Conversation class: Grocery Shopping 

 
Do you know these food categories? 
Meat  
Dairy  
Bread & Pastries 
Produce (Fruits & Vegetables) 
Grains 
Frozen 
Snacks & Junk Food 
Spices (Seasoning) 
Beverages 
Miscellaneous 
 
Answer these questions about yourself: 
1. How much do you think you spend every month on food? 
2. What’s your living situation? 
3. How do you feed yourself? What’s your diet like?  
4. Do you mostly cook or eat out? Does someone cook for you? 
5. Do you consider your eating habits ideal or would you like to improve it? Why and 
how? 
6. How much do you spend on delivery services (like Uber Eats, iFood, Rappi)? 
7. If you were given $100 to spend in groceries right now, how would you spend it? 
(Make a list) 
8. What type of product do you spend more on? 
9. What would be the single most expensive product? 
10. What product do you wish you always had available?  
 
 
   
 Video activity: How College Students Spend $100 on Groceries | Cut  
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Person  Answer  Question 

Ryan (black    1. What kind of university does he go 

hoodie and  to? 
jeans  2. What’s his living situation like? 
jacket)  3. What's the most expensive thing he 
bought? 
3. How does he feed himself? 
4. How often does he throw parties? 
5. Does he drink alcohol? 
6. When he’s done with college how 
much debt is he gonna have? 

Dylan    1. What kind of university does he go 

(white  to? 
T-shit and  2. What’s his major? 
blue shirt)  3. How does he feed himself? 
4. How much does he spend on Uber 
Eats? 
5. What kind of beverage does he like? 
6. How does he support himself? 

Girl in a    1. What’s her major? 

black  2. What’s her living situation like? 
sweater  3. How much does she usually spend 
on groceries? 
4. Does she usually eat out? 
5. How much does she spend every 
month on food? 
6. How does she support herself? 
7. Does she ever struggle with money? 
How? 
8. When she’s done with college how 
much debt is she gonna have? 
9. Does she think she’s gonna pay her 
student loan for the rest of her life? 

The mom    1. What’s her job aspiration? 

2. Why is she going to college? 
3. What’s her living situation like? 
4. What’s the most expensive thing she 
bought? 
5. How does she feed herself? 
6. How often does she throw parties? 
7. How does she support herself? 
8. When she’s done with college how 
much debt is she gonna have? 
Girl in a    1. What’s her job aspiration? 
white  2. Why is she going to college? 
T-shirt  3. What’s the most expensive thing she 
bought? 
4. How does she feed herself? Is that 
costly? 
5. How much does she spend every 
month on food? 
6. Does she ever struggle with money? 
How? 
7. When she’s done with college how 
much debt is she gonna have? 
8. Does she think she’s gonna pay her 
student loan for the rest of her life? 
 
 
Extra questions: 
● What does “leeway” mean? (“I had a little leeway”) (1:05) 
● What does “splurge” mean? (“I splurged on the honeycomb cereal”) (1:09) 
● What do you think the “college experience” means? (2:34) 
● “Do you ever struggle with money?” “I have” (3:15) 
● What’s the difference between how the two girls answer the question “Do you ever 
struggle with money?” (3:15) 
● Would you go to college if that meant paying a huge debt?