A dialogue between a shopkeeper and a customer buying shoes

Choose the words or phrases to complete the text.

brown cash tight again else colour size moment laces

pair receipt much foot shiny black shoes better please ten

Shopkeeper: Can I help you?

Customer: Yes please. I want some (1) ____________________.

Shopkeeper: With (2) ____________ or slip-on?

Customer: With laces (3) ______________.

Shopkeeper: What (4) ___________?

Customer: Ten I think but would you measure my (5) __________?

Shopkeeper: Certainly! Yes it is (6) __________. Now... how about these?

Customer:  Well, they feel a bit (7) ___________ here. Can I try a different (8)

_________ of shoes?
Shopkeeper: Of course. Try these.

Customer:  They're a better fit, but I don't like the (9) _____________. They

are too (10) ____________. Have you got them in some other colour?
Shopkeeper: Yes we do. We have white, (11) _____________ , grey and red.

Customer:  Could I try on the white pair, please?

Shopkeeper: One (12) ________________. I’ll grab the white ones for you……… There we go.
Customer:  Thank you…… I like white (13) ____________ and they fit nicely. I’ll

take them!

Shopkeeper: Certainly. Anything (14) __________?

Customer:  No, that’s all. How (15) __________ are they?

Shopkeeper: It comes to $49.99. Would you like to pay by (16) _________ or card?
Customer:  Card, please.
Shopkeeper: No problem…… Here’s your (17) ________________. Thank you and please
come (18) ______________.
Customer:  You too. Bye.

Shopkeeper: Bye.

I)Look at the dialogue.

1. What does the customer want to buy?

2. What type of shoes does she want to buy?

3. Why does the customer ask the shopkeeper to measure her foot?

4. What foot size is the customer?

5. How do the black shoes feel for the customer?

6. Does she like the next pair of shoes after the black pair? Why? Why not?

7. Which colour does the customer ask for to try on?

8. How much are the white pair of shoes?

9. Write the amount in words.

10. How does the customer pay for the shoes?

II) Write YES or NO.

a. The customer wants some slip-on black shoes. ________

b. The customer has is a size eight. ________

 c. The shopkeeper measures her own foot. ________

d. The black pair of shoes feel tight. ________

e. The customer doesn’t like the colour of the second pair of shoes. ________

f. The shoes come in white, brown, grey and blue. ________

g. She buys the white pair of shoes. ________

h. The shoes cost $59.99. ________

i. The customer pays by card. ________

III) Mixed-up Sentences

Put the mixed-up sentences into a correct sentence.

1. some . I shoes want black

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2. try shoes of a ? can different I pair

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3. are they . shiny too

4. ones white I’ll the . grab for

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5. better fit I they nicely . like white and

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6. please . thank you again and come

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