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Shopping in English: what this lesson covers
This free interactive A1 lesson in the Mondosol English course teaches shopping in English: asking prices and saying amounts like ยฃ12.50, asking for a size, trying clothes on, paying by card or in cash, your change, things on sale and asking for a receipt. Everything runs in your browser, so you can practise on your phone.
What you will learn
- How much is it? โ asking the price
- It's twelve pounds fifty โ how to say ยฃ12.50
- Do you have this in a medium? โ asking for a size
- Can I try it on? โ asking to try clothes
- Can I pay by card? โ asking how to pay
- change โ the money you get back
- on sale โ sold at a lower price
- Could I have a receipt, please? โ asking for proof of payment
Practice questions
- You pay with notes and coins. You pay โฆ Options: by cash, in cash, on cash.
- How do you say ยฃ12.50? Options: twelve fifty pounds, twelve pound and fifty, twelve pounds fifty.
- The shop assistant gives you money back. This is your โฆ Options: change, receipt, sale.
- Where do you try on clothes? Options: at the till, in the car park, in the fitting room.
How the lesson works
Each card shows one phrase with a picture cue and a short explanation; tap it to hear the English. Then you learn by doing: listen and tap the right picture, match pictures with phrases, say it out loud, answer a short quiz where a wrong answer costs a heart, build a sentence and listen and type. At the end you earn Mondi, keep your daily streak alive and can practise your mistakes or restart the lesson.
Why shopping in English matters
Shops are where you use English with numbers in real time. Hearing a price, choosing a size and paying without hesitation makes travel and daily life much easier.
Keep going
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