Dialogue with a clothing seller in English. Dialogue about shopping in English. A small dialogue just before buying

supermarket [‘su?p??m??k?t]

supermarket

13 paper bag [‘pe?p? b?g]

paper bag

14 bagger/packer [‘b?g?]/ [‘p?k?]

packer

2 shoppers/customers

[‘??p?]/ [‘k?st?m?]

buyer

15 express checkout (line)

express service checkout – i.e. checkout for shoppers who only buy a few items

3 shopping carts

[‘??p?? ‘b??sk?t]

shopping cart

16 tabloid/newspaper

[‘t?bl??d]/ [‘nju?s?pe?p?]

[‘?ekaut la?n]

queue at the checkout

17 magazine [?m?g?'zi?n]

5 checkout counters

[‘?ekaut ‘kaunt?]

cash desk (checkout desk)

18 scanner [‘sk?n?]

6 conveyor belt

conveyor belt

19 plastic bag [‘pl?st?k b?g]

plastic bag

7 cash register

cash machine

20 produce [‘pr?dju?s]

vegetables, greens

8 shopping cart [‘??p?? k??t]

shopping cart

21 manager ['m?n???]

manager

9 (chewing) gum [‘?u???g?m]

chewing gum

22 clerks

salesman

10 candy [‘k?nd?]

23 scale

11 coupon [‘ku?p?n]

24 can-return machine

cupping machine

12 cashier

25 bottle-return machine

bottle machine

Seller(S): Hello. Can I help you?

Customer (C): I'm just looking thanks…

(few minutes ago)

C: I'm looking for a jumper like this, but in orange. Have you got one?

S: I'll just have a look. What size are you?

C: Medium.

S: Here you are.

C: That's nice. Can I try it on?

S: Of course. The changing rooms are over there.

S:It fits you very well.

B: How much is it?

B: OK. I'll have it.

S: How would you like to pay?

C: Cash.

Seller (P): Hello. Can I help you?

Client (C): Thank you I'm just watching…

(after a few minutes)

K: I looking for something like this jumper, but orange color . Do you have such?

P: Now I'll take a look. What size do you have?

TO: Average.

P: Here.

K: Great. I can try on?

P: Of course. The fitting rooms are over there.

K: I like it.

P: It fits you very well.

TO: What is the price?

K: Good. I take.

Q: How will you pay?

TO: Cash.

C: Could you help me? I'm looking for this month's edition of Fashion. Can you tell me where it is?

S: Over there. upper shelf. Next to She.

TO: Could you help me? I'm looking for this month's Fashion issue. Tell me where is he?

P: Over there. Top shelf. Next to "She".

S: Hello. I wonder if you could help me. I've got a bad cold. Can you give me something for it?

S: OK. You can take these two times a day.

S: Thank you. Could I have some tissues well, please?

S: Sure. anything else?

C: no that's all, thanks.

K: Hello. Could you help me. I have a severe cold. Could you give anything from it?

P: OK. Take this twice a day.

K: thanks. Give me more please paper napkins.

P: Of course. Anything else?

K: No, it's all, Thanks.

C: Good morning. Can I have a white coffee, please?

S: Yes, please. Oh, and pancakes, please.

S: I'm afraid there aren't any left. We've got some delicious carrot cake, and chocolate cake.

S: OK. Carrot cake, then.

S: Definitely. Is that all?

C: Yes, thanks.

S: That'll be $4, please.

K: Good morning. May I have coffee with milk, please?

P: Cappuccino?

K: Yes, please. Oh, and pancakes.

P: I'm afraid they're gone. We have delicious carrot and chocolate cake.

K: Good. Then carrot cake.

P: It's all?

K: Yes, thanks.

P: Will be 4$

Polish artist and journalist Janina Ipohorska said: “Buying is easy. It's hard to pay." However, sometimes shopping can be a different kind of difficulty, such as when we have to communicate in English in a store. In this article, we will present you with an understandable and convenient phrasebook on the topic “In the store” and tell you about the features of shopping abroad.

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Imagine that you are abroad in a hotel. You have already swum in the sea, and even the local natives envy your golden tan. What else to do with yourself? We suggest you try alternative medicine i.e. shopping therapy! Shopping is an excellent remedy for depression and the feeling of the frailty of life. Ready to go shopping?

Store names in English with translation

To begin with, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the names of stores in English, because this will greatly facilitate your orientation in the city. If necessary, you can ask the locals for the location of the nearest confectionery store and you can easily navigate the signs on the streets of the city.

As you noticed, a pharmacy can be called three different words: pharmacy, chemist's and drugstore. What is the difference between them? It is believed that the drugstore is the American version of the name of the pharmacy, and the terms pharmacy and chemist's are better used in the UK. Previously, the word drug only in the United States and Canada meant both drugs and medications at the same time. Now the word drugstore is already used by residents of foggy Albion. However, today there is another difference between these two terms. In most cases, the pharmacy and chemist’s dispense drugs only by prescription, while the drugstore also sells over-the-counter drugs, as well as cosmetics, personal care products, etc.

Outlet is not yet a very popular type of store in our country. The outlet is a shopping center that sells branded clothing at significant discounts. Most often, this is the sale of deposits of goods in store warehouses. Quite often, outlets are located outside the city, which allows sellers to minimize costs and sell things at a small margin.

Retail Park is an outlet-like mall. Retail parks are centers built in a short time from cheap materials, and sometimes they even look like hangar structures. Renting a room in such a building is cheap, so things here are sold at ridiculous prices. American-type retail parks are usually located outside the city, British-type - within the city. In Russia, there is not a single classic retail park yet.

How to find the right store

Have you decided to go shopping for clothes or are you going to buy souvenirs for friends and relatives? Then ask the receptionist at the hotel where the nearest shops and boutiques are located. You can do this with the following phrases in English.

A hotel employee can answer you in this way:

Basic vocabulary for dialogue in the store

Before visiting the store, let's look at the basic words you need to know in order to make a purchase in the store while communicating in English. We will list the vocabulary with which you can build the necessary phrases.

Phrases for dialogue in the store in English

So, the goal is achieved - you have found a particular store and decided to make a few purchases. However, it is unlikely that you will have time to go to the right department or find the item you are looking for on your own: helpful sellers lie in wait at the entrance offering help to all suffering buyers. He may ask you the following questions:

If you are looking for something specific, do not refuse the help of the seller, he will help you find the right thing. Do you want to look around and walk around the store? Report this to the seller: abroad, the phrase “I’m just browsing” is perceived quite adequately, and no one will incinerate you with a look for such words.

So, you are in the right department, choose something original for yourself. Below is a list of phrases that you will need if you are going to buy clothes abroad. Some offers can also be used on other products. If you are going to buy something tasty abroad, pay attention to the article "Food in English", in it you will find all the vocabulary you need.

To determine your size, you can use the following site asos.com. Pay attention to the first column of numbers for each of the sizes, there are parameters for this size in centimeters.

The seller will communicate with you, answer your questions and ask your own. You need to understand what he is saying, so here is a list of phrases in English that you can hear in the store from the seller.

If you decide to buy any electronic device abroad, be sure to check in the store if it works. Also ask the seller if there is a guarantee for this thing, because by the period of the guarantee provided, you can roughly judge the quality of the goods: the longer the guarantee, the better the thing. Ask the following questions:

They will definitely show you what and how it works, and when you ask about a guarantee, you can get something like the following answer:

Promotions and sales are the main emptying of the wallet. But how difficult it is to refuse the next purchase when you are offered such an attractive discount! For those who like to buy things at a bargain price, we offer a list of phrases that you can see in stores. Study them, and then you will definitely not pass by a cool sale.

In addition to discounts, there may be other signs in stores, the meaning of which is useful to understand. So, if you buy something bulky, you need to see if it will be delivered to your door or if you have to manage on your own. In addition, there are items that cannot be returned or exchanged. Some stores offer only items for exchange when returning, that is, you do not have the opportunity to return your money. Pay attention to the following inscriptions in stores.

at the checkout

At the checkout, you will need to take a queue, if there is one, and also chat with the cashier, who will tell you the total amount of purchases. You cannot understand what numbers the cashier calls? Ask him to write the amount due on a piece of paper.

If at the checkout it suddenly turns out that the item costs a little more than you expected, directly tell the cashier about it. Abroad, they calmly treat people who refuse too expensive purchases, so no complexes. In addition, in stores you can be offered a nice discount, and you will still get the item at the expected price. We suggest using the following phrases in English in the store.

If you pay for your purchases in cash, you can communicate with the cashier using the following phrases:

The cashier might tell you something like this:

Returning an item to the store

Sometimes it happens that you buy a defective item and only find it in a hotel. What to do in this case? If you have kept the check, you will easily be refunded or offered to exchange the defective product for a similar one without flaws. The main thing is to speak calmly with the seller, there are strict laws abroad, so you will be met halfway in the event of a similar situation. Use these phrases.

1. Basic vocabulary

To buy something, you need to at least know the name of this "something" in English. Even if you forget some phrase, in extreme cases you can tell the seller the name of the desired product, use gestures and complete the purchase. Therefore, before the trip, think about what you will buy abroad, and learn the names of these words. For example, knowledge of clothes in English, names of cosmetics, useful vocabulary for communication in a pharmacy may be useful to you. In addition, be sure to repeat the numbers in English, because you will need to understand how much you need to pay at the checkout.

2. Practice exercises

Practical exercises on the topic "Shopping" - The best way learn and memorize new vocabulary well, as well as see how it “works” in sentences. Many tasks for Beginner to Intermediate levels can be found at esolcourses.com.

3. Thematic podcasts

Podcasts will train your ears to hear the sound English speech. This is very important, because abroad you will have to not only speak, but also understand what the interlocutor wants to tell you. Moreover, you can learn useful vocabulary on this topic. We invite you to listen to thematic audio materials on the website eslpod.com. They are read by a professional speaker at a rather slow pace, and each podcast has a text entry, so you can definitely understand what is being said (there are several materials freely available, to use all the site's podcasts you need to pay your membership to the listeners club).

4. Tax free benefit

Many countries have a VAT (Value Added Tax) refund system. The logic is this: you are not a resident of this state, and therefore you are not required to pay VAT. Since the amount of VAT is always included in the price of the goods, you must return it when leaving the country. The easiest way to get your money back: we issue a Tax Free Check in the store, where your data is indicated, as well as the seal and signature of the seller. When you leave the country, customs will stamp this receipt for you and you can receive a refund at special Tax Free cash Refund points. Usually such points are located near Duty Free shops. However, some stores do not like paperwork, so they may give you a discount on the amount of tax or offer some kind of gift. To calculate the amount of tax free that you can be reimbursed in a particular country, use this calculator.

5. Sales

As a rule, two sales are popular abroad: winter and summer. Shopping in winter is especially attractive: in many stores, they first hold pre-holiday Christmas sales, and after the holidays they finally empty the already thinner wallet of buyers with discounts of up to 70-80%. However, large outlets and retail parks hold sales all year round, whoever seeks will always find.

6. Thrifty left

Paco Underhill has been studying shoppers and store tricks. He leads interesting fact. Most people are right-handed, so they immediately turn right when entering a store. Sellers take advantage of this and place the most expensive items on the right side. Therefore, look for products with discounts and at a bargain price on the left side of the store.

7. Clutter is profitable

Often in the store you can see the following picture: ordinary things are beautifully hung, and things on sale are dumped in an ugly mass on some table or lie in large baskets. This is another seller's trick: they do this so that you do not linger too much on inexpensive things. The calculation is this: when things are piled up, it seems that they look untidy and unfashionable, and it will take a lot of time to find the right size. However, in reality, the quality of things at a discount is in no way inferior to an ordinary thing, so the time spent on “digging” in piles of things pays off with interest.

Complete list of words and phrases for download

We have compiled a document for you, which contains words and expressions on this topic. You can download it from the link below.

(*.pdf, 389 Kb)

We think that now you are ready to conduct a dialogue in the store in English and will be able to appreciate shopping abroad. Use the learned phrases, and you can buy exactly what you have long dreamed of. We wish you many years of enjoyment with your purchases!

Let's analyze a few conversations about shopping, by the way, we used to make up, now our interlocutors will discuss directly purchased items.

Hello Anya.
— Hello, Katya, are you coming from the store?
Yes, I went to the supermarket, for groceries.
— What did you buy?
— Apples, eggs, cottage cheese, flour.
Are you going to cook something?
— I want to make Charlotte. Come to me in the evening for tea.
— Charlotte is my favorite dish. I will definitely come. see you!

- Hello Anya.
— Hello, Katya, are you coming from the store?
- Yes, I went to.
- What did you buy?
- Apples, eggs, cottage cheese, flour.
- Are you going to cook something?
— I want to make charlotte. Come to my house for tea yesterday.
Charlotte is my favorite dish. I will definitely come. See you!

Let's talk about shopping for clothes

— I was in several shops today and bought myself some new clothes.
— Show me.
— This dress. It is long and warm, I will wear it in the autumn.
- It fits your figure perfectly.
— I'll take this skirt and t-shirt on vacation at sea.
- This should be a hat.
— Hats were not, but I bought this light stylish kerchief.
— It's a bit old-fashioned.
- All together looks easy and beautiful, look.
— Really very beautiful. good shopping.

I went to several stores today and bought myself some new clothes.
- Show me.
- This dress. It is long and warm, I will wear it in the fall.
- It suits your figure perfectly.
I will take this skirt and T-shirt on vacation at sea.
- We need a hat.
- There was no hat, but I bought this light stylish scarf.
- A bit old-fashioned.
Everything together looks easy and beautiful, look.
- Really very beautiful. Good shopping.

A small dialogue just before buying:

— I want to buy this sweater, do you think it will suit me?
- You have little clothes with which this jacket will be combined.
— Black trousers, shoes and blouse. It seems to me, it will be beautiful.
— Let's just go to the dressing room and check, here are sold black women's trousers.

— I want to buy this sweater, do you think it will suit me?
— You don't have enough clothes to match this sweater with.
- Black trousers, shoes and a red blouse. I think it will be beautiful.
“Let’s just go to the fitting room and check if they sell black women’s trousers.”

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