Cambiar una chaqueta
“Ayer compré una chaqueta azul en una tienda del centro.
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Cambiar una chaqueta
Reviewed by Francisco · Updated
- Topic
- Compras y devoluciones
- Learning goal
- Explain a problem with clothing and request an exchange
- Grammar focus
- preterite for completed actions · direct object pronouns · porque for reasons
- Length
- 98 words
- Reading time
- 0.9 min
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English translation▾
Yesterday I bought a blue jacket in a shop downtown.
At home I discovered that one sleeve was shorter than the other.
This morning I went back to the shop with the receipt.
The shop assistant asked me what the problem was.
I showed her the sleeves and explained the difference to her.
She looked for another jacket in the same style and in my size.
I tried it on, and this time both sleeves fit well.
Since it cost the same, I did not have to pay anything.
The shop assistant made the exchange and gave me a new receipt.
I left happy because I was able to solve the problem quickly.
Key vocabulary
Comprehension check
Use the language
Writing prompt
Write 6–8 sentences about returning or exchanging an item. Explain what was wrong, what you said, and how the situation ended.
Speaking prompt
Role-play a shop exchange: describe a problem with a piece of clothing, ask for another size, and respond to two questions from the assistant.
Answer key and explanations
The jacket had unequal sleeves.
The second sentence says that one sleeve was shorter than the other.
She showed and explained the sleeve problem.
She first showed the sleeves and explained the difference; the assistant then found another size.
The replacement cost the same.
The passage explicitly says that it cost the same, so she did not have to pay.
The exchange solved the fit problem.
Both sleeves fit well, the assistant completed the exchange, and the customer left happy.