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    Mr. Wimble: Too small. Have you got a seven and a quarter?
    Shopkeeper: Here is a seven and quarter.
    Mr. Wimble: This is the right size. But I don’t like the colour.
Have you got a grey hat the same size as this?
    Shopkeeper: Here you are, sir. A grey hat, size seven and a quarter.
    (A.S. Hornby. Oxford Progressive English for Adult Learners.)

     Exercise 1. Answer the following questions.
      1. What do we call a large shop where customers serve themselves
with food and other goods needed in the home? 2. Why do you think
goods usually cost less in supermarkets than they do in smaller
shops? 3. What do we call a group of shops of different kinds built
together in one area? 4. What can one buy at the footwear
department? 5. What size do you take in shoes? 6. What are the best
shoes for everyday wear in your opinion? 7. Do you often wear
high heels? 8. When do women wear sandals? 9. What are your
evening shoes like? 10. What are shoes made of? 11. When do you
wear high boots? 12. Do you always try shoes on before buying
them? 13. What shoes are in fashion now? 14. Do you buy ready-
made clothes or have them made to measure? Why? 15. Can you
afford expensive clothes? 16. Do you wear small articles (such as
hats, gloves, stockings, handbags) to match your dress (coat, shoes)?
17. What do you usually buy at the stationery? 18. Do you use make
up? 19. They sell hats, caps, fur caps for ladies at the millinery,
don’t they? What hats are in fashion now? Are knitted caps in fashion?
Can you knit? How much wool does it take to knit a small cap?
20. What did you buy for your friend as a birthday present? 21. What
do they sell at the knitted goods department? 22. What is your favourite
department? 23. Do you like doing the window-shopping? 24. Where
do we buy meat? What sorts of meat do you know? Do you like fat
or lean meat? 25. Where do you go to buy fish? Can you buy smoked
fish or herring there? 26. Where do we buy bread? Can we buy buns
and rolls at the baker’s as well? 27. Where do you go to buy fruit and
vegetables? 28. Where do you buy sweets and chocolates? 29. Where
do you go to buy onions? 30. What are dairy products? 31. Where do
you go if you want to buy some flour? What other goods does this
kind of shop sell? 32. Are corduroy trousers in fashion now?
33. Which dress wears better a cotton or silk one? 34. Where do you

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