Shopping Vocabulary
Paraphrase
Verb patterns
Second conditional
Past Perfect
100

They are selling jeans with a 50 % D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

discount

100

Why do they ask so much money for these clothes? (charge)

Why do they charge so much for these clothes?

100

I try to avoid ___________ (shop) on Saturdays because the shops are so crowded.

shopping

100

(Janine/ stay in London) (she/ find another job there)

If Janine stayed in London, she would find another job there.

100

Lisa Lewin _________ (imagine) opening her own design shop many times before she finally _____ (do) it.

Lisa Lewin had imagined opening her own design shop many times before she finally did it.

200

I took the shoes back to the shop and got a R _ _ _ _ _  because they were badly made.

refund

200

The bank agreed to temporarily give me some money. (lend)

The bank agreed to lend me some money.

200

Do you think he will agree __________ (sell) his company to a bigger firm?

to sell

200

(I/ win the lottery) (I/ buy a huge house)

If I won the lottery, I would buy a huge house.

200

The building _____ (be) a dance studio before she ________ (buy) it six months ago.

The building had been a dance studio before she bought it six months ago.

300

You must have a R _ _ _ _ _ _ to get your money back for returned items.

receipt

300

Do you really make enough money to buy a new car? (earn)

Do you really earn enough to buy a new car?

300

Joe decided ________ (take) a job with another company.

to take

300

(Steve/ start his own company) (he/ can find investors)

Steve would start his own company if he could find investors.

300

Last Saturday all the work she _____ (do) finally paid off.

Last Saturday all the work she had done finally paid off.

400

'These shoes were only $15!' 'What a B _ _ _ _ _ _ !'

bargain

400

I don't have enough money to buy these shoes. (afford)

I can't afford to buy these shoes.

400

He spends a lot of time __________ (meet) clients.

meeting

400

(prices/ not be so high) (I/ buy more things).

If prices weren't so high, I would buy more things.

400

I _____ (cannot) give my homework in because I _______ (do not) it yet.

I couldn't give my homework in because I hadn't done it yet.

500

The P _ _ _ _   T _ _  said it was $25, but I only paid $18 for it.

price tag

500

He buys things and never uses them. He's throwing money away. (waste)

He buys things and never uses them. He's wasting money.

500

I promise __________ (let) you know about any changes.

to let

500

(you/ not spend so much on food) (you/ use coupons)

You wouldn't spend so much on food if you used coupons.

500

Tom ______ (take) his bike apart and ___________ (try) to fix it.

Tom had taken his bike apart and tried to fix it.

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