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How Much Is This? English > Level A1.1 Starter

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CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points

Let’s Start!

I love cookies ... do you?

Learning Outcome Can Do Statements

Accurately exchange information about • I can talk about food and ask how much things
buying things in communicative cost.
situations. • I can talk about likes and dislikes.
• I can express possession.
Ask your partner:

• What do you like to buy in a coffee

shop?
• Do you like cookies, brownies or cake?

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Let’s Explore!

Sally and John talk about cookies, cake and brownies ... Yummy*!

* When you say “Yummy!”, it means you like to eat something.

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Sally: I feel like something sweet. I love your amazing cookies!

John: You really like sugar!
Sally: Yes, I do! Where can we go?
John: Umm ... There's Chocolate Haven down the street. Your friend Matt works as
a clerk there.
Sally: Is it expensive?
John: Yes, it's a bit expensive.
Sally: How much does a piece of cake cost?
John: A piece of cake is about $6. I don't like their cakes very much.
Sally: Do they have brownies?
John: Yes, they do.
Sally: How much are their brownies?
John: About $2.50 each.
Sally: Hmmm ... Are they fresh?
John: Yes, always fresh.
Sally: Yummy! I want to drink some milk as I eat my brownie.
John: OK, I'll just have a coffee.

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Extension Activity

Let's prepare an amazing menu! With a partner, prepare a menu for a coffee shop.

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a) Write a list of 5-8 menu items. Self-

Yes No
b) Choose a price for each item. Assessment
c) With a partner, role-play a situation in a coffee shop.
I write a short
Your partner asks for prices. You give the price.
menu.
d) Change roles.
I tell how much
something
costs.
I order food in
a restaurant.

Target Words

• to eat (verb): to consume food • cake (noun): a soft, sweet food

e.g. I want to eat my brownie right now!
• to drink (verb): to consume a liquid
e.g. I want to drink some milk as I eat my
brownie.
• coffee (noun): a drink made from ground or
crushed coffee beans
e.g. I'll just have a coffee.
• cookies (noun): a sweet food you hold in your
hand; usually round
e.g. I love your amazing cookies!
• brownie (noun): a sweet, chocolate food
which is usually square
e.g. How much are their brownies?
e.g. How much does a piece of cake
cost?
• milk (noun): white liquid produced by
different animals
e.g. I take milk in my coffee.
• sugar (noun): a sweet substance from
the sugarcane plant
e.g. You really like sugar!
• clerk (noun): a person who works in an
office or a store
e.g. Your friend Matt works as a clerk
there.

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Learning Points

Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives say that something belongs to someone. Each pronoun has a different
possessive adjective.

Pronoun Possessive Adjective

I my

you your

he his

she her

it its

we our

they their

Examples:
• I want to drink some milk as I eat my cookie.
• I love your amazing cookies!
• Their brownies are about $2.50 each.

Asking How Much Things Cost

To ask how much money you have to pay for something, you use the phrase “How much is
... ?" for singular things or “How much are ... ?” for plural things.

You can also say "How much does ... cost?" for singular things or "How much do ... cost?"
for plural things.

Examples:
• How much is the pizza?
It is $12.00. (twelve dollars)
• How much is it?
It costs $500. (five hundred dollars)

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