All about shopping: Part 2

Vocabulary practice

All about shopping: Part 2

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To prepare you for listening practice Unit 1.2

Let's learn some words related to shopping

Product (noun)

• A product is an item that a seller would like to sell. Usually, a product is something that someone (a company, you, anyone) can make. 

• "Apple is releasing a new product. I think it's called the iPhone X."

Advertise (verb)

• To show a product or a service on TV, newspaper, YouTube, etc. to push people to buy it!  

• "Coca Cola always advertises their soft drink!" 

• The noun for advertise is advertisement, which means the activity of showing a product or service to shoppers! 

• "I watched the Coca Cola advertisement on TV. Now, I want to buy Coca Cola. 

Customer (noun)

• A person/ people who buy a product or a service, we can call them a customer.

• "We are opening a new restaurant, customers are welcome!"

• A word with similar meaning to customer is consumer. It also starts with the letter C. 

Price (noun.)

• Price is how much money you pay for a product or a service. 

• "The price of my new shirt was $250. It's too expensive!"

• Interesting fact!: Be careful not to mix up the words "price" and "cost". Cost is how much a product needs to be made. Price is how much a customer pays. For example, "The cost to make a T-shirt is $10, but at the store, the price of the T-shirt is $100". This is how a company makes money! 

Handmade (adjective.)

• A product that is made by someone's hands without machines. Usually, products that have beautiful designs cannot be made by machine. So, they are made by creative and talented people!

• "My grandma gave me this handmade bracelet for my birthday, 

Refund (noun.)

• When customers are not happy with a product or service, they can ask for their money back. This is called a refund. 

• "Hey! This rice is rotten! I want a refund now! 

• Refund can also be used as a verb: "This laptop really sucks, please refund me my money" 

Delivery (noun.)

• A delivery is when the products you buy is sent to your home or anywhere you want. You do not have to take the product with you when you shop!

• "The delivery for your sofa will arrive in 3 days."

• Deliver is the verb form of delivery. "This sofa is too heavy, please deliver it to us." 

Material (noun.)

• What the product is made of is called material. (metal? plastic? wood? cotton? etc.) 

• "This shirt's material is cotton, super soft!"
  
  

Discount (noun)

• When the price of a product decreases, the old price minus the new price is called a discount. For example, If the shirt is $20, and the new price is $15. Then the discount is $5.

• "Is there any discount for this? It's too expensive!"

Payment (noun.)

• It is the activity you must do to buy a product/service. We usually make a payment with money! 

• "Miss! You need to make a payment before you can use that! 

• The verb form is "pay". "Please pay for this chocolate bar, Mary"

Promotion (noun.)

• A promotion is an activity that companies can use to make more people buy (SALE!, BUY ONE GET ONE FREE). For the difference 

• "Our store has a new promotion. If you follow our Facebook page, you can get a new phone case!

Brand (noun.)

• Brand is the name, symbol of a product/company. For example (Coca Cola, Nike, Air Jordan, Apple, iPhone are all brands). A brand is a name that can help you remember/recognize a product or a company!

• "These shoes feel comfortable, what brand is this?"

Now that you learned some words related to shopping 

Let's have a short quiz!

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Well done!