Everyday Expressions: Shopping and Eating Out
Explore shopping and eating out with eight useful expressions, including try on, look for, ask for. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight A2 discussion questions.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Eight expressions with meanings and example sentences
- Eight matching discussion questions
- One printable page
- Open-ended speaking practice
Use eight expressions for shops, cafes and restaurant meals. Learners distinguish trying clothes on, returning a purchase and a shop selling out of stock.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Print the A2 page. Its eight prompts are open-ended; invented shopping experiences are acceptable and no answer key is required.
- Read the examples and compare look for with ask for. Check try this jacket on and pay for the drinks as complete patterns.
- Discuss purchases, payment and eating out in pairs. Give extra preparation for the question about having taken something back.
- Act out a short cafe exchange ending with Could we have the bill, please? Then discuss different ways friends might share the cost.
Support and extension
Support with item pictures and dialogue starters. Extend with a return-to-shop conversation, keeping the aim on language rather than real consumer-law advice.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
