4.

If a product costs $45, with a 10% _________, the final price would be calculated by subtracting
10% of $45.
A. discount B. voucher C. gift card D. coupon
5. Shop owners may utilize store space by positioning the products _________ display most
attractively.
A. off B. during C. on D. for
6. If something is _________, it is made by someone using their hands or using tools rather than by
machines.
A. hand-made B. home-made C. man-made D. home-grown
7. Does “buy one get one for _________” mean I get the same item twice or can I choose another
item?
A. expensive B. cheap C. reasonable D. free
8. Online stores are available 24 hours a day, and many consumers have Internet _________ both at
work and at home.
A. surfer B. access C. browser D. post
9. After-sales _________ are supports provided to the customers after the products have already
been purchased.
A. goods B. items C. services D. cargos
10. Due to the high level of competition, _________ need to promote their products online on
various social media channels.
A. shoppers B. sellers C. shippers D. buyers
I. Choose the correct answer.
1. We (try on always/ always try on) any clothes before purchasing.
2. Common household items (frequently are/ are frequently) available at a discount.
3. I (never buy/ don’t never buy) shoes from online stores.
4. (Do often you pay/ Do you often pay) with credit card when shopping online?
5. My parents (regularly give me/ give me regularly) some cash to buy personal items.
6. He (rarely goes/ doesn’t rarely go) shopping with his mum.
7. (Sometimes I sell/1 sell sometimes) my used books for pocket money.
8. The banks (seldom refund/ refund seldom) the fees taken from clients.
9. (Is always buying local items at local markets/ Is buying local items at local markets always) the
cheapest option?
10. My mother (usually bargains/ bargains usually) when shopping at the local market.
II. Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets in the present simple or the future simple.
1. The train ______________ (arrive) at 07.15 am.
2. I ______________ (not tell) anyone what happened today.
3. ______________ the shipper ______________ (help) you with the boxes?
4. I ______________ (see) if I can help you to solve this problem.
5. The next semester ______________ (begin) on Friday.
6. I think that Daniel ______________ (win) the next competition.
7. He ______________ (have) his entrance exam next week.
8. Don’t worry. I ______________ (not forget) to pay you back the money.
9. What time ______________ their flight ______________ (leave)?
10. The meeting is in the teacher’s room. It ______________ (start) at 11:00.
IV. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. This ______________ such a boring film, Lucas! What time ______________?
A. was - does it finish B. is - will it finish
C. is - does it finish D. will be - will it finish
2. You ______________ some cash for parking service if you ______________ your scooter in the
basement.
A. will need – park B. need – park C. need - will park D. will need - will park
3. I ______________ my wallet. - Don’t worry! I ______________ you some money.
A. am forgetting - will lend B. forgot – lend
C. forgot - will lend D. forget – lend
4. Buying groceries online ______________ a good idea.
A. always isn’t B. seldom is C. isn’t rarely D. isn’t always
5. I ______________ to go and see this motor show. It ______________ tomorrow morning.
A. want - starts B. will want - will start
C. want - will start D. want – start
6. Many women ______________ shopping alone in the shopping mall.
A. don’t go usually B. don’t usually go
C. usually doesn’t go D. won’t go usually
7. He ______________ me a message before he ______________ home today.
A. will send - will leave B. send - will leave
C. will send - leaves D. sends – leaves
8. If you ______________ online, you ______________ great bargains at any time of the year.
A. shop - can often get B. shop - can get often
C. will shop - can often get D. will shop - often can get
9. I ______________ late! What time ______________ in Ho Chi Minh City?
A. will be - will this bus arrive B. was - does this bus arrive
C. am - will this bus arrive D. am going to be - does this bus arrive
10. Although they ______________ their store systems run like clockwork, they ______________
trouble.
A. wished - have occasionally B. wish - occasionally have
C. will wish - have occasionally D. wishes - occasionally have
V. Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.
1. Customers spend rarely much time comparing one candy bar to another.
A. spend rarely B. much C. comparing D. another
2. The weatherman says that there will be heavy rains on weekend.
A. says B. there C will be D. weekend
3. Delivery usually is within three working days of your order being placed.
A. usually is B. working C. of D. being placed
4. We don’t have to hurry up because the train isn’t leaving until 3 p.m.
A. don’t have to B. because C. isn’t leaving D. until
5. The winter sales can sometimes will be a good time to buy summer items at a big discount.
A. sales B. will be C. to buy D. at
6. Online retailers often have more exclusive sales and discounts as in physical stores.
A. Online B. often have C. as D. physical
7. I will probably move into a new school toward the end of this year, but I am sure.
A. probably move B. toward C. of D. am
8. My sister is a keen and dedicated bargain hunter and rarely pay full price for anything.
A. is B. bargain C. rarely pay D. anything
9. Sellers sometimes raise their prices before a sales period to make it looks like a great deal.
A. sometimes raise B. a sales period C. looks D. a great deal
10. The flash sale ends in five minutes and I will have three items in the cart to purchase.
A. ends B. will have C. in D. to purchase
I. Read the passage and choose the best answers.
If you have some favourite stores or online (1) _____________, you may already have their shopping
apps on your phone. Or, you might (2) _____________ an app to get a discount on your first
purchase with a business, or early access to sales. Some shopping apps do several things. They might
let you store a shopping list and will send you sale alerts, (3) _____________ codes, coupons, special
promotions, or other rewards based on how much you (4) _____________.
When you set up your profile or buy something with a shopping app for the first time, it will likely ask
you to link or store your (5) _____________ information. Some apps charge your credit or debit card
or your bank account each time you buy something. (6) _____________ apps let you store value with
the app and spend down the stored value every time you buy something. Before you install an app,
check its description or (7) _____________ agreement to see if it tells you how the payment system
works and what to do if there is a(n) (8) _____________ problem.
1. A. shoppers B. shippers C. retailers D. buyers
2. A. upload B. download C. report D. uninstall
3. A. password B. recovery C. account D. discount
4. A. buy B. make C. sell D. take
5. A. paid B. payment C. paying D. payer
6. A. Other B. Another C. Others D. One another
7. A. use B. used C. user D. usage
8. A. ordering B. shipping C. returning D. billing
II. Read the passage and choose the best answers to the questions.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday promote mindless consumption, excessive packaging and shipping
waste, especially with the rise of online shopping. The sales produce massive waste not just from the
unwanted single-use plastic and cardboard packaging, but also from the return of unwanted items.
This mindset also ensures that the earth overshoot day keeps moving back.
This is especially true of the clothing industry, where much of the online returns are tossed into the
landfill because the logistics and cost of putting the item back on the shelf
are much too complicated. Britons throw away approximately 300,000 tonnes of clothes every year
and many of them are only worn a handful of times.
The negative impact of Black Friday is also significant from non-recyclable, mostly plastic toys, to e-
waste, to fast fashion that is only used for one season. In fact, in France, the government is
considering banning Black Friday due to the impact on the planet and the promotion of
unsustainable consumption habits.
1. The passage mainly _____________.
A. explains why Black Friday sales are bad for the environment
B. describes shopping activities on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
C. criticizes the unwanted single-use plastic and cardboard packaging
D. concerns about the impact of non-recyclable products
2. The word “rise” in the first paragraph can be best replaced by _____________.
A. drop B. improvement C. increase D. fall
3. According to the second paragraph, what do people do with much of the online returns?
A. People carefully put the online returns on the shelf.
B. People resend the online returns to the logistics agent.
C. People have to pay more for the online returns.
D. People throw the online returns to the landfill.
4. The word “banning” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to _____________.
A. encouraging B. stopping C. allowing D. forbidding
5. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A. Cardboard packaging contributes to produce massive waste.
B. Britons don’t throw away their clothes.
C. Returning online items is really complicated.
D. The French government is considering banning Black Friday.
II. Complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
1. Jane’s hairstyle is not as modern as Anna’s hairstyle.
 Anna’s hairstyle
2. This mall has many fashion stores.
 There
3. The flight to London lasts seven hours and a half.
 It takes
4. The tourists had to change their plan of the excursion because the weather was bad.
 Due to
5. The shoes were too expensive, so I didn’t buy them.
 I didn’t
6. It’s not a good idea to buy new clothes very often.
 You shouldn’t
7. What is the price of this type of dress in your place?
 How
8. I won’t change my phone although it is rather outdated.
 My phone is
I. Read the text and decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fills each gap.
A corner shop or a convenience shop is a British tradition. It is a small (1) ______________ shop. We
can find a corner shop at the end of a local street in many neighborhoods in towns and cities across
the UK. The corner shop sells all kinds of household goods and simple food and drinks like snacks,
groceries, coffee, soft drinks. It (2) ______________ sells newspapers, magazines and cigarettes.
Convenience stores are originally from America. They are like the British corner I shops. The only ( 3)
______________ is that convenience stores are often open 24 hours. Probably the most well-known
convenience store is 7-Eleven. You can find a convenience store at any residential (4)
______________, a filling station, a railway station, or alongside a busy road.
Today, there are convenience stores all over the world. Each country has its own (5) ______________
of convenience stores as well as the global brand 7-Eleven. Both corner shops and convenience
stores (6) ______________ things at higher prices than the supermarket, but they are much more
convenient.
1. A. retail B. mass C. wholesale D. convenient
2. A. generally B. finally C. also D. too
3. A. good B. difference C. benefit D. thing
4. A. land B. houses C. community D. area
5. A. brand B. design C. demand D. description
6. A. are B. ask C. sell D. offer
II. Read and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
Some speciality shops are now in danger of disappearing. Here are some examples.
The butchershop
Butcher shops sell all kinds of meat. They usually employ people who are trained in the meat
industry. They know how to cut the meat the right way, and they often advise customers on the
different types of meat.
However, it is hard nowadays to find a traditional butcher shop. More people are buying meat from
large supermarkets because it is more convenient, and the price is lower.
The bookshop
Bookshops are becoming quite rare these days. Years ago, it was easy to find bookshops in any town
or city. Then, larger bookshop chains gradually took over and the smaller shops died out. Two
examples of large bookshop chains are Waterstones in the UK and the Barnes & Noble in the USA.
But now, even the large bookshop chains are facing difficulty because more people are buying books
from Amazon as well as digital books.
T F
1. People working in a butcher shop are quite professional.
2. Meat at a butcher shop is usually cheaper than in a supermarket
3. In the past, there were bookshops in most towns and cities.
4. Nowadays, paper books have to compete with digital books.
5. The passage is about changes in some speciality shops.
III. Read the passage and write the short answers to the following questions.
Thrift Stores
You can find a thrift store, or thrift shop, or charity shop throughout cities in many countries. These
shops mainly sell used goods, such as clothing, books, music albums, shoes, DVDs, toys, and
furniture. Most of the goods are donations from the public, so they are very cheap. Shopping at thrift
stores is traditionally an economical way to buy clothes and basic necessities for low-income families
and individuals. Today thrift store shopping has become a fun and exciting way for many people to
find rare and expensive goods at a low price.
The purpose of thrift stores is to raise money for charities. The money you spend at a thrift shop
usually benefits a church, school, or community group. They help support charitable purposes like
helping homeless people, supporting a cancer association, or job training and placement programs
for people with disabilities and the disadvantaged. Shopping at thrift shops is a great way to save
money while supporting a good cause.
1. Where can you find a thrift store?
__________________________________________________________________________________
2. Where do thrift stores get their goods?
__________________________________________________________________________________
3. Is thrift store shopping for low-income people only?
__________________________________________________________________________________
4. What is the purpose of thrift stores?
__________________________________________________________________________________
5. Who benefits from the money that thrift stores make?
__________________________________________