Simple Shopping Vocabulary Worksheet

All 36 words

At the store 12

aisle The path shoppers walk along between the shelves. "Cereal is in the third aisle."
bargain Something good that you buy for little money. "This coat was a real bargain."
cash Money you can touch, as opposed to a card payment. "She paid in cash, not with a card."
cashier The employee who adds up your items and takes payment. "The cashier counted the coins twice."
checkout The registers a shopper passes through to pay. "There was a long line at the checkout."
customer Anyone who comes into a store to buy goods. "The first customer came in at nine o'clock."
discount An amount taken off what a thing usually sells for. "The sign in the window promised a discount on all hats."
price How much a seller asks for an item. "The price is on a sticker under the box."
receipt A printed record handed over as proof of a purchase. "Keep the receipt in case the shoes do not fit."
refund The sum you paid, handed back by the store. "He asked for a refund when the puzzle had a missing piece."
sale A stretch of days when a store charges less than usual. "The shoe store has a sale every August."
shopping cart A wheeled basket for carrying what you plan to buy. "Dad let me steer the shopping cart."

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Money and prices 12

afford To be able to pay for a thing without running short. "We can afford one treat each."
bill A banknote: money printed on paper, not a coin. "He paid with a ten-dollar bill."
change The amount a cashier owes you from a larger payment. "I gave five dollars and got one dollar in change."
cheap Sold for only a little money. "These pencils are cheap, so I will take two."
cost To have a price of a stated amount. "The apples cost two dollars a bag."
coupon A ticket that lets you pay less for an item. "Mom cut a coupon for soap out of the paper."
credit card A plastic card for buying now and paying later. "Mom tapped her credit card on the machine."
expensive Carrying a price that is very high. "The red bike was too expensive, so he chose the blue one."
free Given without asking for any money. "Every child gets a free balloon at the door."
save To hold on to your money for a future need. "She will save her allowance for a new game."
spend To part with money so that you can have something. "I will spend my birthday money on a kite."
wallet A slim holder for banknotes that fits in a pocket. "Grandpa keeps a photo of us in his wallet."

Shops and shopping trips 12

clerk A store worker who helps and serves shoppers. "A clerk found the boots I wanted."
deliver To bring goods to the buyer's home. "The store will deliver the new couch on Friday."
exchange To swap a thing you bought for a different one. "Can I exchange this shirt for a larger one?"
fitting room A store's private room for checking how clothes fit. "The fitting room had a tall mirror."
mall Many stores under one roof, joined by walkways. "The mall was busy the week before school began."
market An open gathering of stalls run by different traders. "Farmers sell peaches at the Saturday market."
order To ask a store to send or make something for you. "We order school supplies in July."
return To take a purchase back to the store. "We will return the lamp because it does not work."
shopping bag A bag with handles for carrying what you bought. "One shopping bag held all three books."
size The standard measure a piece of clothing is made in. "These sneakers come in every size from one to six."
try on To put on clothing to see if it fits. "Try on both jackets before you choose."
window-shop To look at what stores display with no plan to buy. "We like to window-shop downtown on rainy days."

How this list was compiled: Word list chosen for this site on 2026-10-12. Each meaning is written in our own words and was checked that day in two dictionaries: the entry for the term in Wiktionary, the free dictionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/), whose text is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, and the entry in the Cambridge Dictionary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/). All 36 words stand in both. The answers under the list rest on the Cambridge entries for sale, refund and exchange and on articles of English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/), whose text is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license: Shopping cart, Cashier and Retail clerk. The sentence in quotation marks after each meaning is our own. Licence: own work

How it works

This simple shopping vocabulary worksheet pairs twelve everyday store words with short, plain meanings to join by a line. It opens on words heard at the store. Two more sets cover money and prices, then shopping trips.

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Simple shopping words: at the store

Set opens on At the store: customer, cashier, receipt, aisle, price, discount, bargain, refund, shopping cart, checkout, sale and cash. Money and prices prints cost, afford, expensive, cheap, bill, credit card, spend, save, change, coupon, free and wallet.

Words for a shopping trip

The third set has clerk, fitting room, try on, size, return, exchange, window-shop, deliver, order, market, mall and shopping bag. Under the tool each word has a sentence that uses it, such as "Can I exchange this shirt for a larger one?"

For a shorter sheet, Pairs prints 4, 5, 6, 8 or 10 words.

Questions and answers

Is it a shopping cart or a trolley?

Both name the wheeled cart a store supplies for carrying goods around the store and to the checkout. Shopping cart is North American English; trolley is British and Australian English.

What is the difference between for sale and on sale?

For sale means available to buy. On sale can mean that a store has the thing to buy, but mainly in American English it means reduced in price. British speakers usually say in the sale for that.

What is the difference between a refund and an exchange?

A refund is money given back to the buyer. In an exchange the buyer takes the item back to the store and gets something else instead, such as the same shirt one size larger.

What is the difference between a cashier and a clerk?

A cashier handles the cash register and collects payment. A retail clerk also serves shoppers around the store, stocking shelves and marking prices, so the two jobs partly overlap. In the United Kingdom a clerk is called a shop assistant.