Let’s talk about go shopping!🔄

🏪 WHERE CAN I BUY IT?

Different shops sell different things.

🏪 Shop	🇬🇧 English	🛍️ What can you buy?
panadería	bakery	bread, cakes
carnicería	butcher’s	meat, chicken
pescadería	fish shop	fish
supermercado	supermarket	food and drinks
frutería	greengrocer’s	fruit and vegetables
tienda de ropa	clothes shop	clothes
zapatería	shoe shop	shoes
librería	bookshop	books
farmacia	pharmacy	medicines and health products
tienda de juguetes	toy shop	toys
tienda de deportes	sports shop	sports clothes and equipment

⭐ Think about it!

Where can you buy…?

• 🍞 bread → a bakery
• 👟 trainers → a shoe shop
• 📚 books → a bookshop
• 🍎 apples → a greengrocer’s
• 🧸 toys → a toy shop

🛒 I’M GOING SHOPPING!

We can use go shopping when we talk about going to shops to buy things.

I’m going shopping with my mum.

We go shopping on Saturday.

I need to buy some new trainers.

Let’s go to the clothes shop!

💡 Useful shopping words

🇬🇧 English	🇪🇸 Español
shop	tienda
customer	cliente
shop assistant	dependiente/a
buy	comprar
sell	vender
price	precio
money	dinero
bag	bolsa
size	talla
cheap	barato/a
expensive	caro/a

👕 WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

When you are shopping, you can ask for something you want.

🗣️ Useful expressions

• I’m looking for a T-shirt.
• I’m looking for some trainers.
• Where can I find the shoes?
• Can I have a blue T-shirt, please?
• Do you have this in a different colour?
• Do you have a bigger size?

👟 In a shoe shop

Customer: Excuse me. I’m looking for some black trainers.
Shop assistant: What size do you need?
Customer: Size 38, please.
Shop assistant: Here you are.
Customer: Thank you!

⭐ Remember!

I’m looking for… = «Estoy buscando…»

It is a very useful expression when you go shopping.

💷 HOW MUCH IS IT?

We can ask about the price of one thing:

How much is it?

How much is this T-shirt?
It’s £15.

We will practise prices and How much? / How many? in more detail in Lesson 05.

For now, just remember:

🛍️ How much is it?

💷 It’s £20.

🏬 A DAY AT THE SHOPS

Read about Jack and his shopping trip.

Hi! I’m Jack. Today I’m going shopping with my sister. We need some new clothes for our holiday.

First, we go to a clothes shop. I’m looking for a blue T-shirt and some shorts. My sister wants a new dress.

Then, we go to a shoe shop. I find some comfortable trainers, but they are too expensive. My sister finds some nice white shoes.

Before we go home, we visit a bookshop. I buy a new adventure book. I love reading!

We have a great day at the shops.

🔎 Let’s check!

1. Who goes shopping with Jack?
2. Why do they need new clothes?
3. What is Jack looking for?
4. What does his sister want?
5. Where do they go after the clothes shop?
6. Why doesn’t Jack buy the trainers?
7. What does Jack buy at the bookshop?
8. Does Jack enjoy reading?

🛍️ MY SHOPPING LIST

Imagine you are going shopping.

Choose three or four things you want to buy.

For example:

🛒 My shopping list

• a blue T-shirt
• some black trainers
• a new book
• an apple

Now complete the sentences:

• I’m going to the __________.
• I’m looking for __________.
• I want to buy __________.
• I also want __________.

🏆 A2 CHALLENGE

Imagine you are in a shopping centre.

Write 6–8 sentences about your shopping trip.

Try to include:

• at least two shops.
• at least four things you want to buy.
• I’m looking for…
• I want to buy…
• one question you could ask a shop assistant.

🎮 GAMES — SHOPS & SHOPPING

Practise the vocabulary from this lesson!
Try these games and practise rooms in my home

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📝 Resumen

En esta lección de inglés A2 aprenderás vocabulario relacionado con shops and shopping y descubrirás dónde comprar diferentes productos. Practicarás palabras como shop, customer, shop assistant, buy, price y size, además de expresiones muy útiles como I’m looking for…, Where can I find…?, I want to buy… y How much is it?. Finalmente, crearás tu propia lista de la compra y describirás una experiencia de compras en inglés.