7. Shopping
Buy things, ask about prices, and talk about experiences with the present perfect.
AaRésumé du cours
Vocabulary
Souk, shopping centre, shop assistant, customer, price, discount, sale, cash, credit card, receipt, size, to try on, to bargain, cheap, expensive, second-hand, online shopping.
Grammar: the present perfect
- Form: have / has + past participle. I have bought a new jacket.
- Use: experiences (Have you ever bargained in a souk?), recent actions with present results, actions with just, already, yet.
- for + a period (for two years), since + a starting point (since 2024).
- Past simple vs present perfect: a finished time (yesterday, last week, in 2020) → past simple. I bought it yesterday.
Function: in a shop
How much is this? — It’s 200 dirhams. — Can I try it on? — Do you have it in a smaller size? — Can you give me a discount?
Writing tip: a review of a product
What you bought, where, the price, quality, and whether you recommend it.
✎Exemples corrigés
Exemple 1
Complete with “for” or “since”: She has worked in this shop ___ 2022. I have waited ___ twenty minutes.
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Exemple 2
Present perfect or past simple? I (buy) these shoes last Saturday.
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?Teste-toi
Clique sur la bonne réponse.
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Have you ___ been to a souk?
Réponse
a) ever — ever = at any time in your life. -
I haven’t paid ___.
Réponse
b) yet — yet goes in negatives and questions. -
“Can I try it on?” is asked about…
Réponse
b) clothes — You try on clothes.
Résumé rédigé par Nqraw selon le programme officiel marocain.