Lesson 3: Shopping with an Introduction to the Past Tense (pretérito indefinido)
Learn how to ask about prices and sizes, describe yesterday's purchases, and express simple opinions while shopping.
About this lesson
In this lesson, you'll consolidate essential shopping phrases and take your first steps with the pretérito indefinido to talk about completed past actions (e.g., 'I bought yesterday'). You'll practise asking for a different size or colour, paying in cash or by card, and saying whether something suits you. By the end, you'll be able to briefly recount your last shopping trip and share your opinion.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Ask questions about price, size, and availability in a shop.
- Use the basic pretérito indefinido forms of regular verbs (comprar, pagar, mirar).
- Express simple opinions about products (es barato/caro, me gusta/no me gusta).
- Briefly describe past purchases (ayer compré…, pagué en efectivo…).
- Understand and use key phrases for in-store customer service.