| 1. bakers/bakery 2. butchers 3. confectioners/confectionery 4. dairy 5. greengrocers 6. fishmongers 7. fritterers 8. sweet-shop 9. off-license shop (wine and spirit merchants) 10. tobacconist's 11. grocery 12. poulterer's Products (foodstuffs) flour butter eggs biscuits jam jelly ham bacon cheese sugar spice tinned (canned) food frozen food bun rusks rolls rings chocolate toffy candy loose (bottled) milk sweet (sour) cream poultry smoked (pickled) fish lean fat supermarket curds green peas to run out of smth. loaf (loaves) dairy produce fruit vegetables orange lemon grapefruit grape apple pear banana potatoes tomato cucumber pepper carrot garlic Quantities and Package ( ) 1. bunch of flowers of grapes of parsley of keys 2. bar of (chocolate) 3. cake/tablet (AmE: bar) of (soap) 4. joint of (beef) 5. loaf of (bread) 6. lamp of (sugar) 7. slice of (bread, cake) 8. dozen of (eggs) 9. half a dozen (1/2 doz.) (rolls) 10. ball of (wool) 11. reel (AmE: spool) of (thread) 12. bottle of (milk) 13. box of (clips) 14. carton/pocket of (milk, cigarettes) 15. roll of (paper) 16. tube of (toothpaste) 17. jar of (cream) 18. can/tin of (sardine, peaches) 7. Some Useful Expressions 1. to run out of smth to run short of smth (Ive run out of flour.) 2. to stock up (I usually stock up for the week on Saturdays. 3. to be well stocked 4. that will do 5. weve just got/had..in 6. to be out of stock To have sold out (- Have you got vinegar? - Weve sold out/were out of stock at the moment) 7. to buy/sell.lose (He buys fresh fruit and vegetables loose, not wrapped in plastic.) 8. to sell smth by weight/by the head | () , ( ) () , () ( ) ( ( ) () () () () () / ( ) . () . a) ( ) b) ; , , , , / . , |
