I love shopping!

1. Introduction
Read the dialogue below, paying special attention to the structure.

Shop assistant: Can I help you?

Customer: I’d like to buy some fresh bread, please.
Shop assistant: No problem. Do you want brown bread or the white loaf?
Customer: May I have one of each, please?
Shop assistant: No problem. You must try this new cheese! Here’s a sample.
Customer: Thanks … I’ll take some cheese too. I should get some fruit too. Could I have four red
apples?
Customer: Of course. Here they are.

Which tenses do you recognize? Which modal verbs do you recognize?

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Why do we use these modal verbs?

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2. Modal Verbs
Modals are used to express an ability, make a request, or refer to a possibility.

Ability: Mike can speak German well.

Request: Can I have a cupcake? May I have a coffee?
Possibility: You can have meat or fish.
It’s cloudy. It might rain today.

3. Modals can also be used to express an obligation and to give advice.

Obligation: You should call your mother; it’s her birthday.

You must drive on the left in Ireland.
You can’t smoke in here!
Advice: It’s cold today; you should wear a coat.

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4. Can you help me?
Complete the dialogue with the missing modal verb.

Tourist: Excuse me. ______ I have some information? I’m looking for directions. I must get to a
meeting at 2PM at the Tower building.
Visitor Center Agent: No problem… but it’s quite far. You ______ probably take a taxi.
Tourist: I ______ pay for a taxi – it’s too expensive.
Visitor Center Agent: Well, you ______ make the next train if you hurry … it’s leaving the station
in ten minutes. First, buy a ticket at the machine. Then, get off at Tower station. You ______ walk
to Tower Building in five minutes.
Tourist: Thanks for your help!

5. Which modal is correct?

Circle the correct modal verb.

1. Excuse me. May / Might I have a cup of tea, please?

2. Mike can / may play the guitar and two other instruments.
3. We must / may show our vaccine pass when entering the airport in London. It’s mandatory.
4. It’s very cold. It might / can snow later.
5. You’re not feeling well. I think you should / might rest in bed.
6. Can you speak a second language? No, I may not / I can’t.

6. Complete the short dialogue by dragging the correct word into the gaps.

Patient: ______ I see the doctor?

Nurse: No. You ______ have an appointment.
Patient: I have a problem with my leg. I ______walk.
Nurse: I’m a nurse. I ______ look at it. Sit down, please. Where is the pain?
Patient: I have pain in the lower leg.
Nurse: It ______ be a fracture, but I’m not sure…
Patient: I would like to see Dr. Patel.
Nurse: He’s not ready. Sit here. You ______ rest.
Patient: Okay…thanks.

7. Circle the modal

Circle the correct modal verb to complete the sentences.

1. Mark should / might / can practice English more often if he wants to improve his level.
2. Is it true that you could / can / should speak Japanese fluently?
3. Oh no…I think there should / can / might be a serious problem with your computer.
4. Where are the kids? They can / might be playing outside.
5. Excuse me. Should / Could / May you bring me a coffee, please?
6. Paul is sick. You should / could / might call his wife and tell her.
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8. Lucky Luke’s Store
Read the advertisement about a new shop.

Lucky Luke’s Store is opening tomorrow morning at 8AM. Our new shop is offering a ten percent
discount to the first 100 customers who purchase a product tomorrow. We sell clothes for men,
women and children. There’s something to suit everyone in the family! We’re offering another
special deal, tomorrow only: two jackets for the price of $50. You won’t find anything cheaper than
that. So come over to Lucky Luke’s Store on Rose Street downtown tomorrow for some amazing
bargains!

9. Reading comprehension: complete the sentences about the passage.

1. Lucky Luke’s Store is a supermarket / a boutique / a hardware store.

2. Clients can buy items at a reduction of two / 10 / 50 percent tomorrow.
3. How many promotions is the store doing tomorrow? Two / 10 / 100.
4. How long will the special deals continue? For one day / one week / 50 days.
5. Lucky Luke’s Store is located in the city centre / suburbs / countryside.

10. Sentence completion

Complete the sentences with words from the passage.

1. At $3 a liter, the ______of petrol for the car is sky-high! Let’s take the bus.
2. If you wait and buy this coat in the sale, you’ll get a ______ of 20 percent.
3. The color of this jacket ______ you! You should wear it more often.
4. The shop is doing a Christmas ______ to sell more chocolate boxes.
5. I got a great ______ at the store: three t-shirts for the price of one.
6. The ______ of oranges is cheap in Italy because they grow everywhere!

11. Matching!
Match the words with their synonyms:

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12. VIDEO
Watch the video about cashless shopping:

Inside the UK's first Amazon Fresh store

13. Shopping on Amazon

Complete the sentences based on the video.

You need the Amazon shopping ______ to access your QR code.

You’re monitored by ______ in the shop.
Some of the food has the Amazon ______ on it.
It took the speaker less than ______ minutes to buy his groceries.
Some people think there are concerns of ______ when using Amazon Fresh.
One benefit is you don’t have to ______ to pay for your products.

14. Definitions
What’s the meaning of the following words and expressions in the video?

15. Word Family

Complete the word family puzzle

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