Focus on Words
Focus on Words
Focus on Words
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custom<br />
colour<br />
customs (ëáíáñáõÛÃ): Every country has its customs.<br />
customs (Ù³ùë³ïáõñù), the Customs (Ù³ùë³ïáõÝ)<br />
colours (the flag that indicates nati<strong>on</strong>ality): The country’s colours were raised in a<br />
special cerem<strong>on</strong>y.<br />
colours (material used by artists, paint): The badges come in twenty different<br />
colours.<br />
• Few nouns have different meanings in the singular and in the plural:<br />
good (û·áõï) - goods (³åñ³Ýù)<br />
force (strength) - forces (½ÇÝí³Í áõÅ»ñ)<br />
wood (÷³Ûï) - wood/woods (³Ýï³é)<br />
3. Choose the right word.<br />
1. We went fishing but we didn’t catch many fi sh/fi shes.<br />
2. It has become a custom/customs for our family to go to the seaside in summer.<br />
3. Yellow is my favourite colour/colours.<br />
4. How l<strong>on</strong>g will it take us to gat through the custom/Customs/customs.<br />
5. The portrait was painted in water colour/colours.<br />
6. My brother has joined the Air force/Forces.<br />
7. He got rid of his bad habit <strong>on</strong>ly by force/force of will.<br />
8. He went to the wood/woods to bring some wood/woods.<br />
9. The good/goods were delivered early in the morning.<br />
ARTICLES<br />
4. Insert articles where necessary.<br />
New ways to shop<br />
Fairs and markets have ... l<strong>on</strong>g history that started when man felt ... need to<br />
exchange ...goods. People would shop for... goods at ... weekly market in nearby towns.<br />
Then ... shops began to be opened. Shops became specialized, e.g. ... bakery, ...<br />
butchery, ... grocery and others. Then ... supermarkets appeared. There have been three<br />
major phases in ... trading world in the last 100 years. In ... way, these link up into ...<br />
full circle.<br />
1. Customers are served by ... shop assistant. Shops may deliver ... goods to ...<br />
customers’ homes.<br />
2. Customers select goods, take them off ... shelves using self service and deliver their<br />
own goods.<br />
3. Customers select goods via ... internet. ... goods are delivered to their homes. This<br />
is called ... home shopping.<br />
The last ten years have been a wild time <strong>on</strong> ... Internet, especially when it comes<br />
to <strong>on</strong>line shopping. ... c<strong>on</strong>sumer can make purchases through <strong>on</strong>line shopping, shopping<br />
channels, mail order etc. People have access to ... lot of informati<strong>on</strong> about a particular<br />
product which can be looked at and discussed at any given time. Online shopping<br />
allows ... buyer to save ... time.<br />
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