Shopping in Our Lives PDF

**The Role of Shopping in Our Lives** Shopping plays an important role in people's life. Everyone needs food and clothes. Children can hardly live without toys, books, puzzles, pencils, and balls. Teenagers are obsessed with gadgets, jeans, and sunglasses. Males adore cars, watches, TV and music de...

**The Role of Shopping in Our Lives** Shopping plays an important role in people's life. Everyone needs food and clothes. Children can hardly live without toys, books, puzzles, pencils, and balls. Teenagers are obsessed with gadgets, jeans, and sunglasses. Males adore cars, watches, TV and music devices, sport and fishing facilities. Females love dresses, accessories, cosmetics, jewelry, and perfume. All that can be purchased in supermarkets, boutiques, or shopping centers. Shopping is a money matter. Every item of goods has an individual price, which depends on the goods\' quality. However, the place where it is exposed for selling can also influence the price. Supermarkets usually offer mass consumption products. The cheapest meat, cheese, drinks, culinary products, fruits, and vegetables can be bought there. Expensive brand garments, accessories, jewelry, and souvenirs are usually exposed in boutiques and modern shopping centers. Such places are very popular in the periods of season discounts. Many people believe that shopping is one of the household duties. It is necessary to plan finances and control them while shopping. But shopping can be an enjoyable activity held in a trading and entertainment center. This is a possibility to buy the necessary things and have a good time with friends or family members. Moreover, purchases for special occasions are very pleasant and involving. They help to recover from everyday stress and have a healing effect. Modern shopping centers offer a relaxing atmosphere with such entertainment as cinemas, cafes, spa, and children playing grounds. Communication with friends and family members can make shopping amazing! Colorful shopping bags and good memories bring happiness and satisfaction. **Task 1. Fill in the Blank**: Fill in the blank with the correct words. 1. Teenagers are often ***\_\_*** with gadgets, jeans, and sunglasses. 2. The ***\_\_*** of goods can influence their price. 3. ***\_\_*** offer mass consumption products like meat and cheese. 4. Many people think shopping is a ***\_\_*** duty. 5. Purchases for special ***\_\_*** can be very pleasant and involving. **Word Bank**: supermarkets, obsessed, occasions, household, quality **Task 2. Multiple Choice Questions**: Choose the correct answer from the choices for each question. 1. **What are children often unable to live without?** A\) Cars B) Toys C) Watches D) Sunglasses 2. **Where are expensive brand garments usually found?** A\) Supermarkets B) Boutiques C) Street markets D) Online stores 3. **What is necessary to plan while shopping?** A\) Time B) Finances C) Routes D) Vacations 4. **What can modern shopping centers offer besides shopping?** A\) Libraries B) Cinemas C) Factories D) Offices 5. **What effect do purchases for special occasions have?** A\) Stressful B) Healing C) Boring D) Negative **Open Ended Questions**: Answer the following questions in complete sentences: 1. Why might the place where an item is sold affect its price? 2. How can shopping be an enjoyable activity for people? 3. Describe how shopping centers can provide a relaxing atmosphere. **Define the sentences as True (T) or False (F) and write.** **1**. Men and women enjoy buying different things. \_\_\_ 2\. The price of the goods can depend on the place where they are sold. \_\_\_ 3\. Boutiques and modern shopping centers do not have any discounts. \_\_\_ 4\. Shopping can have a healing effect. \_\_\_ 5\. Modern shopping centers offer a great choice of goods but no additional entertainment such as cinemas, cafes, spa and children playing grounds. \_\_\_ **Answer Key**: **Fill in the Blank**: 1. obsessed 2. quality 3. Supermarkets 4. household 5. occasions **Multiple Choice Questions**: 1. B\) Toys 2. B\) Boutiques 3. B\) Finances 4. B\) Cinemas 5. B\) Healing **Open Ended Questions**: 1. The place where an item is sold might affect its price because items sold in boutiques or modern shopping centers are often more expensive due to the brand and the shopping experience. 2. Shopping can be enjoyable when it is combined with entertainment and social activities, allowing people to spend quality time with friends or family members. 3. Shopping centers provide a relaxing atmosphere by offering amenities like cinemas, cafes, spas, and children\'s play areas, making it a place for leisure and enjoyment beyond just shopping.