Shopping & Food
Learn everyday language for markets, supermarkets, cafés, and restaurants: food vocabulary, prices, polite requests, and grammar for a/an, some/any, this/that/these/those, and **count/non-count** nouns.
SWBAT (Objectives)
- Use common shopping & food vocabulary to ask for and buy items.
- Use a/an, some/any, this/that/these/those accurately at A1 level.
- Differentiate count and non-count nouns and use basic partitives (a bottle of, a piece of).
- Ask for prices and make polite requests (Can I have…?, I’d like…).
Model Dialogue (Input)
Listen and read:
A: Hello. Can I have a bottle of water and some apples?
B: Sure. How many apples?
A: Two, please. How much are these bananas?
B: They’re $1.50 a pound. — A: Great, I’ll take them.
Vocabulary — Shopping & Food
Market/supermarket items, café/restaurant words.
- bread, rice, pasta, eggs
- milk, juice, coffee, tea, water
- apple, banana, orange, tomato
- chicken, beef, fish
- cheese, yogurt, butter
- salt, sugar, oil
- cashier, checkout, receipt, price
- menu, order, bill/check, tip
- bag, basket, cart
Grammar Focus
Count vs Non-count + a/an
Count: an apple, two eggs · Non-count: rice, milk, bread.
Use a/an with singular count nouns; use no article or a partitive with non-count:
a loaf of bread, a bottle of water.
some / any
Affirmative: some (I need some milk.) · Negative/Questions: any (Do you have any rice? We don’t have any eggs.)
this/that/these/those
Near: this (sing.), these (pl.) · Far: that (sing.), those (pl.).
“How much is this apple?” — “Those bananas are $1.50.”
Prices & Polite Requests
How much is/are…? · How many…? · Can I have…? · I’d like… · That’s all, thanks.
Guided Practice
A) Count or Non-count?
- apple — __________
- bread — __________
- water — __________
- egg — __________
B) Complete with some/any and ask about quantity
- Do you have ______ rice? — Yes, we have ______.
- I need ______ apples. ______ many do you need?
- We don’t have ______ milk.
C) Demonstratives & Prices
Write questions/answers for the items:
- (near/singular) apple — $0.80 → “How much is this apple?” — “It’s $0.80.”
- (far/plural) bananas — $1.50 → ________________________________
Speaking Task: Market Role-Play
In pairs, Student A is the customer; Student B is the shop assistant. Use polite requests and prices.
Customer: “Good morning. I’d like two bananas and a loaf of bread. How much are these?”
Assistant: “They’re $1.50. Anything else?”
Customer: “That’s all, thanks. Can I have a receipt?”
Exit Ticket (2–3 minutes)
- Write one sentence with a partitive (e.g., a bottle of water).
- Write one polite request to buy something (e.g., I’d like…).
Homework
- Create a short shopping list (6–8 items). Mark count vs non-count; add partitives where needed.
- Complete Worksheet B (some/any, this/that/these/those, prices). Download
- Optional: Record a 30–45s audio order (café/restaurant) using at least two polite phrases.
Materials & Downloads
- Slides: Unit 5 (teacher) — PPTX
- Dialogue transcript — PDF
- Vocabulary flashcards — PDF
- Worksheet A — PDF · Worksheet B — PDF
- Price Tags — PDF · Role-Play Cards — PDF · Café Menu — PDF
- Audio: Dialogue — MP3 · Vocab — MP3
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