Learn school places, subjects, objects, and common word pairs (collocations) in English! A simple, beginner…
Now that you know how to ask about prices and describe things, let’s learn the names of different shops and the words you hear inside them.
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Types of Shops
Here are common types of shops:
Types of Shops
supermarketbakeryclothes shopbookshopmarketshoe shop
Example
I bought bread at the bakery.
My mother works at a clothes shop.
I bought bread at the bakery.
My mother works at a clothes shop.
هذه أنواع شائعة من المحلات: supermarket (سوبر ماركت)، bakery (مخبزة)، clothes shop (محل ملابس)، bookshop (مكتبة لبيع الكتب)، market (سوق)، shoe shop (محل أحذية).
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Departments Inside a Big Shop
Big shops are divided into sections called “departments.” Here are common ones:
Departments
menswearwomenswearkids’ sectionelectronicsfood sectioncheckout
💡 Easy Tip
“Menswear” means men’s clothes, and “womenswear” means women’s clothes — notice how “wear” is added to the end!
“Menswear” means men’s clothes, and “womenswear” means women’s clothes — notice how “wear” is added to the end!
المحلات الكبيرة مقسمة إلى أقسام تسمى “departments”. هذه أقسام شائعة: menswear (ملابس رجالية)، womenswear (ملابس نسائية)، electronics (إلكترونيات)، checkout (الصندوق).
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Shopping Actions
Here are useful phrases for things you do while shopping:
Shopping Actions
try on clothespay at the checkoutlook for a sizechoose a color
Example
Can I try on this shirt?
Where is the checkout?
Can I try on this shirt?
Where is the checkout?
هذه عبارات مفيدة لأشياء نقوم بها أثناء التسوق: try on clothes (تجربة الملابس)، pay at the checkout (الدفع عند الصندوق)، look for a size (البحث عن مقاس)، choose a color (اختيار لون).
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Putting It All Together
Now let’s use these new words in full sentences:
Example
I bought bread at the bakery.
Where is the checkout?
Can I try on this shirt?
I bought bread at the bakery.
Where is the checkout?
Can I try on this shirt?
Notice how these sentences use words from all three sections above!
هذه الجمل تستخدم كلمات من الأقسام الثلاثة أعلاه معا، مثل: “Can I try on this shirt?” (هل يمكنني تجربة هذا القميص؟).
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We buy bread at the ___.
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Men’s clothes are in the ___ department.
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We pay for things at the ___.
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“Can I ___ this shirt?” (to see if it fits)
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