IELTS Speaking Lesson about Shopping and Consumerism

Question 1

Warm up!
Fill in the gap with one word

Answer 1

1. I like to go shopping ______ clothes in the sales
2. I don’t have any money, I am just ____ shopping
3. I haven’t made many ______ this week. Tom, the Sales manager is
   not going to be happy!
4. I like to go shopping for clothes in the sales
5. I don’t have any money, I am just window shopping
6. I haven’t made many sales this week. Tom, the Sales manager is
   not going to be happy

Question 2

Nouns
A shop (n.) = A store (n.) (US)

Answer 2

• A department store
• A shopping mall (US)
• A shopping centre (UK)

Question 3

A pop-up shop

Answer 3

= A space leased (rented) for days or weeks to sale
products

Question 4

A pop-up shop

Answer 4

= A space leased (rented) for days or weeks to sale
products

Question 5

Kinds of shops

Answer 5

A one-stop shop = A shop providing different products or services in
one place (1)
A high-end shop = selling expensive stuff (2)
An up-market shop = selling expensive stuff
A retail shop = a shop selling to individual customers (B to C) (3)
A wholesale shop = a shop selling to businesses (B to B) (4)

1)یه عبارت اسمی به معنی فروشگاه بزرگ مثل فروشگاه رفاه و یا فروشگاه افق کوروش که همه نوع محصولی برای فروش دارن . خلاصه اینکه فروشگاه های بزرگی که همه چیز میفروشن میشن
2)یک مغازه گران قیمت
3)خرده فروش
4)عمده فروش

Question 6

A sale (n)

Answer 6

1) Give something in exchange for money
How many sales have you made today?

2) Goods are sold at a lower price حراج
The store is having a mid-season sale
There is a sale on this week in this shop
Nike are having a sale this week

● A clearance sale = a sale to clear stocks (everything must go!)
● Everything is reduced to clear
● A liquidation sale
● A winter sale
● An end-of-season sale