Real Talk #064 – How to ask for help in a store

Culips Everyday English Podcast

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🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wandered through a store for a long time and still couldn’t find what you needed? In this Real Talk episode, Andrew and Kassy teach you how to ask for help in English when you’re shopping. You’ll learn useful phrases and polite expressions that native English speakers use when they can’t find a product in a supermarket or department store. The episode includes example conversations and clear explanations to help you understand and use the language with confidence.

How this episode will improve your English:

* Vocabulary: Learn common phrases like “I’m having trouble finding…” and “Do you know if you carry…?”
* Listening: Train your ears to understand natural, clear English conversations in retail settings like grocery stores or shopping malls.
* Speaking: Build confidence by joining small-group English classes and practicing how to use polite and useful phrases for real-world shopping situations.
* Culture: Understand how people ask for help in North American shopping culture.
* Fluency: Spending time with real English conversations will improve your ability to respond naturally and politely in everyday situations.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Real Talk, the Culep series where we teach you the English that you need to know for real world situations.
0:09.0	Joining me today for this lesson is my co-host Cassie. Hey there, Cassie. How are you today?
0:15.2	Hey, Andrew. I'm doing great. As always. Good to hear it, Cassie. And today I think we've got a very helpful lesson planned for
0:22.9	everyone. Guys, today we are going to teach you how to ask for help when you're in a store shopping.
0:30.4	You know, these days there are so many big box stores or huge supermarkets. And sometimes we can
0:37.0	go into these stores and just wander the aisles, going up the aisles and
0:41.6	down the aisles, looking for what we want to buy.
0:44.6	And yeah, it's kind of a waste of time.
0:47.0	To speed that shopping experience up, you could just ask for help, find the product that
0:51.9	you need really quickly, and then get on your way.
0:54.6	So that's what we're going to teach you how to do here today is ask for help in a large
1:00.3	store, like a department store or a big supermarket.
1:04.3	Think that kind of situation.
1:06.6	So Cassie, we'll get started with this lesson in just a moment.
1:09.8	But before we do, everyone, I want to let you know that there's a helpful study guide and an interactive transcript and a quiz and some other practice exercises for this episode for this lesson available to all Culeps members.
1:24.8	So if you're a Culeps member, you can get those helpful study materials
1:28.2	that will really allow you to get the most out of studying with Cassie and me today. Plus, if you're a
1:34.9	cullops member, then you'll also get extra bonuses like our speaking classes and our fluency
1:40.5	files series, which is members only and some other bonuses and benefits as well.
1:45.6	So if you'd like to sign up and become a QLyP's member today, just visit our website,
1:50.8	culeps.com, and you can do that.
1:54.0	All right.
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