Shopping for Clothes

    IN A SHOP    

Introduction

Shopping conversations will help you understand how to talk to someone about shopping or to speak to a shop assistant when you are in a shop.

If you go to an English speaking country for any amount of time, you will probably need to visit a shop and buy either food, clothes or other items. 

Activities

After watching the next video, there are two exercises for you to do. They are:

1. Fill in the gaps in a shopping conversation using the words in a box.

2. Write your own conversation with the ideas given and practise it.

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Video: In a shop

Exercises

1. Read and complete the conversation with the words in the box.

take             much            Let’s            try            you got

Benjamin: Excuse me, how (1) ........ are these trainers?

Shop Assistant: They're €59. It's a special offer.

Benjamin: Great! Can I (2) ........ them on?

Shop Assistant: Of course. What size are you?

Benjamin: I'm a size 40, I think.

Shop Assistant: Here you are. How are they?

Benjamin: They're a bit small. Have (3) ........ a size 41?

Shop Assistant: Yes, I think so. (4) ........ see. Here you are.

Benjamin: These are great. I'll (5) ........ them!

Shop Assistant: OK, You can pay at the cash desk.

2. Change the words in bold in the conversation in Exercise 1. Use the ideas below and rewrite the conversation.

 Now test your English Grammar knowledge in this crazy quiz!!!

Vídeo sobre el Presente Continuo en inglés

Watch the video to practise the present continuous verb tense.

Time Words - Present Continuous

We use the present continuous with 

TIME EXPRESSIONS such as:

    

    - now

    - right now

    - at the moment

    - at this moment

    - at present

    - today

    - tonight

SPELLING RULES FOR THE -ING FORM 

- With most verbs, we add -ing to the infinitive.

   see - seeing          watch - watching        buy - buying

- For verbs ending in -e, we remove the -e and add -ing.

  have - having        write - writing         save - saving

- For one-syllable verbs ending in a consonant+vowel+consonant, we double the consonant and add - ing.

  get - getting        run - running        shop - shopping

The Use and the Form of the Present Continuous tense

 Present Continuous

We use the Present Continuous tense to talk about actions in progress at the time of speaking.

example: You are reading a magazine.

Now study its Form

 

- To form the affirmative, use subject + be + verb + -ing

  ex: They are shopping

- To form the negative, we put not after be and before verb + -ing. Not is usually contracted. subject + be + not + verb + -ing

  ex: You aren't shopping

- To form questions, we use be + subject + verb + -ing

  ex: Is Peter talking on the phone?

        Yes, he is / No, he isn't

  👀  We don't use the verb + -ing in short answers

          Yes, he is

          Yes, he is talking

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