Lesson 9

Dialog:

A: Excuse me, where are the dress shoes?

B: They're over there in the shoe department.

A: Do you have the kind without laces?

B: Sure. They're over there on your right.

C: What size shoe do you wear?

A: (I wear a) size nine and a half.

C: Here, try these on.

A: They are a little too big.

C: How about these?

A: They are just right. How much are they?

C. They're $19.95. They're on sale this week.

A. Good, I'll take them.

Practice 1: Vocabulary Expansion

Excuse me, where are the	dress shoes?
	tennis shoes?
	woman's dresses?
	boy's pants?
	towels?
	sheets?

They're over there	in the shoe department.
	in sportswear.
	in women's wear.
	in children's wear.
	on aisle 9.
	on aisle 10.

Practice 2: Vocabulary Expansion

Do you have the kind	without laces?
	with buckles?
	with high heels?

Practice 3: Vocabulary Expansion

They're over there on	your right.
	your left.
	aisle 12.

Practice 4: Role Play

Excuse me, where are the __________?

They're over there __________.

Do you have the kind __________?

Sure they're over there on __________.

Practice 5: Vocabulary Expansion

I wear a	(nine and a half) shoe.
	__________ coat.
	__________ dress.
	__________ shirt.
	__________ pants.

Practice 6: Question Response

What size	shoe do you wear? I wear size __________.
	jacket
	shirt
	dress

Practice 7

Here, try	these on.
	this

Practice 8: Vocabulary Expansion

They're a little too	big.
It's	little.
	tight.
	loose.

Practice 9: Reading

$ .25	$ .75	$ .05	$ .30	$1.50	$2.89
$ .93	$23.00	$47.35	$2.65	$3.80

Practice 10: Dictation

Dictate the amounts in Practice 9 in random order and have students write them.

Practice 11: Vocabulary Practice

How much are the	shoes? They're __________.
	pants?
	socks?

Practice 12

They're	$10.75.	It's	$5.98.
	on sale.		on sale.

Practice 13: Dictation

Dictate the dialog.

Practice 14: Role Play

What size __________ do you wear?

I wear size __________.

Here, try these on.

They're a little too __________.

How about these?

They're just right. How much are they?

They're __________.

Good, I'll take them.

Practice 15: Reading/Listening Comprehension -- A Bilingual Joke

A man goes into a department store. He cannot speak English. He only speaks Spanish. The clerk says, "May I help you?" The man says, "Quiero un par de calcetines." (I want a pair of socks.) The clerk says, "I don't understand Spanish. Do you want some pants?" And he holds up a pair of pants. The man says, "No, pantalones no! Quiero calcetines." (No, not pants! I want socks.) The clerk then holds up a shirt and asks, "Do you want a shirt?" "No, camisa no." (No, not a shirt.) says the man, "Quiero calcetines." Patiently the clerk hold up a pair of shoes, "How about some shoes?" he asks. "No, zapatos no." (No, not shoes.) Finally the clerk holds up a pair of socks and the man says, "Eso si que es!" (That is it!) and the clerk says, "Why didn't you tell me you could spell?"