# First steps: Buying clothes

**Language:** English  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Master shopping for clothes by listening to Holly and Martin's conversation about finding the right size. It may feel challenging at first, but by the end of this course you will be able to fully understand and participate.

**Setting:** A small clothes shop on a side street in Edinburgh on a quiet afternoon. Holly came in to look around and Martin is the only person working.

## Lessons

### 1. Browsing without buying

Martin offers to help, Holly says she is only looking, and then she spots a shirt.

### 2. Saying what size you are

Martin says he has no medium, then finds one.

### 3. Asking for another colour

Holly asks for the shirt in blue, and Martin tells her what he has.

### 4. Asking to try something on

Holly asks to try the shirt on, and Martin points out the changing room.

### 5. Saying something is too big

The medium is too big, so Martin fetches Holly a small.

### 6. Saying something fits well

Holly tells Martin the smaller shirt is just right.

### 7. Paying at the till

Holly asks Martin for a bag and he tells her it costs twenty pence.