Most Useful Shopping Words and Phrases Learn English Vocabulary

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really good similar to delicious and

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most native speakers are at least I

don’t actually say this is delicious

I in most casual situations I just say

this is good or this is really good

something like that is a little bit more

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really good in the same way that you

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decadent in our last broadcast and so

this is my example I said this flourless

chocolate cake is the most decadent

thing I know how to make so I used the

word decadent so remember decadent means

like indulgent super like like almost

kind of selfish like it’s just too much

too much good stuff is something that’s

decadent so this is a decadent flourless

chocolate cake I made so this was one of

the things I

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today’s topic today’s topic is shopping

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video but today we’re going to talk

about shopping so there are three main

topics I want to talk about today so

first is how to explain what you want

how when you’re shopping how do you

explain something you want to buy or

something you’re looking for

that’s one number two we’re going to

talk about how to return something if

there’s a product you want to take back

to the store how do you do that

and third is how do you say that you

want to try something on or ask for a

different size for example so those are

the three things I want to talk about

today and maybe if there’s time at the

end of today’s livestream I want to

mention a few questions that you might

hear staff ask when you’re shopping and

then practice a response to that so let

us begin okay all right yes I’m going to

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all right so let’s go to the first thing

that I have pre-prepared because I’m a

very prepare II prepare a human let’s

look at our first set of statements here

so how to explain what you want let’s go

through these one by one when you’re

shopping and you want to ask a staff

person in a shop somewhere for an item

how do you do that how do you explain

what you’re looking for so if I can hold

on to the board the first phrase I want

to talk about is this expression I’m

looking for X where X is the item you

would like to buy I’m looking for X so

use this pattern I’m looking for blah

blah blah when you want

oh sorry when you know the name of the

item you want so if you know the thing

you’re looking for like a brand or a

specifically what product like a model

number or the name of a product if you

know that use this pattern I’m looking

for the iPhone X or I’m looking for

Adidas shoes so use this pattern to

explain something you know the name of

or you know the model number so that’s

the first one I want to talk about

second this expression I’m looking for

something that thought that I’m looking

for something that that thought you can

use this expression when you want to

describe the features or the

capabilities of an item so something

that a product can do or some feature

that the product has when you want to

explain the features of a product use a

sentence like this so for example I’m

looking for something that I can wear

when jogging or I’m looking for

something that has a long battery life

for example so with this sentence you

can explain maybe some of the details of

the product or the item you would like

to buy so I’m looking for something

extra information some feature this

sentence is similar I want something

that has that has so here you can see I

want is used here and I’m looking for is

used here so slightly different

sentences but essentially they’re both

explaining the same thing so again here

I want something that has is describing

like the capabilities of an item

something that the item can do so for

example if your computer shopping like I

want something that has a fast processor

for example or I want something that has

a lot of memory for example so these are

kind of introductory statements you can

make too

like a person who works in a retail

store to to ask for something then

finally there’s this question do you

have la blah blah so when you’re at a

store you can ask a staff person maybe

it’s a good idea to find someone in that

department you can ask someone

do you have followed by the product do

you have the iPhone X again or do you

have a I don’t know a new something that

you’re looking for do so we’ve used do

you have it doesn’t mean specifically

that that individual that person but

this you refers to the the store the

shop in general so do you meaning you as

a store do you have this product

available do you have this product

available so do you have for example any

knit hats or do you have any I don’t

know iPhone 6s for example maybe you’re

looking for an older product so you can

use this questions so with this with

these a few example patterns I’ve just

talked about I want to try to apply

these phrases them so let’s try our

first question I’m in the way let’s try

our first question for today so please

think of something that you want to buy

something you would like to buy by the

end of the year so like the holidays are

coming for many of you I know so what do

you want to buy before the end of the

year and what are its features so we’ve

talked about here so I’m looking for is

the product name I’m looking for

something and I want something that has

blah blah blah so for example I could

say like I’m looking for a new cutting

board I want a maple one or I want sport

headphones that have so remember this

has will change to have I want sport

headphones if I’m using the plural that

have that have good bass range okay or

I’m looking for a new apartment I want

something that has a lot of

like for example okay so your answers

are coming in you guys are quick um on

YouTube Oh YouTube said Ronaldo says I’m

looking for jogging shoes good um Lucas

says I’m looking for a beard cream okay

there you go

and then think about what are some

features of that so how do you explain

in more detail the thing you’re looking

for the thing you’re looking for gear me

on youtube I’m looking for a new car

good um see I see Acula I’m very sorry

I’m looking for jeans good on YouTube um

again Ronaldo I’m looking for jogging

shoes good um garrison hey garrison on

Facebook welcome back I’m looking for a

new keyboard good I’m looking for a new

keyboard

um yeah lots of people say I’m looking

for new shoes we’ve had a few people say

I’m looking for new shoes actually I

should buy new shoes too so what are you

looking for I’m looking for what what

product and what are its features I’m

looking for something that has or I want

something that has blah blah blah

alright I’m looking for what Elizabeth

oh oh I missed your comment what did you

say I’m looking for a comfortable

sleeper is nice okay um

masa oh gosh that went fast must say

yeah I’m looking for a board game for up

board game or some board games if you

use some please use that plural form or

the uncountable form I’m looking for a

whole cake okay you can use that good

I’m looking for lotion which has good

SPF nice okay I’m looking for a new

friend to practice my English nice one

Lucy on YouTube I’m looking for an

English chat on Facebook good Kim I’m

looking for dresses for a 10 year old

girl nice one rindra I’m looking for a

new camera bags as Alex good I’m looking

for a few purses and sandals so if you

want to use the plural form make sure

that both of your noun phrases are

plural don’t use the singular for both

of them nice one okay nice nice nice so

please keep this in mind so we’re going

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today’s second topic I guess today’s

second topic is going to be how to make

returns how to return an item that you

do not want anymore that there’s some

problem with so let’s look at that so

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for today making return so when I say to

make a return I mean you you you

purchased a product and then you don’t

want the product or there’s some problem

with the product and you would like to

get your money back that’s called making

a return to make a return is to bring an

item back to the store to get your money

returned to you so we say to make a

return to make a return so let’s look at

a few points about this situation so

when you go to the store how do you

begin talking to oh I already have here

how do you begin talking to these staff

at the store you use this expression up

here I’d like to return this so if you

want to get your money back for a

product say I’d like to return this so

this is your product so if I want to

return this whiteboard I would say I’d

like to return this this item or I’d

like to return something if you don’t

have the item ready I’d like to return

this I’d like to return this so give the

staff person the thing you want to

return we use the verb return usually

staff will respond with do you have your

receipt do you have your receipt and in

most cases you have to you must have a

receipt in order to make a return but

when you make the return you will likely

you will probably

we have to give a reason why are you

making the return so some reasons you

can try to return an item are for

example it broke it broke so maybe like

you bought new headphones but they

stopped working after one week and you

want to return them

maybe so some some problem that is not

your fault you did not cause it it broke

for example or for clothes maybe you

bought clothes for someone else or a

product that you needed a special size

for it didn’t fit it didn’t fit so it

being the product it didn’t fit you can

use that or if there was some other

problem you have to be specific you can

explain it but I found a problem I found

a problem like a part was missing or

this was the wrong piece or there was a

rip in this fabric I noticed so but

please be specific when you’re trying to

return something but this is the phrase

you use if you want to get your money

back for a product so please keep that

in mind ok so that’s the second point I

want to talk about today time’s going

quick so I want to go to the third topic

for today which I said would be trying

things on how to try things on so this

we can use these expressions for shoes

for accessories for clothing whatever

generically if you find an item in a

store and you would like to try it if

you want to put it on your body and try

it use the expression can I try this on

can I try this on yeah it’s gonna come

up here so can I try this on I have it

twice and good so can I try this on this

is generally the the most

straightforward expression we use this

can I try this on for a singular a

singular noun so can I try this shirt on

can I try this dress on can I try this

hat on if you want to talk about for

example shoes can I try these on can I

try these sunglasses on please be

careful singular or plural form

depending on what

use you will need to change this to

these or if it’s across the shop those

or that for example but this is the

general phrase to try something on oh

there’s new text coming up can I try

these on yes thank you Kyle alright so

if you’re using a plural noun can I try

these on like these pants these shoes

whatever okay so that’s one then when

you need to ask for a different size of

something so I want to mention there’s a

very kind of weird thing we do I suppose

it’s kind of weird if you try something

on and you realize oh this is the wrong

size there is an expression you can use

to ask the staff for help which is this

one which I am writing right now okay so

the question is do you have this in uh

plus the size you need so do you have

this in a small do you have this in a

medium do you have this in a large use

this up you can drop this I think native

speakers will drop this do you have this

in small do you have this in medium do

you have this enlarged that’s fine or

you can use the article because this

means in a small size in a medium size

is really what this means so do you have

this in a size you can also use this to

ask for a different color so you could

say do you have this in blue do you have

this in green do you have this in red

you can use color or size in this

pattern do you have this in a small or

do you have this blue in a small size

you could combine the two there okay and

maybe finally um if you want to find

like a that specific product again if

you need to find like a different size

or there’s something else that you that

that you’re looking for like where can I

find like a small size in this or like

this is if for example they are out of

stock of the product you’re looking for

I’ve had this happen like I want I want

something but they don’t have it at that

store I can say where can I

find the sweater or where can I find a

different size of this product you can

ask you can use a sentence like this to

ask for that but in general when you’re

trying something on can I try this on

and do you have this in up-up habla size

or color okay so that’s the second and

third things I wanted to talk about yeah

you guys have some nice ones nice

sentences on Facebook movement do you

have this in a small blue size oh this

is a great chance to practice our

adjective order remember some of you

joined the adjective order livestream

that we did a few weeks ago remember the

order of adjectives so there’s a

specific order we talked about we’ll use

like small X size adjectives will come

before color do you have this in a small

blue size for example do you have this

in a large red do you have this in black

so think about that think about your

adjective order okay time’s going quick

so I will take the mouse if it’s oh okay

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mouse here all right thank you so I

guess I will go on to our last topic for

today then which is common questions

that staff staff in shops will ask you

so some of my students have said

recently like how do you respond quickly

to the small questions people ask you

like in everyday life this is one

example of a situation where it might be

difficult to know how to respond quickly

so let me introduce oh yes this is

already this is already prepared I think

so one of the most common questions

you’ll hear from staff in shops is can I

help you find anything can I help you

find anything this one can I help you

find anything they’ll just they’ll just

walk up to you in a shop and say can I

help you find anything and so this is a

yes-or-no question can I help you find

anything like means do you need anything

or what are you looking for in other

words can I help you find anything so

think back to the beginning of today’s

lesson where you explain something you

wanted to buy

you can say can I when someone says can

I help you find anything you can respond

with yes I’m looking for bla bla bla

which we practiced at the beginning of

this livestream or no I’m fine I’m not

looking for anything so this is a

yes-or-no question yes or no question so

we’re running out of time so let’s look

at an example so please think back to

the first question that we talked about

at the beginning of the livestream today

what do you want to buy and think about

how would you respond to this question

if retail staff asked you can I help you

find anything how would you describe the

object you want how would you describe

the object you want so you can say yes

do you have sport headphones or yes

I’m looking for kitchen supplies for

example so staff says can I help you

find anything how would you respond to

that how would you respond to that

egor on youtube yes it means it’s like

what are you looking for but it’s a

yes-or-no question so can I help you is

a yes-or-no question can I help you so

you can respond yes or no it’s the

saying what are you looking for is a

little bit too direct from the staff

side what are you looking for this is

much more soft can I help you find

anything it sounds a little bit better

all right on YouTube nice yes I’m

looking for something new but what but

what something is a very vague answer

yes I’m looking for blah blah blah what

are you looking for mm-hmm so what else

what else what am I looking oh can I try

yeah can I try this on that’s fine can I

try this on or can I try this one that’s

fine but remember if staff says can I

help you find anything yeah you can say

yes or no so yes Roberto nice one on

YouTube says yes I’m looking for a black

jacket good good good good so be

specific what are you looking for what

are you looking for on Facebook yeah yes

Andre is good yes do you have black

shoes perfect very nice very nice Thiago

on YouTube says yes please I’m looking

for moto G

five s+ is that phone I don’t know okay

nice um what else what else I’m Nelson

on YouTube says yes I’m looking for

these pants in black yes I’m looking for

these pants in black so yes I’m looking

for can I help you find anything we can

follow up with yes I’m looking for bla

bla bla

yes I’m looking for Christian on

Facebook yes I’m looking for the best

computer you have very nice very nice

Vinicius says I’m looking for a new job

yeah I’m looking for a new job that

sentence is correct but you don’t go

shopping at a store for a new job

so please be careful lo ah me on YouTube

yes I’m looking for a new iPhone good

nice one okay um

Jose yes do you have burritos do you

have burritos I’m so hungry you can use

that if you are at a restaurant if

you’re at a restaurant but at a

restaurant people won’t say can I help

you find anything the question at a

restaurant will be can I get you

anything

can I get you anything okay Elizabeth

Escobar on Facebook yes I’m looking for

sweaters that are on offer this week on

offer good very nice okay time is

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different topic next week’s topic is

going to be verbs for cooking so two

weeks ago our topic was food and eating

and adjectives for that and you guys

seem to really like that so I want to

talk more and

happy to talk more about cooking and

eating so next week’s topic is going to

be cooking herbs cooking verbs so please

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