Shopping When we want to buy something we go to a shop. There are many kinds of shops in every town or city, buy most of them have a food supermarket, a department store, men's and women's clothing stores, grocery, a bakery and a butchery. I like to do my shopping at big department stores and supermarkets. They sell various goods under one roof and this is very convenient. A department store, for example, true to its name, is composed of many departments: ready-made clothes, fabrics, shoes, sports goods, toys, china and glass, electric appliances, cosmetics, linen, curtains, cameras, records, etc. You can buy everything you like there. There are also escalators in big stores which take customers to different floors. The things for sale are on the counters so, that they can be easily seen. In the women'' clothing department you can find dresses, costumes, blouses, skirts, coats, beautiful underwear and many other things. In the men's clothing department you can choose suits, trousers, overcoats, ties, etc. In the knitwear department one can buy sweaters, cardigans, short-sleeved and long-sleeved pullovers, woolen jackets. In the perfumery they sell face cream and powder, lipstick, lotions and shampoos. In a food supermarket we can also buy many different things at once: sausages, fish, sugar, macaroni, flour, cereals, tea. At the butcher's there is a wide choice of meat and poultry.. At the bakery you buy brown and white bread, rolls, biscuits. Another shop we frequently go to is the greengrocery which is stocked by cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, beetroots, green peas and what not. Everything is sold here ready-weighed and packed. If you call round at a dairy you can buy milk, cream, cheese, butter and many other products. The methods of shopping may vary. It may be a self-service shop where the customer goes from counter to counter selecting and putting into a basket what he wishes to buy. Then he takes the basket to the check-out counter, where the prices of the purchases are added up. If its not a self-service shop, and most small shops are not, the shop-assistant helps the customer in finding what he wants. You pay money to the cashier and he gives you back the change. But there is a very good service called Postal Market. It really helps you to save you time and get goods of high quality. You have just to look through a catalogue, choose the things you like, order them and wait a little to get them.
I usually spend my weekends at home and enjoy them very much. There is a large garden behind the house and, if the weather (IS) fine, I take care of my flowers or read something while sitting in a garden chair. I really think that my garden is the (BEST) place in the world. Last Friday, however, a friend of (MINE) invited me to join their camping holiday. I felt curious as I (HAD NEVER BEEN) on a camping holiday and decided to try it. I (WOKE UP) very early on saturday and we set off soon after sunrise. When we got to the campsite, it (WAS RAINING) and we had to put up the tents very quickly. Then we got inside and waited for the rain to stop. But it didn't. It only (STOPPED) in the afternoon on Sunday! Cold and hungry, we went outside, packed the tents back into the rucksacks and set off for home. My friend (HAS JUST CALLED) to ask if I would like to try a camping holiday again. He says that, according to the forecast, the weather (WILL BE) fine but I don't want to risk it. A weekend in the garden is much safer and much more pleasant, at least for me.
Last Friday, however, a friend of (MINE) invited me to join their camping holiday. I felt curious as I (HAD NEVER BEEN) on a camping holiday and decided to try it. I (WOKE UP) very early on saturday and we set off soon after sunrise. When we got to the campsite, it (WAS RAINING) and we had to put up the tents very quickly. Then we got inside and waited for the rain to stop. But it didn't. It only (STOPPED) in the afternoon on Sunday! Cold and hungry, we went outside, packed the tents back into the rucksacks and set off for home.
My friend (HAS JUST CALLED) to ask if I would like to try a camping holiday again. He says that, according to the forecast, the weather (WILL BE) fine but I don't want to risk it. A weekend in the garden is much safer and much more pleasant, at least for me.