Shopping Vocabulary
They are selling jeans with a 50 % D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
discount
Why do they ask so much money for these clothes? (charge)
Why do they charge so much for these clothes?
I try to avoid ___________ (shop) on Saturdays because the shops are so crowded.
shopping
(Janine/ stay in London) (she/ find another job there)
If Janine stayed in London, she would find another job there.
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.
I took the shoes back to the shop and got a R _ _ _ _ _ because they were badly made.
refund
The bank agreed to temporarily give me some money. (lend)
The bank agreed to lend me some money.
Do you think he will agree __________ (sell) his company to a bigger firm?
to sell
(I/ win the lottery) (I/ buy a huge house)
If I won the lottery, I would buy a huge house.
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.
You must have a R _ _ _ _ _ _ to get your money back for returned items.
receipt
Do you really make enough money to buy a new car? (earn)
Do you really earn enough to buy a new car?
Joe decided ________ (take) a job with another company.
to take
(Steve/ start his own company) (he/ can find investors)
Steve would start his own company if he could find investors.
Last Saturday all the work she _____ (do) finally paid off.
Last Saturday all the work she had done finally paid off.
'These shoes were only $15!' 'What a B _ _ _ _ _ _ !'
bargain
I don't have enough money to buy these shoes. (afford)
I can't afford to buy these shoes.
He spends a lot of time __________ (meet) clients.
meeting
(prices/ not be so high) (I/ buy more things).
If prices weren't so high, I would buy more things.
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.
The P _ _ _ _ T _ _ said it was $25, but I only paid $18 for it.
price tag
He buys things and never uses them. He's throwing money away. (waste)
He buys things and never uses them. He's wasting money.
I promise __________ (let) you know about any changes.
to let
(you/ not spend so much on food) (you/ use coupons)
You wouldn't spend so much on food if you used coupons.
Tom ______ (take) his bike apart and ___________ (try) to fix it.
Tom had taken his bike apart and tried to fix it.