Shopping for Electronics

Learn English for shopping with this A1 ESL lesson. Practice vocabulary, listening, and speaking for buying electronics, asking for help, and talking to a cashier.

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Going Shopping – Electronics

A1 · Elementary Shopping / Vocabulary

Going Shopping – Electronics

Learn how to ask for help in a store, use simple shopping phrases, and speak to a cashier when buying electronics.

✓Ask for help in a store using simple English phrases

✓Use basic vocabulary to buy electronics and talk about prices

✓Speak to a cashier using questions and answers

Warm-up questions

1Do you like shopping? Why or why not?

2What electronics do you have at home?

3Where do you buy phones or headphones?

4Do you ask for help in a store?

Word	IPA	Pronunciation
headphones	/ˈhɛdfoʊnz/	HED-fonz
charger	/ˈtʃɑːrdʒər/	CHAR-jer
price	/praɪs/	pryce
cashier	/kæˈʃɪər/	ka-SHEER
receipt	/rɪˈsiːt/	rih-SEET
help	/hɛlp/	help
buy	/baɪ/	bye

Match the picture to the word

📋 How to do this activity: First, click on a picture. It will be highlighted in blue. Then click the correct word from the word bank below. If you are right, the picture turns green. If you are wrong, try again!

🎉 Perfect! All words matched correctly.

🎵 Dialogue Audio

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Customer:Hi, can you help me?

Clerk:Yes, of course. What do you need?

Customer: I want to buy headphones.

Clerk:I recommend buying these headphones.

Customer:How much are they?

Clerk:They're $20.

Customer:Okay. I'll take them.

Clerk:Great. Please go to the cashier.

Customer:Hi.

Cashier:Hello. Just the headphones?

Customer:Yes.

Cashier:That's $20

Customer:Here you go.

Cashier:Thank you. Here is your receipt.

Customer:Thanks!

Listening for gist — True or False?

📋 How to do this activity: Listen to the dialogue and read the sentence. Is it True or False? Click your answer, then press Submit.

The customer buys a phone.

Comprehension questions

📋 How to do this activity: Read each question and think about the answer. When you are ready, click Show answer to check.

Question 1

What does the customer want?

The customer wants headphones.

Question 2

How much are the headphones?

The headphones are $20.

Question 3

Who helps the customer first?

The store clerk helps the customer first.

Question 4

Where does the customer go to pay?

The customer goes to the cashier to pay.

Question 5

What does the cashier give the customer?

The cashier gives the customer a receipt.

Grammar focus: "Can" for requests

We use can to ask for help or make requests. The structure is:
Can + subject + verb?

Can you help me?

Can I see this?

Can I pay here?

Activity 1 — Fill in the blanks with "Can" or "can"

📋 How to do this activity: Type Can or can in each blank to complete the sentence. When you have finished all 10, press Submit to check your answers.

you help me?
I see this phone?
I buy this?
you show me headphones?
I pay here?
you give me a receipt?
I try this?
you help me, please?
I use cash?
you tell me the price?

Activity 2 — Unscramble the sentences

📋 How to do this activity: Click the words in the correct order to build the sentence. The words will appear in the answer line above. If you make a mistake, click a word in the answer line to return it, or press Clear to start again. When all sentences are ready, press Submit.

help you can me

buy i this can

see i it can

show me can you this

here pay can i

Activity 3 — Error correction

📋 How to do this activity: Each sentence in italics has one grammar mistake. Find the mistake and type the correct sentence in the box. Press Submit when you have finished all sentences.

Can you helps me?

Can I to buy this?

Can you show I this?

Can I pays here?

Can you giving me a receipt?

Unscramble — continued

📋 How to do this activity: Click the words in the correct order to build each sentence. Press Clear to reset a sentence, or click a word in the answer line to return it. Press Submit when you are done.

tell you me the price can

i try can this

receipt i have a can

help please me you can

cash use i can

Error correction — continued

📋 How to do this activity: Each sentence in italics has one grammar mistake. Type the correct sentence in the box below it. Press Submit when you have finished all sentences.

Can I sees this?

Can you tells me the price?

Can I using cash?

Can help me you?

Can I have receipt?