noun · informal
shop
UK/ʃɒp/US/ʃɑːp/SHOP
Band 4-5speakingtask2
a place where goods are sold; a small retail business
Examples
“There is a small shop on the corner that sells fresh bread.”
“I dropped my phone off at the shop for repair.”
“She works in a shoe shop downtown.”
Band 8 sentence
“Small independent shops often provide a different shopping experience than large chain stores.”
Collocations
- go shopping
- local shop
- bookshop / shoe shop
Word family
shop noun / verbshopper nounshopping noun
Common mistakes
I go to shop every Saturday.→I go shopping every Saturday.
She is working at a shoping centre.→She is working at a shopping centre.
Say it for a higher band
5store→6market→7+shop
Synonyms
store
boutique
Easily confused
store
“I went to the store to buy some milk.”
market
“We bought the fruit at the local market.”
Related words
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In Shopping & Money
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