1. £24.35 twenty-four punds
(quid) thirty-five
50p fifty pence (p)
€12.50 = 12.50€ twelve euros
fifty
Shopping for clothes English Department
Secondary CPI Tino Grandío
1. Complete the dialogue with the
shop-assistant’s missing sentences:
2. Now read the following vocabulary and write your own dialogue. Act it with a partner:
SHOP-ASSISTANT
Can I help you, madam / Sir?
What size are you?
The changing rooms are over there.
Is it/Are they all right?
What size (shoes / trousers /…) do
you take?
It looks / They look very nice.
Is it / Are they comfortable?
That’s £15, please. £20 –that’s £5
change. Goodbye.
Thank you very much.
Do you want anything else?
Yes, of course.
No, I’m sorry.
CUSTOMER
No, thanks, I’m just looking.
Yes, please. I’d like…
Excuse me, Have you got this / these… in
…?
Small / medium / large, I think.
Can I try it / them on?
It fits / They fit me well.
It’s / They’re a bit too…
I’ll take it / them.
How much is it / are they?
Here you are.
Can I pay by credit card?
3. Role-play in pairs and swap roles so that you
are both a shop assistant and a customer.
shirts shoes
13 34 3 36
14 36 4 37
15 38 5 38
15 ½ 39 / 40 5 ½ 39
16 41 6 39 / 40
16 ½ 42 6 ½ 40
17 43 7 40 / 41
What are your
measurements in British
sizes?
7 ½ 41
8 42
9 43
S A:
C.: Yes, please. I'd like a blue T-shirt and a pair
of jeans.
S.A.:
C.: Medium, I think.
S.A.:
C.: I like the T-shirt but these jeans are too
tight for me.
S.A.:
C.: They look great. Can I try them on?
S.A.:
C.: They fit very well. I'll take the T-shirt and
the jeans. How much are they?
S.A.:
C.: Here you are.
S.A.:
- Yes, of course. The changing room is over there.
- What size are you?
- What about these other ones?
- Can I help you?
- The T-shirt is $8.50 and the jeans are $22.95, so it's
$31.45 altogether.
- $35. That's $3.55 change. Thank you. Have a nice day.
- OK. Do you like this T-shirt? And, what about these
jeans?
IT – singular
THEY / THEM - plural