En una tienda de ropa, ¿qué dices para pedir ver algo?
Based on: DELE A2: Expresión funcional (compras)
DELE A2 · Compras
DELE A2 Practice Questions: Compras y Servicios (Shopping) (2026)
Compras y servicios is the transactional heart of the DELE A2: asking prices ("¿Cuánto cuesta esta camiseta?" "Doce euros."), trying on clothes ("¿Puedo probarme esta camisa?"), asking for another size ("¿La tiene en una talla más grande?") and paying "en efectivo o con tarjeta". The same topic supplies the restaurant script, from asking for la carta to receiving la cuenta. These exchanges are prime material for the listening conversations and the speaking test's simulated dialogue, so the phrases here work across the whole exam.
Practice
Free practice questions
Rellena: "¿___ cuesta esta camiseta?" "Doce euros."
Based on: DELE A2: Expresión funcional (preguntar el precio)
La persona que atiende y cobra en una tienda es...
Based on: DELE A2: Léxico de las compras
Rellena: "Quiero comprar pan. Voy a la ___."
Based on: DELE A2: Léxico de las tiendas
Rellena: "Estos zapatos son muy caros. ¿No tiene otros más ___?"
Based on: DELE A2: Gramática (concordancia de adjetivos)
Rellena: "¿Cómo va a pagar, en efectivo o ___ tarjeta?"
Based on: DELE A2: Léxico de pagos
En un restaurante, ¿qué pides para saber qué platos hay?
Based on: DELE A2: Léxico del restaurante
Rellena: "Me ___ mucho esta chaqueta, me la llevo."
Based on: DELE A2: Gramática (verbo gustar)
Rellena: "¿Le pongo algo más?" "No, ___, gracias."
Based on: DELE A2: Expresión funcional (compras)
Rellena: "Ayer ___ un abrigo nuevo en las rebajas."
Based on: DELE A2: Gramática (pretérito indefinido)
In the shop: prices, sizes and paying
The exam walks you through a purchase step by step. You name the right shop for the product: bread comes from la panadería, while el supermercado is the big store that sells food and much more. Inside, the person who serves you and takes your money is el dependiente. Price questions flex with number: "¿Cuánto cuesta esta camiseta?" for one item, but "¿Cuánto valen estas naranjas el kilo?" needs the plural valen to agree with naranjas, and the singular vale is the waiting distractor. Clothes bring the probarse family: you ask "¿Puedo probarme esta camisa?" and look for los probadores, the fitting rooms. Adjectives do comparison work: expensive shoes prompt "¿No tiene otros más baratos?" and a small skirt prompts "¿La tiene en una talla más grande?", both built on más plus adjective. At the till the fixed phrases take over: "¿Cómo va a pagar, en efectivo o con tarjeta?", the closing "No, nada más, gracias" when offered something extra, and el ticket, the paper you receive as proof of purchase. Even the past tense arrives through shopping: "Ayer compré un abrigo nuevo en las rebajas", combining the indefinido with the sales.
At the market and in the restaurant
Food shopping and eating out reuse the same polite machinery with their own vocabulary. At the market you ask "¿Me puede poner un kilo de manzanas, por favor?", where poner is the idiomatic verb for serving you goods, a detail English speakers rarely guess. In the restaurant the sequence is fixed and the exam tests each link: you ask for la carta to see what dishes exist, you order by course ("De primer plato, para mí una sopa de verduras"), el camarero brings things ("El camarero nos trae la cuenta enseguida"), and you close with "¿Me cobra? ¿Cuánto es todo?". Liking and choosing run on gustar with its inverted grammar: "Me gusta mucho esta chaqueta, me la llevo", where the thing liked is the subject, and preference emerges with pronouns in "¿Le gusta el rojo? No, yo prefiero el azul". Asking to see alternatives uses otras with agreement: "No me gustan estas gafas. ¿Puedo ver otras?". Because these dialogues are exactly what the listening test's short conversations and the speaking test's simulated dialogue simulate, every phrase you automate here earns points in two groups of the exam at once.
| Situation | What you say | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Asking a price (singular) | "¿Cuánto cuesta esta camiseta?" | How much is this T-shirt? |
| Asking a price (plural) | "¿Cuánto valen estas naranjas?" | How much are these oranges? (plural verb) |
| Trying clothes on | "¿Puedo probarme esta camisa?" | May I try this shirt on? |
| Asking for another size | "¿La tiene en una talla más grande?" | Do you have it in a bigger size? |
| Choosing how to pay | "En efectivo o con tarjeta" | In cash or by card |
| Seeing the menu | "La carta, por favor." | The menu, please |
| Asking for the bill | "¿Me cobra? ¿Cuánto es todo?" | Can you charge me? How much is everything? |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does the compras y servicios topic cover on the DELE A2?
Everything transactional: shops (la panadería, el supermercado), the shop assistant (el dependiente), asking prices, trying on clothes and sizes, paying in cash or by card, the receipt (el ticket), market phrases like "¿me puede poner un kilo?", and the restaurant sequence from la carta to la cuenta.
What is the difference between cuesta and valen when asking prices?
Both ask prices, but the verb agrees with the thing priced: singular "¿Cuánto cuesta esta camiseta?" versus plural "¿Cuánto valen estas naranjas?". The exam's distractors are almost always the wrong-number forms, so check the noun before you pick the verb.
What does probarse mean and why does the exam like it?
Probarse means to try on a garment: "¿Puedo probarme esta camisa?", and the fitting rooms are los probadores. It is tested because it is reflexive and specific to shopping, so it separates candidates who know real shop language from those guessing from general vocabulary.
How do I order food in a DELE A2 restaurant dialogue?
Ask for the menu ("La carta, por favor"), order by course ("De primer plato, para mí una sopa de verduras"), and close by asking for the bill ("¿Me cobra? ¿Cuánto es todo?"). The waiter is el camarero and he trae (brings) the dishes and the bill.
Where do shopping dialogues appear in the real exam?
In the listening test's short conversations and announcements, in the reading test's everyday texts, and above all in the speaking test's simulated dialogue, where buying something or handling a service situation is a natural scenario. Our app pairs these practice questions with listening audio and a speaking module with model recordings so you can rehearse the full exchange.