Lesson 1: Mum: Yes, a packet of biscuits.

A packet of those nice

almond biscuits.
A bar of chocolate William: OK. And a bunch of bananas?
Mum: Yes, please.
Coursebook p. 78–79 Workbook p. 58–59
William: A bar of chocolate?
Mum: Yes, I think one will be enough.
LESSON OBJECTIVES William: Olives? Do you mean a jar of olives?
Listening: Listening to people talking about food; Mum: Yes, and get a big bag of crisps.
listening and taking notes William: OK. And shall I get two bottles of water and four
Speaking: Describing items in a shopping basket; cans of cola?
speaking about things to buy Mum: Yes. Oh, and don’t forget the yogurt. Get a carton of
Writing: Writing shopping lists strawberry yogurt.
William: A box of matches? Why do we need a box of
Language focus: Quantifiers with countable and
matches?
uncountable nouns (a bar of, a slice of, etc.)
Mum: Well, I’ve got some nice candles and I thought we
Vocabulary: bar, loaf, slice, bunch, jar, carton, can could put them in lanterns for when it gets dark.
Materials: Coursebook, Workbook, audio device, William: OK, that’s fine. Shall I get everything from the
one copy of Photocopiable activity 14 for each supermarket?
student Mum: Yes, I think you should be able to get everything
there.

Starter 2 Listen again. Write the shopping list. Write down

 Ask students if they like going shopping. What the items but not the quantities.
things do they like shopping for?  Ask the class to listen again. They listen and
 Ask them if they like shopping for food. Encourage write the shopping list.
them to give reasons for their answers.  Tell students to just write down the items, but
 If they like it, what sort of food do they like not the quantities.
shopping for?  Play the audio recording at least twice.
 Check the answers as a class.
Listening
Answers
1 Listen. Where is William going and why?
bread, meat, biscuits, bananas, chocolate, olives,
 Ask the class to listen to a conversation.
crisps, water, cola, yogurt, matches
 They listen and say where William is going
and why.
 Play the audio twice and elicit answers from
the class. Use of English: Quantifiers with
 Encourage them to say what helped them countable and uncountable nouns
decide. 3 Look at the Use of English box. Which of the
phrases in red …
Audioscript Track 20
 Tell the class to look at the Use of English
Mum: William, I need a few more things for the picnic.
box and focus on the words in red.
William: OK, Mum. What do you want me to get?
 Ask them to find words that match the
Mum: Here’s the shopping list.
William: Right. Bread, right, how much bread?
meanings listed in the exercise.
 Check as a class.
Mum: A couple of loaves.
William: Two loaves of bread. And meat?
Mum: Oh, just get a few slices of cold meat.
Answers
William: What sort of meat?
1 a container of: packet, box, jar, carton, bottle, can,
Mum: Whatever you like.
tin, bag
William: OK, well there are four of us, so I’ll get four slices.
2 a piece of: bar, loaf, slice
Biscuits?
3 a set of: bunch

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4 Work with a partner. Describe the items in Speaking
the shopping basket at the top of the page.
 Tell the class to work with a partner. They take
7 Work with a partner. Roleplay the
conversation between William and his mother.
turns to describe the items in the shopping
Use the list you wrote in Exercise 6 to help you.
basket pictured at the top of page 78.
 Tell the class to work with a partner. They
roleplay the conversation between William and
Answers
his mother, using the list they wrote in Exercise
(Example answers)
6 to help them.
a carton of milk, a packet of biscuits, a carton of fruit
Informal assessment opportunity: Circulate,
juice, a bar of chocolate, a box/carton of eggs, a jar of
pasta sauce listening to students’ interactions. Take notes of
recurrent mistakes for remedial work.

Informal assessment opportunity: Circulate, 8 Play this chain game around the class.
listening to students’ interactions. Take notes of  Tell the class that they are going to play a chain
recurrent mistakes for remedial work. game. You start by saying: I went to the
supermarket and I bought a packet of rice.
5 Use the quantifiers in the Use of English box to
 The student next to you repeats the sentence and
describe each of the following.
adds one more item, e.g. I went to the supermarket
 Tell the class to use the quantifiers in the Use of
and I bought a packet of rice and a loaf of bread.
English box to describe each of the pictures.
 The following student repeats the sentence and
 Tell students to write the descriptions in their
adds yet one more item. They can’t repeat the
notebooks.
items of food. If they do, they miss a turn.
 Check as a class.

Answers
Workbook
1 a slice of toast 2 a bag of frozen peas 3 a bar of soap 1 Write the items next to the appropriate phrases.
4 a bottle of olive oil 5 a box of chocolates 6 a bunch  Students read the words in the box and
of grapes 7 a tin/can of tuna 8 a carton of ice cream complete the phrases.
9 a jar of honey 10 a packet of sweets  Check as a class.

6 Listen again. Write down exactly what William Answers

had to buy at the supermarket. Use the correct 1 chocolate, soap 2 bread 3 cake, cheese, meat, toast
quantifiers. 4 biscuits, (crisps), sweets, (tissues) 5 bananas, flowers,
 Ask the class to listen to the audio again and grapes 6 chocolates, matches 7 honey, jam. Olives
write down exactly what William had to buy at 8 ice cream, milk, yogurt 9 cola, milk, water 10 cola,
the supermarket. Tell students to use the correct olives, (soup) 11 crisps, flour, sugar 12 soup, olives
quantifiers.
 Play the audio a few times. Students write down
2 Complete the dialogue with the correct words
from Exercise 1. Remember to make them plural
the shopping list.
where necessary.
 Check as a class.
 Students complete the dialogue with the correct
words from Exercise 1.
Answers
 Check as a class.
two loaves of bread, a few slices of cold meat, a
packet of biscuits, a bunch of bananas, a bar of
Answers
chocolate, a jar of olives, a bag of crisps, two bottles of
water, four cans of cola, a carton of strawberry yogurt, 1 loaves 2 slices 3 packet 4 bunch 5 bar 6 jar 7 bag
a box of matches 8 bottles 9 cans 10 carton 11 boxes

3 You’re going for a picnic with three friends. Write

a shopping list of what you need to buy, using
the phrases from Exercise 1.

Answers
Students’ own answers.

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4 Use the expressions in the Language tip box to
replace the underlined words in these sentences.
 Students use the expressions in the box to
replace the underlined words.
 Check as a class.

Answers
1 a couple of 2 half a dozen 3 two dozen 4 a few
5 a dozen

Additional support and practice

 Tell the class to work in pairs and write their
ideal shopping list.
Extend and challenge
 Complete Photocopiable activity 14.

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