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1.When you shop online, you normally have to create an account with your personal details.
2.Something you want to buy is called an item.
5.eBay is an online auction site, which sells things to the person who offers the most money.
7.Amazon is a popular website where you can buy things such as books, computers, and clothers.

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3.When you find something you want to buy on a website, you put it in your shopping basket.
4.You can make a payment in different ways, e.g. using your debit or credit card, or Paypal.
6.When you are ready to buy something, you go to the checkout
8.You have to enter your delivery address so they can send your things to the correct place.

b Shopping in a shop or store

I usually go shopping in my lunch break, so I don’t have time to try on clothes.

There’s always a long queue for the changing rooms , so I just take them straight to the checkout to pay.
I keep the receipt so I can change them if they don’t suit me.
Sometimes I get the wrong size, and the clothes don’t fit me.
I often take things back to shops, but the shopping assistant don’t mind.

c Complete the sentences with a word from the list. (debit/next-day/receipt/sales/shopping bag/till)

1.If you’re not happy with an item, you can take or send it back with the receipt.
2.You can buy things with 50% off in the sales.
3.When you’ve tried on your item, you take them to the till to pay.
4.In shops in the UK, you pay 5 p for a shopping bag to carry your items home in.
5.Websites accept credit and debit cards, and you can also pay with Paypal.
6.Most online stores offer free delivery, but you need to pay for next-day delivery.

2.PRONUNCIATION

A Circle the word with a different sound.

Key - 1. Customer account proceed
Chess – 1 Checkout chemist choose
Snake - Clothes city centre
Chess - machine cheap change
3.GRAMMAR Present perfect or past simple

a.
1. She/buy/a new pair of trousers (+)
She has bought a new pair of trousers.

2. I /bring/my credit card. (-)

I haven’t brought my credit card.

3. Anna and Kay/go shopping. (?)

Have Anna and Kay went to shopping?

4. Your sister/ever work/as a model (?)

Have has your sister ever worked as a model?

5. I/be/the shopping centre twice today (+)

I have been shopping centre twice today

6.We/sell/anything on eBay recently (-)

We haven’t sold anything on eBay recently

b Complete the conversations. Use the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1.A.Have you ever had (you/ever/have) a problem with something you bought online?
B.Yes, I have had a problem with something I bought online.
A What have you bought? (you/buy)
B I have bought (buy) some jeans, but they were too small.

2.A. Have you ever been to Greece? (you/ever/be)

B. Yes, I have been. We went (go) to Kos last year.
A Where have you stayed? (you/stay)
B We have found (find) a great flat on Airbnb.

3. A.Have you ever bought (you/ever/buy) something that you have never worn (you/never/wear)?
B. Yes, I have bought something that i have never worn.
A.What have you bought? (you/buy)

4. A. Have you ever lost your passport? (you/ever/lose)

B.Yes, I have lost my passport.
A. How have you lost it? (you/lose)
B. I left (leave) it in a trolley in an airport car park last year.

5. A. Have you ever done (you/ever/do) any online dating?

B.No, I have never done, but my sister tried (try) it a couple of years ago. That’s how she has met (meet)
her housband.

c.Write sentences about the things the people have done or have never done. Use contractions where
possible.

1. Dan has bought something on eBAY.

2. Dan has booked a flight online
3. Dan hasn’t stayed in an Airbnb house or flat
4. Jon and Mia haven’t bought something on eBAY.
5. Jon and Mia haven’t booked a flight online.
6. Jon and Mia have stayed in an Airbnb house or flat.

d.Write questions about the experiences in c.

1.Have you ever bought something on eBay?

2.Have you ever booked a flight online?
3.Have you ever stayed in an Airbnb house or flat?

e.Answers the questions in d about you. If you have done something, write a sentence about the last
time you did it.

1.No, I haven’t bought something on eBay. Similar with eBay is Aliexpress. From Aliexpress I have bought
case phones, jewellerys jewelleries (like earrings, necklace, bracelet), window stickers from Christmas,
wall posters for living room etc. The last time I bought from Aliexpress was few months ago (3-4
months). I have been was glad because all my items arrived without any problems. The items were
exactly like in the picture, so I didn’t return them.
2. Yes, I have booked a flight online on the website Wizzair. I paid the plane tickets for my last trip in
Italy –Sardegna last year. I have made an account on the website, I have selected my current location
and the destination location, then I have selected the period, the number of passangers passengers.
When I have decided to book the flight I have bought the plane tickets.
3. No, I haven’t stayed in an Airbnb house or flat. I have stayed in hotels booked on Booking, Agoda or
travel agency. I prefer to book from reliable companies.