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Can I help you?
Customer

The sentences below are part of a conversation between a shop assistant and a customer.
You have the sentences for the customer and your partner has the shop assistant's. Working
with your partner, put the complete conversation in the correct order.

You are not allowed to show your sentences to your partner. Instead, you must read the
sentences aloud. Number the conversation 1 to 19. Your part will be marked 2, 4, 6, etc.

____ Gray, please.

____ Oh, that's nice. How much is it?
____ I don't think so. Have you got anything darker?
____ Yes, please. I'm looking for a T-shirt.
____ That's a pity.
____ Oh, all right. I'll take it.
____ Twenty five dollars! That's a bit expensive.
____ Large.
____ No, that's too dark.

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Can I help you?

Shop Assistant

The sentences below are part of a conversation between a shop assistant and a customer.
You have the sentences for the shop assistant and your partner has the customer. Working
with your partner, put the complete conversation in the correct order.

You are not allowed to show your sentences to your partner. Instead, you must read the
sentences aloud. Number the conversation 1 to 19. Your part will be marked 1, 3, 5, etc.

____ Yes, here's one.

____ But it's very good quality.
____ Oh, wait a minute. We do have this one. It has gray stripes.
____ Thank you.
____ Gray. I see. And your size is...?
____ Twenty five dollars.
____ Good afternoon. Can I help you?
____ I'm afraid these are the only two kinds of gray we have.
____ Large. OK. How about this one?
____ What colour would you like?

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Can I help you?
In this enjoyable pairwork activity, students work together to put a shopping conversation in
order. The conversation is about buying an item of clothing from a shop. In the conversation,
students learn how to state sizes and ask about colour and cost.

Before class, make one copy of the worksheet for each pair of students and cut as indicated.

Procedure

Begin the activity by eliciting questions that a customer buying a T-shirt would ask a shop
assistant and vice-a-versa. Write the students ideas on the board.

Next, divide the class into pairs and distribute the worksheets.

Tell the students that they have a shopping conversation but that it is not in the correct order.

Explain that the students must work together to put the conversation in order by numbering
the sentences 1 to 19.

Emphasize that they are not allowed to show each other their worksheet. If possible, sit the
students back to back.

Then, have the students put the conversation in order.

When the pairs have finished, check the answers as a class.

Then, tell the pairs to make a short continuation of the conversation. This could be about
how and where to pay, for example.

Ask some pairs to read their complete conversation to the class.

Finally, ask the students to memorize the conversation. First the shop assistant reads and
the customer tries to remember what to say and then vice versa.

Answer Key

1. Good afternoon. Can I help you?

2. Yes, please. I'm looking for a T-shirt.
3. What colour would you like?
4. Gray, please.
5. Gray. I see. And your size is...?
6. Large.
7. Large. OK. How about this one?
8. I don't think so. Have you got anything darker?
9. Yes, here's one.
10. No, that's too dark.
11. I'm afraid these are the only two kinds of gray we have.
12. That's a pity.
13. Oh, wait a minute. We do have this one. It has gray stripes.
14. Oh, that's nice. How much is it?
15. Twenty five dollars.
16. Twenty five dollars! That's a bit expensive.
17. But it's very good quality.
18. Oh, all right. I'll take it.
19. Thank you.
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