Identify and shop for clothes

Identify and shop for clothes

Let's go shopping.

New vocabulary

About shopping

TRY ON: Sonya is trying on a beige jacket.

SHOW: She is showing him a light green jacket.

BRING: The sales assistant is bringing more sweaters.

PAY FOR (BY): He is paying for the sweater by credit card.

Grammar

Can/Could for polite request

CAN and COULD (Could is more formal)

• Can I try on a medium size?

• Could you bring a size forty?

Exercises

Read the situations and write polite requests.

Open Ended

You are looking at two dresses, a red one and a blue one. You want to try on the blue dress.

Open Ended

You want to see the red shoes.

Open Ended

You want to pay by credit card.

Open Ended

You are looking at two sweaters, a red sweater and a green sweater. You want to try on the green sweater.

Open Ended

You want the sales assistant to bring a size 7.

ONE and ONES

• Use ONE in order not to repeat the singular noun mentioned before.

• Use ONES in order not to repeat the plural noun or nouns mentioned before.

Examples

• A: I like that red dress. B: I prefer the blue one.

• A: Are those blue pants gorgeous? B: The black ones look better.