Answer Key
Vocabulary test
Drag & drop: Fill in the missing expression. Use the following words and phrases:
- chain store
- wholesaler
- retailers
- department stores
- pharmacy
- shop
- franchise
- shopping center
- drug store
- convenience store
- I think it's too late to go to the supermarket. If you are hungry, try the [convenience store]around the corner, I think it is still open.
- Did you see the big new [shopping center] that just opened up downtown? It's great – there are around seventy different stores, ten restaurants, and a multiplex cinema.
- If you need to buy some aspirin, toothpaste, shampoo and a few bars of soap, the best place to go is a [drug store] .
- If your doctor prescribes some strong painkillers, the only place you will be able to buy them is a [pharmacy] .
- Of course it would be cheaper to shop at a [wholesaler] than a normal retailer, but then again, who needs to buy 10,000 of anything at one time?
- I'm thinking of opening a [shop, store] that sells clothing for pets, but I'm not sure how much of a market there really is for ferret sweaters and turtle hats.
- Most [department stores] are arranged on several floors, with a big sign telling you what is on each floor, for example 1 – general goods, 2 – women's clothes, 3 – men's clothes, 4 – electronics, 5 – home and office goods, etc.
- [Retailers] buy from wholesalers and sell to consumers.
- We run a [chain store] that sells electronics and appliances – we have seven locations in Detroit, and we are hoping to open two in Cleveland next year.
- One of the big advantages of operating a [franchise] is all the support you receive. Also, you have a business that people already know, and that has proven to be successful. Of course, you don't have much choice about how to do things.