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Shopping expressions

These are expressions used when you go shopping:

Can / may I help you?

Can I try it / them on?

What size do you wear? What size are you?

What color would you like?

Extra small, small, medium, large, extra large

ow does it !it?

Where is the changing room?

ow would you like to pay?

Can I pay "y credit card / in cash?

Shopping for a T-shirt

#: Can I help you?

$: %es, I&m looking !or a T'shirt(

#: What size are you?

$: I&m a medium(

#: What color would you like?

$: # "lue one(#: ere you are(

$: Thank you( Can I try it on?

#: Certainly, the changing room is o)er

there(

$: Thank you(

#: ow does it !it?

$: It&s !antastic( I like it(

#: %es it looks nice on you(

$: Thank you( I&ll "uy it(

#: *+, how would you like to pay?

$: o you take credit cards?$: %es, we do(

#: *+, here&s my credit card(

$: Thank you( a)e a nice day-

#: Thank you, good"ye(

English in the airport

#re you planning to take a !light anytime soon?ere are some o! the .uestions you&ll pro"a"ly

hear in the airport and some example answers:

Check-in

ow many pieces o! luggage do you ha)e?

*nly one(

id you pack your luggage yoursel!?

%es, I did(

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as anyone gi)en you anything to take on the !light?

o, they ha)en&t(

o you ha)e any hand'luggage?

%es, I ha)e one "ag(

Immigration / Customs

0ay I see your passport please?

%es, here it is(

Where did you !ly !rom?

I !lew !rom elhi(

What is the purpose o! your )isit1 "usiness

or pleasure?

I&m here on "usiness(

ow long are you planning to stay?

I&ll "e staying !or two weeks(

Where will you "e staying?

I&ll "e staying at a hotel(

a)e you e)er "een to #merica "e!ore?

o, this is my !irst time(

o you ha)e anything to declare?

o, I don&t(

Key Words

Luggage(non-countable noun): "ags and cases( #lso known as "aggage(

Immigration(noun): the process o! checking your passport and )isa to make sure that you

can "e allowed to enter the country1 the place where this checking is done(

Customs(noun): the place in an airport where your "ags are checked to !ind out i! any goods

are "eing carried illegally(

eclare(verb): to o!!icially tell someone the )alue o! goods you ha)e "ought "ecause you

might ha)e to pay tax on them(

!ther Important Words

ere some other words which you may !ind help!ul:

"rri#al(noun): arri)e(

"isle seat(noun): the seat closest to the area that runs down the centre o! the plane in'

"etween the seats(

eparture(noun): lea)e(

uty-free shop(noun): a shop in an airport where you do not ha)e to pay tax(

Land(verb): #rri)e ' the plane stops !lying and touches the ground on the runway(

$un%ay&(noun)the type o! road planes use to take o!!(

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Stop o#er (phrasal verb): to stay at a place !or one night or a !ew nights on the way to

somewhere else(

Take-off (noun / phrasal verb): to lea)e the ground and start to !ly(

'o% many pieces of ((( do you

ha#e)

passports

people

"ags

luggage

*usiness or ((()

pressure

pleasant

pleasure

pleased

o you ha#e anything to ((( )

deal

deca!

dea!

declare

We don+t ha#e %indo% seats left,

We only ha#e ((( seats,

all

ale

aisle

air

The flight is aout to take (((,

up

o!!

on

down

The plane %as unale to (((

ecause of the ad %eather,

arri)al

departure

land

runway