Lesson 03: Grocery shopping

Warm-up questions:

How often do you go grocery shopping?

Where do you usually do your shopping? Why?
Do you usually go with a grocery list or buy whatever you see?

Vocabulary/Expressions:

Produce Aisle Shopping cart Self-checkout

Bargain bin Processed food Haggling Butcher
Ripped off Farmer’s market Outdoor market Supermarket

Describing food(Intensifiers/Superlative adjectives):

This melon is extremely fresh. This is the most delicious bread.

These cherries are the sweetest. These chips are very good.
These apples look very fresh. These peaches doesn’t look fresh.
This fish looks very good. This pizza looks delicious.

Asking for price:

How much for a dozen pears? How much is this fish?

What’s the price for this corn? What do you want for these apples?

Reading Price/Money: “one” can be replace with “a"

$1 -> A dollar/A buck/One dollar

$1.25 -> One dollar and twenty-five cents/One twenty-five
$115 -> One hundred fifteen dollars/One fifteen
$1,000 -> One thousand dollars/One grand/One G/One K
$10,000 -> Ten thousand dollars/Ten Gs/Ten K
$1,500,000 -> One million five hundred thousand dollars/One point 5 million

Practice: What is the average price of the following items:

Simple lunch: Bottle of wine:

Cup of coffee: 3 bedroom apartment:
Laptop computer: Haircut:

Discussion:

What is your favorite fruit/ramen/seafood/meat/snacks/drinks?

What is in your refrigerator now?
Do you prefer to go to supermarkets or traditional markets?
Do you buy things on sale even if you don’t need it?
Do you eat healthy? What does “eating healthy” mean to you?
What are some current seasonal foods in your country?

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