At the Shop

Warm-up: Into the shop

2 warm-up questions

• What was the last thing you bought in a shop? Where?
• First try: I am a shop assistant and you want this shirt (point at anything near you!). Buy it from me — 30 seconds, go!

Reading: Shopping

Read a 57-word text about Shopping

Shopping Anna goes to the shop. She wants to buy some things. Shop assistant: Hello! Can I help you? Anna: Yes, please. I want this shirt. How much is it? Shop assistant: It's 20 dollars. Anna: OK, I'll take it. Can I pay by card? Shop assistant: Yes, of course. Here is your receipt. Anna: Thank you!

Vocabulary: Shopping Words

5 items

Practice: At the Shop

Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

• I go to the ____ to buy food.
• Can I ____ you?
• I want to ____ this shirt.
• Can I ____ by card?
• Here is your ____.

Dialogue: In a Shop

Role-play: Buying something at a shop (6 lines)

• Shop assistant: Hello! Can I help you?
• You: Yes, please. I want this...
• Shop assistant: It's 25 dollars.
• You: OK, I'll take it.
• Shop assistant: Cash or card?
• You: Card, please.

Discussion: Your mission: buy it

3 discussion questions

• Mission: buy the real thing you told me about at the start — but from me, in English. Ask the price, decide, and pay. Use: "How much is it?", "OK, I'll take it.", "Can I pay by card?" (Success = price question + 'I'll take it' + payment. Tutor: play the shop assistant and offer the receipt!)
• Second take: this time you only have ten dollars and the thing costs more. Ask: "Do you have a cheaper one?" and finish the shopping anyway.
• Compare with your first try at the start. Which step did you forget before? Say the three magic shop phrases one more time, fast.