9 Shopping crossword

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A S S I S T A N T
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 9 Shopping crossword Answers
ACROSS: 1 bunch; 3 discount; 8 sale; 9 shelves;
11 window; 12 basket; 13 box; 14 can; 16 customer;
Activity 18 jar; 20 cheap; 22 list; 24 bargain; 25 corner;
Pairwork. Crossword. 27 assistant; 29 trolley DOWN: 2 credit; 4 checkout;
5 tub; 6 choose; 7 carton; 8 store; 10 packets; 15 cash;
Focus 16 complain; 17 organic; 19 online; 21 tins; 23 change;
Shopping vocabulary. 26 offer; 28 mall
You could suggest these sample clues:
Preparation 1 I think I’ll get a ... of flowers for my girlfriend.
Photocopy one worksheet for each pair of students. Cut the 2 You can pay for goods with a ... card.
worksheet up into A and B. 3 A reduction in price.
4 This is where you pay for your goods.
5 Margarine and ice cream are often sold in this
Procedure container.
• Divide the class into pairs. Explain that students will be
6 There are so many products. It’s hard to ...
doing a crossword together. Hand out worksheet A to each
7 Milk usually comes in a bottle or a ...
A student and worksheet B to each B student. Emphasise
8 (Across) A ... is when shops offer products at a
that they must be kept secret. Point out that A knows all
reduced price.
the Down answers and B knows all the Across answers.
8 (Down) A large shop.
• Students take it in turns to give a definition or example
9 Shops put their products on ... so that customers can
of a word so that their partner can guess it. Students
see them.
mustn’t say the actual word. It’s probably a good idea to
10 Could I have two ... of peanuts please?
demonstrate this. For example with 1 Across you could
11 I love ... shopping for shoes but I never buy any.
say This word means when you have a number of flowers.
12 We carry this when we walk around a shop.
A boyfriend might buy a (beep!) of flowers to give his
13 A container for matches.
girlfriend.
14 Another word for ‘tin’.
15 Most people pay with ...
16 (Across) Someone who buys something in a shop.
16 (Down) If you have a problem with something you
buy, you may need to go back to ... about it.
17 More and more people are buying ... vegetables.
18 A container for jam.
19 When you buy things .... you shop using your
computer.
20 If a product isn’t expensive, it’s ...
21 Another word for ‘cans’.
22 Some people make a shopping ... before they go out.
23 The money a shop assistant returns to you after you
have paid.
24 If you buy something at a very low price, it is a ...
25 A ... shop is a local shop.
26 Special ... – Buy two get one free.
27 This person helps you in a shop.
28 A shopping centre.
29 A large wheeled basket you push around a
supermarket.

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