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Shops and Shopping

This document describes different types of shops and what items are sold at each, including grocers for sugar and tea, bakers for bread, butchers for meat, greengrocers for vegetables, confectioners for cakes and sweets, clothing shops for clothes, jewelers for jewelry and watches, tobacconists for tobacco and cigarettes, and bookshops for books. It also mentions that shops have salespeople behind counters and cashiers at cash desks to process payments from customers. Some shops are department stores with many sections or are self-service shops without sales staff.

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Shops and shopping
When we want to buy something, we must go to the shop where it is sold.
Sugar, tea, coffee, salt and so on are sold at the grocer's
Bread is sold at the baker’s
Meat is sold at the butcher’s
We buy vegetables at the greengrocer’s
Cakes and sweets are sold at the confectionery.
When we want to buy clothes, we go to the clothing shop.
We buy jewellery, silver and gold watches at the jeweller’s
To buy tobacco and cigarettes we go to the tobacconist’s
We buy books at the bookshop.
The salesgirl stands behind the counter
The cashier sits at the cash desk
The customers give money to the cashier, who gives us a check and our change
Some shops have many departments. They are called department stores
In some shops there are no salesmen or salesgirls, but only cashiers. They are called self-service shops.