Vocabulary Test About DOING THE SHOPPING Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 150

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Question 1

Alice often _____ her mother to the shops.

A	accompanies
B	bargains
C	encourages
D	follows

Question 1 Explanation:

To accompany someone means to go somewhere with them: She accompanies her mother to the shops. Not follows, which means to walk behind someone, not to go together with them.

Question 2

There are pictures of all the new models in our sales _____.

A	album
B	catalogue
C	page
D	tract

Question 2 Explanation:

A catalogue (US: catalog) is a book or list with pictures and details of the products a company sells: a sales catalogue. An album holds photos or music, not products for sale.

Question 3

Linda has bought some attractive _____ paper for her Christmas presents.

A	covering
B	envelope
C	packing
D	wrapping

Question 3 Explanation:

Wrapping paper is the colourful paper we put around presents. Packing material protects goods when they are sent; it is not for decorating gifts.

Question 4

_____ order shopping is popular among people who live far from big towns.

A	Letter
B	Package
C	Post
D	Mail

Question 4 Explanation:

Mail order is a fixed phrase: you choose goods from a catalogue or website and they are sent to your home by post. We don't say post order or letter order.

Question 5

Mrs Forgetful couldn't remember what she had to buy for the weekend as she had lost her shopping _____.

A	code
B	form
C	list
D	record

Question 5 Explanation:

A shopping list is a list of the things you need to buy. The clue is couldn't remember what she had to buy.

Question 6

I was _____ by the wording of the advertisement.

A	misguided
B	misled
C	mistaken
D	misunderstood

Question 6 Explanation:

To mislead (past participle misled) means to make someone believe something that is not true: I was misled by the advertisement. Not mistaken: I was mistaken means "I was wrong" and is not used with by like this.

Question 7

To get your map of Scotland, just fill in the _____ and send it with £1 to the Tourist Board.

A	bill
B	cheque
C	coupon
D	note

Question 7 Explanation:

A coupon is a small printed form that you fill in and send to get something, such as a free map or a product. A cheque is a way of paying, and the sentence already mentions sending money separately.

Question 8

We regret that it is impossible to meet the _____ dates for the goods you recently ordered from us.

A	arrival
B	carriage
C	delivery
D	service

Question 8 Explanation:

Delivery dates are the dates when ordered goods are brought to the customer. Meet the delivery dates means to deliver on time. Carriage is the cost of transporting goods, not a date.

Question 9

We _____ to inform you that we cannot exchange articles once they have left the store.

A	regret
B	respect
C	sense
D	sorry

Question 9 Explanation:

We regret to inform you that… is a formal phrase used to give bad news politely. Not sorry: it is an adjective, so we would need We are sorry to inform you.

Question 10

The goods they have on offer today are certainly _____.

A	good value
B	invaluable
C	priceless
D	worthy

Question 10 Explanation:

Good value means worth the money you pay: These shoes are good value. Priceless and invaluable mean extremely valuable or useful, which is too strong for goods on special offer.

Question 11

Everything in the supermarket is marked with a price _____.

A	mark
B	notice
C	sign
D	tag

Question 11 Explanation:

A price tag is a small label on a product that shows how much it costs. Price mark and price sign are not normal collocations.

Question 12

Mrs Thrifty came to the market hoping to _____ a cheap coat.

A	pick on
B	pick off
C	pick through
D	pick up

Question 12 Explanation:

Pick up can mean to buy something, especially cheaply or by luck: I picked up a cheap coat at the market. Pick on means to treat someone unkindly, and pick through means to search carefully among things.

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