department store, for example, is composed of many (4) …: ready-made clothes, shoes, sports goods, toys and glass, cosmetics, cameras, records, etc.

You can buy everything you like there. There are also (5) … in big stores, which take customers to different floors. The things for sale are on the counters so, that they can be easily seen. In (6) … you can find dresses, costumes, blouses, skirts, coats, beautiful underwear and many other things. In the (7) … clothing department you can choose suits, trousers, overcoats, ties, etc.

In a (8) … supermarket we can also buy many different things at once: sausages, fish, sugar, macaroni, flour, cereals, tea. At the (9) … there is a wide choice of meat and poultry. At the (10) … you buy brown and white bread, rolls, biscuits.

Another shop we frequently go to is the greengrocery which is stocked by cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, beetroots, green peas and what not. Everything is sold here ready-weighed and packed. If you call round at a dairy you can buy milk, cream, cheese, butter and many other products. The methods of shopping may vary. It may be a self-service shop where the (11) … goes from counter to counter selecting and putting into a basket what he wishes to buy. If it is not a self-service shop, and most small shops are not, the shop-assistant helps the customer in finding what he wants. You (12) …to the cashier and he gives you back the change.

a) butcher’s

b) escalator

c) to do my shopping

d) bakery

e) departments

f) sell

g) women’s

h) food

i) men’s

j) shop

k) customer

l) pay money

Task 3. Read the text “Shopping” again and answer the questions.

1) Are there many kinds of shops in every town or city?

2) What can you find in the women’s clothing department?

3) Where do they sell cabbage, potatoes, onions?

4) May the methods of shopping vary?