Shopping For Clothes

Shopping for Clothes
1. Warm up
Match the pictures of the clothes with the words
jeans skirt trousers
dress slippers trainers
coat suits waistcoat
blouse shirt sweatpants
jacket sweater sweatshirt
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
1. What are you wearing today?

2. Which three items have a plural form? Why?
3. How many pairs of jeans do you own?
2. Listening
Claire is in a clothes store. Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.
1. What does Claire want?
2. What size is she?
3. How much does it cost?
4. How does she pay?
Listen again and write the one missing word in each gap.
• Sales clerk: Can I help you?

• Claire: Yes. 1_______________ you 2_______________ any shirts?
• Sales clerk: Yes, we do. 3_______________ size are you?
• Claire: A small.
• Sales clerk: Here you are.
• Claire: Thanks. 4_______________ can I try it on?
• Sales clerk: The changing rooms are over there. ... It looks really good on you.
• Claire: Hmmm. How 5_______________ is it?
• Sales clerk: It’s thirty dollars.
• Claire: Fine.
• Sales clerk: Are you 6_______________ in cash?
• Claire: No, by credit card.
3. Language point
Look at the useful language for shopping. Write S (sales clerk) or C (customer)
in each box to show who is talking.
Size What size are you? 1 I’m a small/medium/large. 2
The changing room Where can I try it on? 3 The changing rooms are over
there. 4
Do you like it? It looks good on you. / Thanks! / It doesn’t fit. 6
It suits you. 5
Colors How many colors does it It comes in red, yellow, or
come in? 7 green. 8
Price How much is it? 9 It’s $30. / It’s on sale –
only $50! 10
Praying Are you paying in cash? 11 By credit card. / In cash. 12
Now decide where these phrases fit best.
How would you like to pay? What colors does it come in?
Where are the changing rooms? I don’t think I like it.
I usually wear a small/medium/large. How much does it cost?
Study these sentences and the information.
• How many colors does it come in?

• How much is it?
We use many and much to refer to quantity. We use many to refer to countable
things and much to refer to uncountable things.
Countable things have both singular and plural forms - color/colors.
Uncountable things only have a singular form - the noun money is uncountable.
4. Practice
Choose the correct phrase to complete the dialogues.
1. A: What size are you?
B: I’m very large. / It’s a large. / I’m a large.
2. A: Where I can try it on? /Where can I try it on? /Where do I can try it on?
B: The changing rooms are at the back of the store.
3. A: It looks good on you.
B: It doesn’t fit. / It don’t fit. / It fits not.
4. It suits you. Why don’t you like it? / I don’t think I like it. / I not like it.
5. A: What does colors come in? / It does come in what colors? /
What colors does it come in?
B: Blue, black and green.
6. A: How much do these shoes cost? / How many do these shoes cost? /
How do these shoes cost?
B: They’re $40.
7. A: Are you paying in cash?
B: No, I’m paying in credit card. / No, I paying by credit card. /
No, I’m paying by credit card.
8. A: Where the changing rooms? /Where are the changing rooms? /
The changing rooms are where?
B: They’re over there.
5. Speaking
Practice the dialogue with a partner
FOOD AND CLOTHES FOR SALE:

(a) sweater $30.55
(a) coat $120.50
(a) necktie $20.20
(some) pants $60.85
(some) dress shoes $100.05
(a) blouse $45.30
(a) business suit $400.00
(some) jeans $40.87
(some) flowers $20.13
(a) cake $25.15
A: Good morning. How may I help you?

B: I want to buy __________ please.
A: Here you are. Our fitting rooms are in the back.
B: How does it look?
A: You look good in that.
B: I don’t like the (color / size / shape); do you have it in __________?
A: Let me check. Please wait a minute. (Here it is. / I’m sorry that is all we have in
stock.)
B: Thank you very much. How much (is / are) the __________ ?
A: __________ cost(s) __________. Would you like to pay by cash or a credit card?
B: Cash please. Would you wrap it all up please?
A: Certainly. Here you are. Please come again.
B: Thank you.
Work in pairs to roleplay a dialogue between a sales clerk and a customer in a

store. Follow the numbered ideas in the plan below. Invent the details about
size, color, and price.
Sales clerk Customer

(1) Greet the customer (2) Say what you want to buy
(3) Ask about size (4) Give information about size
(5) Show the customer something (6) Say you want to try it on and ask
about changing rooms
(7) Give information about the changing (9) [try in on] Disagree
rooms. (10) Ask for another size or color
(8) Say you like it
(11) Bring another size or color (13) [try it on] Agree and say you want to
(12) Say you like it buy it
(14) Ask about payment (15) Explain about payment
6. Grammar
Demonstratives: one, ones
Study this information.
A: How much are these jeans?

B: Which jeans?
ones
A: How much is that t-shirt?

B: Which t-shirt?
one
Read the sentences and complete the second one using one or ones.
1. This magazine doesn’t look very interesting; there is another______ on the desk.
2. Are these your shoes? No, the black ________ are mine.
3. Ann’s wedding party was a long and happy ___________.
4. I hope I could borrow a sweater from Tim, but this __________ fits me quite well.
5. On the desk there are two red pens, and three blue ________.
6. The most poisonous spiders live in Australia, but the biggest ________live in Asia.
7. Frank is going to organize another party, sure it will be bigger than the first ________.
8. Most of the questions are difficult, so find the easier _________ and do those first.
9. I left my dictionary at home, but I can get _______from William.
10. That is my new car, the red ________over there.
11. This flowery skirt is better than the blue ________.
12. These striped pants are more casual than the checked __________.
13. These green pens are worse than the blue ______.
14. This orange t-shirt is more elegant than the white _________.
15. A: Which is your coat?
B: The green ______.
16. A: Which one is your son?
B: The good-looking ______.
17. A: What sort of wine do you prefer?
B: Red ______.
18. A: Who is Simon?
B: The ______ who is married to Lindsey

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1. What are you wearing today?

• Sales clerk: Can I help you?

Study these sentences and the information.

• How many colors does it come in?

Countable things have both singular and plural forms - color/colors.

FOOD AND CLOTHES FOR SALE:

A: Good morning. How may I help you?

Work in pairs to roleplay a dialogue between a sales clerk and a customer in a

Sales clerk Customer

A: How much are these jeans?

A: How much is that t-shirt?

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