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Vocabulary: let's go to the shops

At a time when supermarkets, hypermarkets and Shopping Malls, have developed everywhere, it's quite easy for a foreign consumer to find suitable shops or departments where they can find the item needed, witout having to make too much effort to get information. However, in the country and far from big cities, some shop keepers still hoard real treasures in little local shops or even in general shops/stores where almost everything can be found and bought. 

It should be remembered that, in English, the name of the shop is often followed by the genitive case (possessive case : 's). This genitive here stands for "shop..." 

Ainsi : to bake=> a baker=> the baker's= the baker's shop. 

- a grocer=> a grocer's = a grocer's shop = a grocery. 

The baker's (shop)	The butcher's	The grocer's= the grocery          = The grocer
The greengrocer's	The dairy shop	The fishmonger's

 : Beware !"Liquor" (refers to all the drinks with alcohol. (wine, beer, whisky, gin, vodka etc.) Their sales are stictly regulated in Anglo-Saxon countries too.

A tea shop	A coffee shop	A liquor shop
A confectionery shop	A pastry shop	A general shop/store

Far from big cities, general shops are real caves of Ali Baba! 

Some shops offer "services" (to have you hair cut - your face cleaned etc.), to buy perfumes, books, writing paper, birthday cards, and medicines, whether they're prescribed by your doctor or not!  etc.

The barber's shop	The hairdresser's	The beauty salon/parlour
A pharmacy	A perfumery	A bookshop (and stationer's shop)

Here are quite a number of different shops... You've seen that some of them have funny or difficult names to remember... (Thus, if you want to buy thread, or needles or sewing material, you should visit a HABERDASHERY !)  

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1. “Mom, what do we need to buy for the Christmas dinner?” “No need to go to the butcher'sthe stationer'sthe grocer'sthe confectioner'sI don't know… The turkey has already been delivered and will be in the oven soon…”


2. 'Lucy, tell Dad he has to go to the barber'sthe liquorythe butcher'sthe liquor shopI don't know. We’ve run out of Uncle Norman’s favourite whisky.”


3. 'I’ll run to the greengrocer'sbaker'sthe book shophairdresser'sI don't know to buy parsnips and sweet potatoes.They’re delicious with turkey.'


4. “If you could go to the grocer'sthe pastry shopthe confectioner'sthe baker'sI don't know in the meantime, you’d buy some French bread and a few fancy buns.”


5. “Oh no, Mom, I can’t! You had told me to take Jimmy to the beauty parlourthe stationer'sthe hairdresser'sthe perfumeryI don't know to have his hair cut.”


6. “Of course I did… Why not stop at the barber'sthe dairy shopthe grocer'sthe stationer'sI don't know on your way home? We need more chocolate to make the icing for the cake.'


7. 'Yes, Mom, and I’ll stop at the hairdresser'sthe greengrocer'sthe butcher'sthe dairy shopI don't know for sour cream to make some of my favourite dipping.


8. Oh, and I need some more wrapping paper for my present to you… I’ll stop at the confectioner'sthe beauty parlourthe stationer'sthe barber'sI don't know too'.


9. 'No need to stop at the confectioner'sthe stationer'sbaker'sgrocer'sI don't know… Our guests will bring enough sweets for the whole family.'


10. 'Please, Lucy, can you stop at baker'sthe beauty parlourcoffee shoptea salonI don't know and make an appointment for a massage for me tomorrow… I’ll really need some relaxing time for myself!'