Lesson 44: Unit 42 - Shopping (Speaking and listening lesson)
A practical lesson on shopping in English – dialogues in a shop, a café and a grocery store, with useful phrases for sizes, prices and orders.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will get to know real dialogues between a customer and a shop assistant in a clothes shop, a grocery store and a café. You will learn how to ask about the price, size, colour and availability of goods in English. You will practise listening and speaking through authentic conversations with characters such as Tina, Sarah, Brendan, Carol, Bob and Sandra. The lesson develops the skills you need to order food and drinks, as well as to shop for clothes and household appliances.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Use phrases for shopping for clothes and food, and in a café
- Ask about the price, size and colour of goods
- Understand and use the expressions 'try on', 'fit', 'half price' and 'browsing'
- Place orders in a café in English
- Understand conversations between a customer and a shop assistant when listening
Lesson vocabulary
- try on I'd like to try on a pair of those boots.
- fit How do they fit? Perfect.
- size What size do you take? Size 37.
- colour What colour do you want? Brown, please.
- a pair of Here is a pair of brown boots for you.
- changing rooms The changing rooms are over there.
- credit card Do you take credit cards? Certainly, sir.
- half price They are half price this week.
- trendy The shorts are really trendy.
- browsing I'm just browsing. Thanks, anyway.
- dairy products Where can I find the dairy products?
- the far end They are at the far end of the store.
- ripe They are very ripe and sweet.
- altogether That's 5 dollars altogether.
- home-made We offer home-made cookies today.
In other languages: Български