At the market

"En el mercado"
Spanish B1 writing exercise

Join us at the market for a delightful shopping experience.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "fresh fruit", "ripe (fruit)", "juicy", and "to owe".

I’ll give you some sentences to translate into Spanish

  • I’ll show you where you make mistakes
  • I’ll keep track of what you need to practise
  • Change my choices if you want
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Seller: Good morning! How can I help you today?
Customer: Hello, I'm looking for fresh fruits. What do you recommend?
Seller: We have some delicious strawberries and very good bananas. How much would you like to take?
Customer: I'll take half a kilo of strawberries and three bananas, please.
Seller: Perfect. Here it is. Anything else?
Customer: Yes, do you have very ripe tomatoes?
Seller: Sure, here you have some juicy tomatoes. How many do you need?
Customer: Give me four, please.
Seller: Ready. Anything else or anything else I can do for you? We have received some spectacular cherries from the Jerte Valley. Do you want to try them?
Customer: No thanks, I don't like cherries. That is all for today. How much do I owe you?
Seller: It's eight euros in total. Thank you!

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