KS1 Shopping | Supermarkets and High Street

Geography Quiz - Shopping (Questions)

This quiz addresses part of the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2 in Geography. Specifically it looks at shopping including the different types of shops and the goods they sell. It is one of 50 quizzes to help you understand the world around you.

Where does your family go shopping? What types of shops are there in your town centre or on your local High Street? Which shops sell which goods? Which supermarket does your family use? Where is the supermarket? How do you get there? All over the world people buy and sell things. This little quiz is all about different types of shops.

You buy food and groceries at this big shop. What is it?

[ ]	Newsagent
[ ]	Baker
[ ]	Supermarket
[ ]	Shoe shop

This shop is very large. It sells nearly everything. It is called a:

[ ]	Book shop
[ ]	Travel-agent
[ ]	Department Store
[ ]	Flower shop

Sam’s Mum says Sam needs some new shoes for school. They go to a shoe shop in town. What does the shoe shop sell?

[ ]	Flowers
[ ]	Clothes
[ ]	Games
[ ]	Footwear

Sam’s Mum says that a new fashion shop has opened on the High Street. What does it sell?

[ ]	Books
[ ]	Clothes
[ ]	Food
[ ]	Sweets

This shop sells bread and cakes. It is called a:

[ ]	Baker’s
[ ]	Butcher’s
[ ]	Newsagent’s
[ ]	Pet shop

Caroline runs a shop. Caroline is a florist. What does Caroline’s shop sell?

[ ]	Televisions
[ ]	Computers
[ ]	Flowers
[ ]	Vegetables

Sam’s Mum needs to buy some cough medicine and some pills. Where does she go to buy these?

[ ]	The chemist’s
[ ]	The florist’s
[ ]	The hairdresser’s
[ ]	The beautician’s

Sam’s Mum goes to a shop to buy some meat. Where does she go?

[ ]	The baker’s
[ ]	The butcher’s
[ ]	The optician’s
[ ]	The newsagent’s

This shop sells sweets, newspapers and drinks. What is it called?

[ ]	A newsagent’s
[ ]	A flower shop
[ ]	A charity shop
[ ]	A department store

10.

Not all shops are in the middle of towns and cities. Where else can you go shopping?

[ ]	In office blocks
[ ]	In shopping centres
[ ]	In churches
[ ]	In schools

Geography Quiz - Shopping (Answers)

You buy food and groceries at this big shop. What is it?

[ ]	Newsagent
[ ]	Baker
[x]	Supermarket
[ ]	Shoe shop

Which supermarkets does your family shop at?

This shop is very large. It sells nearly everything. It is called a:

[ ]	Book shop
[ ]	Travel-agent
[x]	Department Store
[ ]	Flower shop

Each department in the shop sells something different

Sam’s Mum says Sam needs some new shoes for school. They go to a shoe shop in town. What does the shoe shop sell?

[ ]	Flowers
[ ]	Clothes
[ ]	Games
[x]	Footwear

Footwear includes shoes, trainers, boots and slippers

Sam’s Mum says that a new fashion shop has opened on the High Street. What does it sell?

[ ]	Books
[x]	Clothes
[ ]	Food
[ ]	Sweets

Some clothes shops are called boutiques

This shop sells bread and cakes. It is called a:

[x]	Baker’s
[ ]	Butcher’s
[ ]	Newsagent’s
[ ]	Pet shop

What do they sell in a pet shop?

Caroline runs a shop. Caroline is a florist. What does Caroline’s shop sell?

[ ]	Televisions
[ ]	Computers
[x]	Flowers
[ ]	Vegetables

When are flowers given as presents?

Sam’s Mum needs to buy some cough medicine and some pills. Where does she go to buy these?

[x]	The chemist’s
[ ]	The florist’s
[ ]	The hairdresser’s
[ ]	The beautician’s

Chemist’s shops are often called pharmacies

Sam’s Mum goes to a shop to buy some meat. Where does she go?

[ ]	The baker’s
[x]	The butcher’s
[ ]	The optician’s
[ ]	The newsagent’s

Why do people go to the optician’s?

This shop sells sweets, newspapers and drinks. What is it called?

[x]	A newsagent’s
[ ]	A flower shop
[ ]	A charity shop
[ ]	A department store

What else do newsagents sell?

10.

Not all shops are in the middle of towns and cities. Where else can you go shopping?

[ ]	In office blocks
[x]	In shopping centres
[ ]	In churches
[ ]	In schools

Where is your nearest big shopping centre?