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Description
Main Target: Grocery shopping speaking + buying items in English
Support Target: Food vocabulary building + quantity + answering shopping question
Match the shops below to the things that you can buy there.
a baker’s a butcher’s a clothes shop a convenience store a fishmonger’s a grocer’s a jeweller’s an electronics shop an off-license an optician’s a stationer’s a chemist’s
1. aspirin, antibiotics, a plaster, toothpaste: a chemist’s
2. fresh bread, pastries:
3. a newspaper, bread, vegetables, a light bulb:
4. paper, pens, a stapler, a folder:
5. carrots, tomatoes, milk, a cucumber:
6. beef, chicken breasts, lamb:
7. fresh salmon, fresh tuna, prawns:
8. beer, wine, whiskey:
9. a microwave oven, a digital camera, a laptop:
10. glasses, contact lenses:
11. a watch, a ring, a bracelet:
12. jeans, a jacket, boots, shirts, a dress:
Match the columns to form phrases.
1. a pair of a. Coca Cola, beer
2. a kilo of b. glasses, contact lenses
3. a bottle of c. milk, orange juice
4. a can of d. tomatoes, beef
5. a carton of e. wine, whiskey, water
Exercise 1. For example: A: Where can I buy a carton of ...?
B: You can buy it in a ....
4 Describing shops
Complete the sentences:
convenient crowded empty exclusive fresh open slow expensive
1. I don’t have enough money to shop there. It’s too expensive .
2. Shopping centres are really ________ . You can find everything you need.
3. It took ages to pay for my shopping. The service was really __________.
4. I prefer to buy food in a market because it’s very __________ .
5. This shop is very __________, it sells clothes only for rich people.
6. You can shop at my local convenience store any time of the day or night. It’s always __________ .
7. This shop is completely ____________. There’s nobody here.
8. This shop is really ____________ . There are too many people.
Talking point
Discuss any of the questions below:
1. What shops are in your neighbourhood?
2. Do you like shopping centres? Why/why not?
3. What is your favourite shop? Why?
4. What is your least favourite shop? Why?
5. Where do you prefer to shop? In a small shops?
In a supermarkets or hypermarkets? Why?
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