Daily life

do the shopping

buy food and household items

If you do the shopping, you buy food and other things needed for the home.

B1 very common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Is there any milk left?

No, I'll do the shopping after work.

Play the conversation

I usually do the shopping on Saturday morning.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I make the shopping on Saturday.

Say: I do the shopping on Saturday.

The usual collocation is “do the shopping,” not “make the shopping.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

do the shopping; do the weekly shopping

Your turn: say it out loud

I usually do the shopping on Saturday morning.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

do the shopping

buy food and household items

“I usually do the shopping on Saturday morning.”

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