ALL Shopping Phrases You Need to Know Improve Your English
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hi everybody welcome back to our weekly
live stream my name is Alisha and today
we’re going to talk about shopping in
English shopping in English so today I’m
going to talk about kind of the flow of
shopping in English how to explain what
you’re looking for to staff I’m gonna
talk about in part two talking about the
price of an item and paying for an item
I’ll talk a little bit about bargaining
or haggling and then we’ll finish today
with returns refunds and exchanges so I
hope that you find something new there
will be a lot of review in today’s
lesson though
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started with the first part of today’s
lesson I want to begin with some review
before I start this part of the lesson I
want to mention an important grammar
point for today an important grammar
point we’ll see in this first sentence
or these first two sentences so here
yeah here I have explained explained by
this I mean how to explain what you’re
looking for so what do you want when you
come to a shop how do you explain to
staff what you’re looking for so these
two cents
is here feature a key grammar point for
today I’m looking for up or an with a
singular noun or I’m looking for no
article with a plural noun so a singular
noun and plural noun so this means for
regular nouns with singular nouns so
nouns that take an S in the plural form
and nouns that don’t take an S sometimes
I’ll talk about this later but when
you’re talking about just one of
something you’ll need to use this
article up or and a reminder we use up
before consonant sounds consonant sorry
hard to read content and and before
vowel sounds that all sounds so bowel
sounds is AEIOU sometimes why sounds so
make sure to use this article before
your singular noun you do not need to
use this article before plural now so
it’s nouns that end in s okay so this is
a basic and easy to remember way to
describe what you’re looking for so I’m
looking for markers because I’m looking
for shoes I’m looking for a sweater I’m
looking for a watch I’m looking for an
envelope for something I don’t know what
so these are examples simple examples
with just one down here if you’re
looking for something for another person
like you’re shopping for a gift you can
use something like this I’m looking for
and then choose one of these here I’m
looking for a gift for example for your
person I’m looking for a gift for my
coworker I’m looking for a present for
my father I’m looking for a gift for my
excuse me my family member so these are
very simple ways to express what you
want so you can use this in response to
a question from staff
shops staff at shops will often ask you
something like this
can I help you find anything can I help
you find anything
sorry kind of hard to read my writings
bad can I help you find anything can I
help you find anything is asking like is
there something you’re looking for can I
help you find anything so if you are
searching for something you can use one
of these patterns if you’re not you can
say no I’m okay that’s totally natural
no I’m okay
so please send some example sentences
and I’ll try to check them in the chat
today please keep in mind we use these
when shopping really so I think someone
mentioned I’m looking for a doctor
that’s the sentence is like correct but
we might use that when we’re like at an
information hub I suppose so maybe a
little different situation than today’s
lesson I’m looking for a gift for my
husband nice one Mina I’m looking for a
chinchilla that’s very specific Raphael
okay nice one I’m looking for a great
Slovak go on Facebook thanks for that
I’m looking for a gene for my father I
mentioned there are some kind of special
nouns that we use in the plural form so
genes is one of them so some special
ones to think about right here genes we
use in the plural form we do not say a
gene we say genes like there are two
legs and it’s one piece so we don’t use
an article with that so genes is one
pants is another one we always use this
S at the end jeans pants no article
another one sunglasses sunglasses so
here again this es at the end makes it a
plural we always use this s sound at the
end great I’m looking for a super cool
watch nice I’m looking for a present for
my wife good everybody’s got some
nice sentences I’m looking for a pair of
shoes Diego nice point another kind of
special noun when you’re looking for
shoes you can say I’m looking for shoes
that’s great and the plural here or you
can say I’m looking for a pair of shoes
a pair of means to of something great
okay nice one those look pretty good to
me so I’m gonna continue to the next
part for today the next part for today
if you find something you like so this
is especially for clothes I should point
this out for clothes for clothes you can
use this expression can I try this on
can I try this on you find a shirt or
you find a watch you find a hat or
something you want to ask the staff can
I try this on can I try this on means
try this on my body can I try this on in
most cases it’s not a problem can I try
this on is the expression you need to
know that’s pretty much I would say
maybe one of the only ways we ask this
question can I try this on then let’s
imagine you’re trying on clothes you’re
trying on shoes whatever it is and you
need something different from the item
you chose at first here is one pattern
you can use and a few ways to change the
pattern it is do you have this in a size
do you have this in a number or do you
have this in color so let’s imagine you
try on a shirt you’re trying on a shirt
and you realize the size it’s too small
your shirt is too small
so you use this you you when you talk to
the staff person it means do you at your
store have this item this item means the
item I’m trying on
so usually we point or we like grab the
item somehow do you have this in size in
size so we usually will use an article
with this one
in a medium do you have this in a medium
in a small in a large so choose a size
do you have this in an extra small so
again that article there and extra small
you can ask with this you can ask about
a number too so if you’re searching for
like pants for example a waist size like
do you have this in a 40 do you have
this in a 32 do you have this in a 27 so
you can use a number here as well you
could change the color if you want do
you have this in blue notice with color
there is no article here do you have
this in blue do you have this in green
do you have this in red there’s no
article when we use color when we talk
about size we will use an article do you
have this in 29 so this is kind of an
interesting small point nice can I try
this shirt yes flu Tran on YouTube said
can I try this shirt yeah can I try on
this shirt or can I try this shirt on
both are okay do you have this one in a
small perfect do you have this shirt in
pink nice pink okay um what else do you
have this in medium that’s okay - do you
have this in medium or do you have this
in a medium nice do you have anything
else something like this good someone
wrote that in Facebook that was nice
great nice examples do you have this in
44 okay great I think you guys have got
it yeah check out the chat there are
some really nice examples do you have
this in color and so when I wrote color
here I mean please choose a color here
like choose the color do you have this
in blue do you have this in red do you
have this in black so please use that
okay nice sentences everybody let’s take
a break for now that’s the first part a
little bit of review nice examples let
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perfect free thing for this lesson I
will show you over here okay I’ll show
you over here I’m talking about I’m
focusing today a lot on shopping for
clothes so this is a great little bonus
for your vocabulary for clothing so I
just talked about how there are some
vocabulary words we use s with like
number four here pants but this has some
key clothing vocabulary that you’ll
notice sometimes is in the singular or
in the plural like number five here
shorts for example that’s always in the
plural form so this is a free thing
there’s another page I’ll show you later
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this is great to practice your
vocabulary for clothing for clothing so
be singular and plural things I was
talking about here you can get some more
ideas from this one alright let’s
continue on great let’s get back to the
lesson for today then if you are just
joining us today’s lesson is about
shopping in English shopping in English
I started with explaining what you’re
searching for and trying something on
all right so please don’t forget ya send
along your example sentences in the chat
I will try to check for now let’s
continue on I’ll move over here let’s
continue on to talking about price and
payment price and payment so asking
about the price in in most in most shops
you will probably notice the price is
clearly displayed like there’s a price
tag on something so you probably won’t
need to ask these questions a lot but
just in case just in case this is the
basic way to do it how much is this how
much is that how much is this how much
is that this is the pattern for singular
nouns for singular nouns so there’s one
of something how much is this how much
is that over there
so this thing close to me that thing
over there far away from me if you’re
talking about something there are two or
more of that thing use are these or are
those so this is for your floral now if
you have a plural noun how much are
these things how much are those things
how much are these how much are those so
these are the basic patterns you can use
if you want to ask something a little
more specific like there are maybe two
or three of something and you want to
know if there’s a special sale or a
special deal you can try this how much
for how much for number of these or
those so let’s imagine I don’t know
socks for example you’re shopping for
socks you ask the staff how much for
four of these how much for four of those
like pairs of socks how much for three
of these
so sometimes there’s a special price if
you buy in a group
how much for number nice all right so
this is perhaps a review okay someone
said this or these it depends it depends
so as I said this is used for singular
nouns there is one of that noun how much
is this sweater one sweater how much are
these meaning two three or more sweaters
so it’s one or it’s more than one this
okay another couple of expressions you
can use when you’re asking about price
are these two this is a good keyword for
today is this on sale is this on sale on
sale on sale means special price special
price so on sale special price a special
discounted price is this on sale you can
change this part right here is this one
item is that one item two are these on
sale are those on sale you can apply the
same grammar point here so on sale means
a special price another thing that you
will see is this sort of pattern so for
example these are 50% off I’m sorry I
made a question but you can make a
statement to 50% off off means a
discount the discounted rate so these
are 50% off so half price in other words
you’ll see this 30% off 40% off 70% off
so off means removed from the price 50%
off how much is this video this video is
free for you okay so something someone
asked in the chat I noticed on a
shopping lesson we did was after you
check the price and you
learn the price how do you decide what’s
the expression you use to say okay I
want that thing you can use something
like this okay can I have number of
these for example like okay can I have
two of these or okay can I have one of
those for example so you can agree with
this another expression you can use is
I’d like number please
okay I’d like three please okay I’d like
one please
so this is a quick easy way sorry a
quick and easy way to decide and to
express your decision okay
this please or okay to please two of
these please okay um how much are these
pens nice good please check my sentence
I don’t see your sentence Anya can you
give a discount oh thanks thanks control
desk are these in 50% off no are these
50% off are these 50% off so if you want
to use this as a question are these in
this case of plural 50% off no
preposition there so here there’s no
preposition just use your percentage
there alright good
I don’t see anything else do you have
something similar in a lesser price
jothee on Facebook do you have something
similar at a cheaper price or do you
have something similar for cheaper for
cheaper I’ll include that here do you or
even shorter do you have anything
cheaper I think this would be the most
natural way to express this do you have
anything cheaper do you have anything
cheaper I’ve if I want the seller to
reduce the price how can I tell him I
will explain in just a moment with a
cautionary note
okay um and then I will come back to
that yes I promise it’s over there when
you decide to pay um I have two patterns
that you can use just because I want to
make a couple points here first you can
use this one after you decide okay I’ll
pay with cash you’ll notice I can use
with or I’ll pay in cash we use both
with and in there’s not really a
difference in meaning here okay I’ll pay
with cash or I’ll pay in cash if you are
not using cash can I use a card can I
use a card or can I use my card mm-hmm
this is the natural way to ask this or
I’ll use a card another grammar point
here is this aisle I’ll pay with cash
I’ll pay with a card because you’ve just
decided okay um alright let’s me see
what time it is what do you do okay
so let’s take one more break I’m gonna
move along to bargaining and haggling
next if you missed it before I will
share it again today I’m focusing on
shopping and clothes shopping a bit
I showed this earlier but since many of
you are asking this question on the back
of this PDF right here right here it’s
blurry sorry are some questions we have
talked about do you have this in a
different color I talked about earlier
Wow
and here - do you have this in a bigger
size do you take credit cards these are
some similar questions so we’ve talked a
little bit about these today down here
there are a few verbs you can use with
shopping I’m using these in today’s
lesson so if you’d like to review take a
look here so sorry it’s a bit blurry but
you’ll find that and then some color
words down here at the bottom so these
are just a couple of little things you
can hopefully find some new questions
and some new vocabulary words
relating to shopping from so check that
out and of course as always there’s lots
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alrighty moving along if you’re just
joining don’t worry the lesson is being
recorded so you can check this out on
Facebook or on YouTube anytime we’re
talking about shopping in English I’m
going to finish today’s lesson by
talking about bargaining a little bit
and I’m going to talk about returns
refunds and exchanges so I’m gonna I’m
trying to check your chat but please
keep in mind I can’t check everything
because there’s a lot of comments I’m
watching Facebook and YouTube at the
same time so let’s continue on for now
though before I begin this next part
about bargaining and haggling I want to
say we have these expressions in English
but it is not part of our shopping
culture in North America anyway to
bargain a lot or to haggle a lot perhaps
at a small privately owned store like
you have a relationship with the owner
or it’s like a local shop you may be
able to ask for a discount but we do not
have a strong bargaining or haggling
culture in North America so if you go to
a mall somewhere or if you go shopping
somewhere and you try to ask for a
discount it might not be a good
situation like we just don’t have the
same culture of this as other countries
do so please keep that in mind when
you’re shopping that being said a couple
of vocabulary points here I know there’s
a question I’ve seen a few times about
this what is the difference between a
bargain I’m sorry I should’ve written
bargaining bargaining and haggling so to
haggle is a verb to haggle to haggle it
means to discuss the price to try to get
a lower
price so we have this as a verb to
haggle or haggling to talk about that
action to bargain to bargain is also a
verb to bargain and to tackle as verbs
have the same meaning yes but as a noun
a bargain a bargain a bargain means a
good price a good price so like if I’m
shopping and I find this great phone I’m
like oh wow this phone it’s so cheap
that’s a bargain I would express that
this is a bargain so you might see like
bargains sale on advertisements that
means this stuff is a good price so a
bargain is a good price so that’s a
difference between bargain and haggle as
verbs they share they share the meaning
with that said if you decide you want to
try to ask for a discount you can use
something like this how about plus your
price suggestion so you learn over here
how much is this how much is that it’s
$20 you say hmm how about 15 how about
10
how about 5 you can use this very direct
way to try to get a discount you can use
something like this to get a discount
for a group like how about 5 for $50 or
how about 2 for $20
so in this pattern how about number for
price so number here means the number of
items you watch how about 3 for 30
for example so this is just a quick way
to ask for like a bulk this is something
that we call a bulk price so bulk price
means the total amount for a group of
something bulk price
good so you can try to use that if you
like another one the direct one I think
maybe many of you know is can you give
me a discount can you give me a discount
so quite direct can you give me a
discount your results may vary results
may vary means depending on the
situation you may or may not be
successful may I have a discount is also
okay may I have a discount can I have a
discount and so on Alicia do you bargain
no I do not I do not like I said we
don’t have a culture really of
bargaining or haggling in North America
um yeah so this is how to do it like I
said I don’t I don’t do this and I’m not
sure how common it is but perhaps in
small local shops you can do this okay
thank you let’s move on to our last
points for today the last points for
today are about returns refunds and
exchanges we’ll finish here so what’s
the difference the difference return and
refund when you return an item to the
store it’s like you purchased an item
here’s here’s an iPad so I purchased
this iPad and I found a problem with
this iPad so I want to take it back to
the store so just taking the item back
to the store is a return so I’m
returning this item to the store a
refund
however this word a refund that can be
used as a noun or as a verb a refund
means receiving your money back so you
get money back from something in some
cases you cannot get a refund maybe like
the the problem is your fault or maybe
you don’t have a receipt or or maybe
what you’ll find sometimes is the refund
is in store credit
this is an interesting maybe vocabulary
word store credit so hopefully you can
get your money back you can get your
money refunded but sometimes you receive
store credit instead of your money so
store credit is like getting a gift card
kind of for the store only meaning you
have to spend your money in the store in
the future so store credit so if you
want to make a return you can use this
expression I’ve used this for each of
these last example sentences I’d like to
I’d like to I’d like to I’m sorry not
this one I’d like to return this so the
response to this will usually be do you
have the receipt
do you have the receipt and I use not
here because it’s a receipt specific far
sorry specifically from that item do you
have the receipt that you had when you
purchased this item do you have the
receipt if you say no you probably
cannot return the item honestly so do
you have the receipt the last word for
today and then we’ll finish up is I’d
like to make an exchange an exchange so
let’s imagine that like you buy this
iPad and it’s a gift for someone and
they say oh I didn’t want a black iPad I
wanted a silver iPad I don’t know but
they decide I want a different color and
you go okay well I just want a different
color I want to exchange this for a
different color or a different size so
you like the item but you need to make a
change to the item this is called an
exchange and exchange I’d like to make
an exchange as like a set phrase to make
an exchange and again the question here
will probably be do you have the receipt
or maybe do you have your receipt if you
just want to give the item back you can
say I’d like a refund I’d like a refund
I
my money back I want my money back is
kind of a direct expect expression so
I’d like a refund please is a bit more
polite yeah give me my money back is a
little bit direct so you’ll sound angry
if you say give me my money back but if
you say I’d like a refund please when
you return an item it’s much softer not
so aggressive so I recommend that all
right someone says the iPad can be
returned in 14 days if it has no damage
good to know all right good to know is
that true I don’t know but we’ll finish
up there for today so that’s a quick
introduction to shopping in English if
you have any other questions please do
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and check this so please let me know if
you have other questions I’ll check them
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