EXPANDING YOUR VOCABULARY

LESSON 12

To-day is market day; let us go to see the market. The stalls are all along the street on both sides; and in the middie of the road, there are many people carrying bags, and baskets.

How fresh the vegetables are! And they are much cheaper than at the greengrocer's. There are always plenty to choose from, which is not always possible at the greengrocer's, as he usually buys a limited quantity.

The atalls of the fishmonges are together, at the beginning of the market; the dry goods are on side, and the vegetables and fruits on the other.

The customers bargain with the costers, haggling over the prites; and when they are turning sway, without buying anything, the men call them back, and sell the goods at any price, rathet than carry them house again, as some of them live very far.

People that have big families, and those who keep boarding-houses, get much profit by buying at the markets; because there, they can buy fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs, and chickens, at very reasonable prices.

EXPANDING YOUR VOCABULARY

01) What is to-day?

02) Where shall we go to-day?

03) Where are the stalls?

04) What do you see in the middle of the road?

05) Are the vegetables fresh?

06) Are they cheap?

07) Are there many to choose from?

08) Why is this not always possible at the greengrocer's?

09) Where are the stalls of the fishmongers?

10) Where are the dry goods?

11) And on the other side?

12) What do the customers do?

13) When they are turning away, what happens?

14) Why do the men sell the goods for any price?

15) What people profit must by the markets?

16) What can they buy cheap?

EXPANDING YOUR VOCABULARY

01) Have you a local market?

02) On what day of the week have you the market?

03) Do you know how to make a bargain?

04) Do you think the markets are practical?

05) Are they economical?

06) Is it agreeable to live near the market?

07) Where is the Central Market?

08) Does it open every day?

09) Have you ever been there?

10) Is well situated?

11) Is it kept clean?

12) Is it near the sea?

13) Is there a fish market here?

14) Is there a meat market?