Exercise 1.

Match the names of the shops with the definitions.

1. department store

2. bakery

3. butcher

4. greengrosser

5. ironmonger’s

6. newsagent

7. chemist

a. a shop that sells tools and other metal goods

b. a shop that sells medicine

c. a place in the street where you can buy newspapers and magazines

d. a building where bread, cakes etc are made or sold

e. someone whose job is to sell meat

f. a shop where you can buy fruit and vegetables

g. a very big shop that sells a lot of different things



Exercise 2.

Fill the gaps with a/an/the, where necessary.

Yesterday I bought ___ pair of ___ shoes. Unfortunately ___ shoes are too tight.
We had ___ dinner in ___ restaurant ___ last night. – What is ___ name of ___ restaurant?
Tony has two children: ___ boy and ___ girl. They are ___ twins. ___ girl is in ___ France now.
Would you like another piece of ___ cake? – No, ___ cake is too fat for me.
His office is on ___ Floor 5. And I live on ___ tenth floor.


Exercise 3.

Write in was / were.

The third day _______ Wednesday. The boys _______ in the swimming-pool. Steve _______ the fastest swimmer! On Thursday we _______ at the circus! The bears _______ funny! The fifth day _______ Friday. In the morning we _______ in the zoo.