Top 15 Must-Know Phrases to Go Shopping in English

hi everyone my name is Bridget and

welcome to today's lesson the topic for this lesson is top 15 must know phrases

to go shopping how much is it how much is it when you ask how much something is

you are asking for the price so if you are in America and you say how much is

it someone will say it is $10 it is a thousand dollars it is a million dollars

so you are going to use this phrase a lot when you go shopping especially at

flea markets when the prices aren't always listed on the object or item

themselves do you have this in another color do you have this in another color

a lot of times when you go clothing shopping for example you will try

something on and you'll like how you look but you kind of want the shirt to

be not green but maybe red red would look better so you ask the person who's

working there excuse me do you have this in another color do you have this in

another color it's a way of asking literally if the item of the clothing

that you are trying on or anything that you want to buy you're asking if there

are other variations of it if there are other colors of that item do you have

this in a medium do you have this in a medium instead of medium you can put in

whatever your size is so when you're shopping you might find a dress that you

really like you might find a jacket or a coat you really like and you're not

really seeing your size you're looking through all of them and your size isn't

here so you ask someone who's working excuse me do you have this in a

medium excuse me do you have this in an extra-small

I use this all the time when I'm shopping so I'm sure you will too it's a

way of asking if they have your size I want two of these I want two of these if

you tell someone I want two of these it's literally saying I want two of

whatever it is you want to buy that's all I can say about that may I see it

may I see it if you ask may I see it it's usually asking to see something

that is behind glass so for example if you are looking to buy jewelry you go to

a jewelry store and you see a beautiful ring and it's behind glass so you ask

the person working there may I see this ring may I see it and the person will

pull it out and give it to you for you to try on in front of them so they know

you're not going to steal it can I try it on can I try it on if you're ever

shopping if you're looking for a new sweater or a new pair of jeans you're

going to want to try it on to make sure that it fits you that it looks good that

it's your size so if you find an article of clothing you would go up to someone

who works there and you would ask can I try this on excuse me can I try this on

this is a very very common thing that you hear in clothing stores people

always want to try on the clothing that they want to buy just to make sure that

it fits and it makes them look good I like that one I like that one I like

that one if you say I like that one it means you're expressing which of your

options you prefer it's probably going to be the one thing you buy I don't like

this color I don't like this color if you're buying a new set of plates and

you're shopping and you you like the style of these plates but you don't like

color you would say I don't like this color do you have this in a different

color I just taught you that do you remember I don't like this color it

means that you like the style maybe but you don't like the color that it's

painted or dyed or whatever I love this color I love this color maybe you have a

color of shirt that you look so good in so anytime you see it you go oh I love

this color if you ever say I love this color it's

probably something that either looks really good on you or just looks really

good to you it's a color that you just love to look at

do you take returns do you take returns when you ask someone who works in a

store do you take returns it means that you

bought something from the store you brought it home and you decided you

don't really like it maybe when you were at the store you didn't have time to try

it on so when you got home you put it on in front of the mirror and you realize

this does not look good on me or maybe it doesn't fit so when you come back

you'd say do you take returns I want to return this pair of these jeans that I

bought I want to return this hat do you take returns every store you go to will

have a different return policy so it's always smart to ask what sort of return

policy that store has just in case you end up not liking the item that you buy

do you take credit cards do you accept credit cards can I pay with a credit

card these are all ways to ask if you can use your credit card to pay for

whatever purchase you are making sometimes stores or restaurants only

accept cash and it's always smart to know ahead of time before you do all

your shopping and realize you don't have any cash and you

only have a credit card so you can say do you take credit card do you accept

credit cards can I pay with my credit card can I get a receipt please

can I get a receipt please can I get my receipt please so I know you didn't scam

me a receipt is a proof of purchase it's it's something that you use to keep

track of the money you've spent to keep track of everything you've bought little

slip of paper that shows the item and how much you paid this is something that

helps both you and the company the company will have a record of having

sold this thing to you and you will have this as a record of how much you paid

and if you save the receipt you can use that to do returns can I use this coupon

can I use this coupon a coupon is a discount that a company offers to use at

their store a coupon is something that you have to show to the cashier when you

make your purchase so if you find a nice coat that you love you would go and pay

for it and present your coupon if you have a coupon it means that you are

getting a discount that you will have to pay less money for the item coupons are

great to have and companies that give out coupons are awesome it helps you

save money could you gift wrap it please could you gift wrap it please to gift

wrap something means to put wrapping paper and make it look like a present so

around the holidays when people are buying presents for one another a lot of

times you will hear people saying could you gift wrap it please which is telling

the other person look this is going to be a gift can you make it look nice can

you make it look like a present and sometimes I don't mean gift wrapping

paper or putting a nice bow on top to gift wrap something means to present it

to look like a gift Arthur any sales going on are there any sales

going on this is a very hopeful question to ask in a store you're asking if there

are any sales at this time a sale is a period of time with discounted price it

means you are going to pay less which means saving money there are seasonal

sales there are sales for particular holidays or just random sales to get rid

of old stock so you never know you should always ask are there any sales

going on because it might save you money and that brings us to the end of today's

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