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Tällä sivustolla voit käydä täyttämässä asiakkaan ja myyjän välisen vuoropuhelun englanniksi. Vastausvaihtoehdot löytyvät pudotusvalikosta. Lopuksi paina 'check answers'.

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Exercise on Shopping :: Learn English online - free exercises, explanations, games, teaching materials and plenty of information on English language. :: page Default

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Tästä sivustosta löytyy helppoja tehtäviä kaupan alan perussanastosta.

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Vocabulary exercises to help learn words to talk about shopping.

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Harjoittele eri liikkeiden nimityksiä. Kirjautumatta voit tehdä 'match' eli yhdistämistehtävän. Sanat vaihtuvat, joten tee harjoitus 2-3 kertaa.

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Harjoittele kaupan alan sanastoa seuraavista linkeistä.

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Here is what you will find in this article. Click on any topic you want to read more about!

1. Shopping Vocabulary

2. Finding the right store / shop

3. Opening times

4. Selecting goods

5. Making Payment

6. Returns and complaints

7. Things written on signs

8. Using a credit card

9. Prices and numbers

10. Making comparisons

11. Different ways of asking someone to SHOW you something

12. When you want to TRY something

13. If you'd like the shop assistant to give you a DIFFERENT SIZE OR COLOUR

14. When you finally decide what you want to BUY

15. Example conversations between a shop assistant, customer and cashier

16. Phrasal verbs related to shopping

Whether you love shopping, or just shop when you need to, you can practice your English at the same time!

Shopping is a great way to communicate with lots of different people, and it really helps to boost your confidence in speaking English!

You might hesitate or make mistakes to begin with, if you're a bit nervous, but that's completely normal. You may even find it hard to understand what the shop assistant is saying to you, if you don't understand all the words!

If you familiarise yourself with the phrases and vocabulary in this blog, then you'll know what you should expect to hear from the people you talk to on your shopping spree. It'll make shopping a more enjoyable experience, and improve your English too!

The more you do it, the easier it will get, and the more natural it will feel!

SHOPPING VOCABULARY
People: Shopping: Ways to Pay: Where to Buy:
USEFUL PHRASES THAT A CLERK OR CUSTOMER MIGHT USE
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2. Opening times Questions: Responses: 3. Selecting goods Clerk's / Assistant's Questions: Customer's Questions: Clerk's / Assistant's Responses: Customer's Responses: Making Complaints in English: in a restaurant, on the phone, by letter 4. Making payment Cashier's / Clerk's Questions: Customer's Questions: Cashier's / Clerk's Responses: Customer's Responses: 15 Phrasal Verbs with CALL: call up, call out, call around ... Questions: Responses:
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5. Returns and complaints

THINGS WRITTEN ON SIGNS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE

USING A CREDIT CARD

PRICES AND NUMBERS

£5.99 = "Five pounds and ninety-nine pence" (long way)

£5.99 = "Five, ninety-nine" (short way)

$12.75 = "Twelve dollars and seventy-five cents" (long way)

$12.75 = "Twelve seventy-five" (short way)

€3.20 = "Three euros and twenty cents" (long way)
Example Conversation 1: A: Which sofa should we buy? I can't decide!
Example Conversation 2: A: I need a new watch, but I don't know which one to get. Can you give me any suggestions?
Example Conversation 3: A: I like the red sweater. What do you think?
Example Conversation 4: A: What do you think of this dress? Does it suit me?
B: It suits you well, but the floral print one is my favourite, and it's more suitable for this season. B: I like the red one too, but I think the blue one is better, and the green one is best. The green colour really suits you. B: Rolex watches are better than Sekonda, but they're not as affordable. Sekonda watches are better value for money. B: This one is larger, but it's more expensive. I prefer the smaller one.
€3.20 = "Three twenty" (short way)

MAKING COMPARISONS

Different ways of asking someone to SHOW you something

Can you show me the ..... please? (Informal)

Could you show me the ..... please? (Informal / Formal / More Polite)

Would you be so kind to show me the ..... please? (Formal)

I'd like to see the ..... please.

Could you direct me to the .... aisle please?

When you want to TRY something, you can say:

If you'd like the shop assistant to give you a DIFFERENT SIZE OR COLOUR, you could say:

Do you have it / them in size ..... please?

Do you have this/these in a smaller / bigger / larger size please?

Can I try the larger / small one please?

Do you have it / them in a different colour please?

This is a little too tight / loose, do you have another one?

When you finally decide what you want to BUY, you can say:

EXAMPLE CONVERSATION BETWEEN A SHOP ASSISTANT (A), CUSTOMER (B), AND CASHIER (C)

A: Hi there, can I help you with anything?
B: Yes please, I'm looking for a T-shirt.
A: What size are you?
B: I'm a medium.
A: What colour would you like?
B: Maybe a blue or green one.
A: Here you are. How about these?
B: Thank you. Can I try them on anywhere?
A: Certainly, the changing room is over there.
B: Thank you.
A: How do they fit?
B: They're both fantastic. I really like them.
A: Yes, the blue looks nice on you, it really brings out your eye colour.
B: Thank you. I'll buy both of them!
A: Great! Please go to the tills, and pay over there.
B: Alright, thank you for your help.
C: Who's next please!
B: Hi there, I'd like to buy these please.
C: OK, how would you like to pay?
B: Do you take credit cards?
C: Yes, we do.
B: Okay, here's my credit card.
C: Enter your pin number into the machine please.
B: Okay, done.
C: Thank you. Shall I put your receipt in the bag?
B: Yes please.
C: Here you go. Have a nice day!
B: Thank you, goodbye!

EXAMPLE CONVERSATION BETWEEN A CASHIER (A), AND CUSTOMER (B)

A: Are you next in the queue sir?
B: Yes, I'd like to buy this watch as a gift for my wife please.
A: Okay, would you like me to gift wrap it for you?
B: Yes please, that would be great!
A: Are you sure this is the right size for your wife?
B I'm not sure, it's just a guess!
A: I can print a gift receipt so she doesn't see the price, but can bring it back to change the size if she needs to. Would you like me to do that?
B: Yes please, that would be amazing!
A: Okay, that'll be sixty-five dollars and ninety-five cents for the watch please.
B: Can I pay by cheque please?
A: No, I'm afraid we don't accept cheques.
B: Okay no problem, I'll pay by debit card then.
A: Please insert your card into the machine, and then enter your PIN.
B: Okay, done.
A: Would you like me to put the gift receipt in the box with the watch?
B: Yes please, that'll be perfect.
A: Here you go sir. Enjoy the rest of your day.
B: Thank you very much!

USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS RELATED TO SHOPPING

PUT ON (to place something on a surface or person)

[Tweet "TRY ON - to test an item to see if it is suitable)"]

TRY ON (to test an item to see if it is suitable)

TRY OUT (to test something to see if you like it)

THROW ON (to wear something casually)

DROP IN (to visit someone casually)

POUR IN (enter in high quantity)

POP IN (to visit someone, informal)

[Tweet "BROUGHT IN - to make something new for the first time"]

BROUGHT IN (to make something new for the first time)

CAVE IN (to surrender or give up to persuasion)

THROW IN/CHUCK IN (to include in addition to something - 'chuck' is more informal than throw)

END UP (to finally make a decision abut something, after lengthy consideration)

COME UP (when something is approaching/arriving)

TAKE UP (to choose to start doing something new)

BRING DOWN (reduce the amount of something)

We have brought down the prices, because we're having a huge sale before the winter!

TURN DOWN (to refuse or reject something)

He bought a really expensive watch for me, but I turned it down. I couldn't accept it!

[Tweet "POP OUT - to leave to go somewhere for a short time"]

POP OUT (to leave to go somewhere for a short time)

I'm just going to pop out to the cash machine, could you save these items for me please?

I'm just popping out to buy some bread and milk from the local store.

OPT OUT (to choose not to be a part of something)

RULE OUT (to decide that something is not suitable / remove something from a list of options)

I'm not sure which laptop to buy. I think I'll rule out this one, because it's too expensive. Now I just have to decide between these two.

PHASE OUT (to gradually remove something from existence in one place)

SELL OUT (to sell the whole supply of something)

HELP OUT (to assist someone)

[Tweet "DO UP - to fasten something"]

DO UP (to fasten something)

STAND OUT (to be distinctive or more noticeable than others)

WALK OUT ON (to abandon someone angrily)

PAY OFF (to pay back all you owe)

PULL OFF (to succeed in doing something difficult)

Wow, not many people can pull off that outfit, but you look stunning in it!

TOP OFF (to end or finish something in a special way)

[Tweet "RIP OFF - to charge someone excessively"]

RIP OFF (to charge someone excessively)

GIVE BACK (to return something)

TAKE BACK (to decide on returning something in the near future)

PAY BACK (to pay what you owe)

TALK OVER (to discuss something before making a decision)

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SHOPPING Phrases, Dialogs and Phrasal Verbs!

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Here is what you will find in this article. Click on any topic you want to read more about!