National Polytechnic Institute

Interdisciplinary Prefesional Biotechnology Unit

English l

1BM2

Nogueron Romo Arturo Adonai

XXII. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.

Cash desk sales tag label off-the-peg refund

Try on fit receipt assistant mail order bargain
Till cashier exchange
If you want to buy a ready-made (or we sometimes say 1. Off-the-peg__) jacket, first find the
jackets in the shop and look at the 2. label_ inside to see the size, material and make. For the
price, look at the price- 3. _tag__. To see if it will 4. _fit__ you, you can 5. _try on_ the jacket in
front of a mirror. If necessary and 6. _assistant_ will hop you. You pay the 7. _cashier__, who you
will find at the 8. _cash desk_. He or she will take your money, put it in the 9. _till_ and give you
your change. Make sure you also get a 10. _receipt_, which you should keep and bring back to the
shop with the jacket if something is wrong with it and you want to 11. _exchange__ it or ask for a
12._refund_ of your money. In clothes shops you pay the fixed price, of course. You don’t 13.
_bargain_. Or you can wait until the 14. _sales_, when many goods are reduced in price. If you
don’t like shops, you can stay at home, look at catalogues and newspaper advertisements and do
your shopping by 15. _mail order__.
XXIII. Look up the following verbs and complete the cross-word.

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1. Deslumbrar 6. Hacer cosquillas

2. Susurrar 7. Tragar

3. Silbar 8. Regar el jardín

4. Rascar 9. ordeñar

5. Frotar 10. Endulzar