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Shopping for clothes

A woman holding a T-shirt in a clothes shop

Listen to the conversation between a customer and a shop assistant and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

Instructions

Do the preparation exercise before you listen. Then do the other exercises to check your understanding.

Preparation

Do this exercise before you listen.

Audio file

Transcript

Shop assistant: Can I help you?
Customer: Yes, have you got this T-shirt in other colours?
Shop assistant: We’ve got it in white, black, red and purple. What size do you want?
Customer: Medium.
Shop assistant: OK, in medium we’ve got black and red.
Customer: And in purple?
Shop assistant: No, just black and red.
Customer: OK, red. Can I try it on?
Shop assistant: Yes, of course. The changing rooms are over there.
(pause)
Shop assistant: Is it OK?
Customer: Yes, I’ll take it.
Shop assistant: That’s £10.95. Would you like to pay by credit card or with cash?
Customer: Cash please. Here’s twenty.
Shop assistant: OK, thanks, that’s nine pounds, 5 p change and here’s your receipt.
Customer: Thanks. Bye.

Worksheets and downloads

Shopping for clothes - exercises231.06 KB
Shopping for clothes - answers254 KB
Shopping for clothes - transcript247.68 KB
Discussion

What was the last item of clothing you bought?

Language level
A2 Pre-intermediate
Topics
shopping
clothes
Average: 4.1 (38 votes)
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Comments

Submitted by anna_v3r on Fri, 04/17/2020 - 10:58

The last item that I bought was a pair of leggins.

Submitted by vittoriadigianno on Thu, 04/16/2020 - 15:06

the last items of clothing i bought are hoodies, a pair of black jeans and sneakers

Submitted by Gabriele1926 on Thu, 04/16/2020 - 13:22

The last item I bought is a t-shirt.

Submitted by gio_cra2004 on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 15:55

The last item of clothing I bought was a jacket and ripped jeans.

Submitted by sunflower on Sat, 04/11/2020 - 16:59

I bought a blue skirt a month ago

Submitted by alaricofranca02 on Fri, 04/10/2020 - 12:51

last time I bought two pairs of jeans, shirts and a sweatshirt

Submitted by _16lx on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 14:49

I bought a dress and a skirt and two disneyT-shirt

Submitted by Emilianoenglish on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 21:22

I bought two black sports pants and a green basketball shirt

Submitted by Klm on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 21:43

I found it easy to understand the conversation, just a few words I did not understand but it is interesting

Submitted by GOLDEN on Sun, 03/22/2020 - 09:09

T-shirt Xl blue sport

Submitted by Sergey25 on Sat, 03/21/2020 - 11:26

Two weeks ago, I bought Nike red sneakers and a Jordon black cap.
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Submitted by Shashi on Sun, 02/16/2020 - 01:53

I bought a black and white colour T-shirt in Last week.My favourite colours are white and black.

Submitted by Thu on Mon, 07/01/2019 - 06:15

I bought 5 T-shirts and hats, I bought the pink, black, white and 2 blue shirts, 2 blue jeans, 1 long and 1 short. Actually, my mom bought it for me, for Lunar New Year. In normal, my mom doesn't buy for me too much like that. : >

Submitted by vy08 on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 13:44

good

Submitted by toroslar on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 08:06

I bought a green T_shirt fromX last week
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Submitted by khanhlinh92004 on Thu, 07/19/2018 - 08:15

A navy blue T-shirt.

Submitted by cat28 on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 02:56

I bought black sporty shoes.
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Submitted by bilko on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 11:17

I had just bought a little stuffie dog. It's so cute and makes me feel happy...

Submitted by phuong (not verified) on Wed, 09/02/2015 - 07:59

Yesterday, I went shopping with my mom. I bought T-shirt, jeans.
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