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A SHOP (IELTS
SPEAKING
PART 2-3)
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1 Warm-up

In Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking test, you may need to talk about a shop you go to. Look at the shops
below. Can you add any more to the list?

a stationery shop a mobile phone shop a bakery a butcher’s

a sports shop a convenience store a hardware store
a clothes shop a hypermarket a toy shop a grocery store

2 Adjectives for describing shops

Study the adjectives and phrases below.

busy conveniently-located decent

downmarket inexpensive overcrowded
over-priced under-staffed upmarket
well-established

Have you recently been to any shops that you can describe with the adjectives above?

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3 Phrases for describing a shop

Match the two halves to form sentences.

1. There are often long a. all hours.

2. You can easily find b. a wide variety of products.

3. They are open c. queues of customers waiting to be served.

4. They cater for d. to customer service.

5. They stock e. what you’re looking for.

6. They pay a lot of attention f. young girls and boys.

For each sentence, think of a shop in your home town or city.

4 Practice (Part 2)

Work in pairs. Take turns to answer the cue cards below. Try to use some vocabulary from this lesson.
Remember, you have 1 minute to take notes and 1-2 minutes for talking.

Describe a shopping center you often go to. You should say:

- where the shopping center is

- how often you go there

- what kind of shops are there

And explain why you often go there.

Describe a shop you often go to. You should say:

- where it is

- how often you go there

- what you can buy there

And explain why you go there and what you like most about it.

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5 Discussion (Part 3)

Discuss any of the questions below.

1. Have shopping habits changed in your country in recent years?

2. How do you think they will change in the future?
3. What are the advantages of shopping online?
4. What are the disadvantages of shopping online?

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Key

2. Adjectives for describing shops

Go through the adjectives and clarify meaning.

3. Phrases for describing a shop

Students work individually and check in pairs. Go through the answers and clarify meaning.

1. c 2. e 3. a 4. f 5. b 6. d

5. Discussion (Part 3)

Encourage a discussion among the students (in pairs or groups). Monitor the activity, make notes of language
mistakes and do a class feedback.

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