Grocery Shopping

e-Lesson Plan

American English Lessons, �Simply Fun

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Level: Elementary / Intermediate (A2/B1)

30 min

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“Let’s go grocery shopping!“

Warm-Up Discussion

• How often do you go grocery shopping? Do you like it or dread doing it?
• Do you prefer shopping at a large supermarket or a small local shop? Why?
• Do you always use a shopping list, or do you try to commit it to memory?
• Do you enjoy preparing home-cooked meals? What are your favorites?

Warm up

Task 1

Look at the pictures. Use the vocabulary words from the box to match them to the correct pictures.

Task 1

shopping cart

credit card machine

eggs

shopping cart / food groups / conveyer belt / eggs / cashier / bagger / bread / credit card machine / cereal

answers

conveyer belt

food groups

cashier

Task 1

Look at the pictures. Use the vocabulary words from the box to match them to the correct pictures.

answers

shopping cart / food groups / conveyer belt / eggs / cashier / bagger / bread / credit card machine / cereal

cereal

bread

bagger

Task 1

Look at the pictures. Use the vocabulary words from the box to match them to the correct pictures.

answers

shopping cart / food groups / conveyer belt / eggs / cashier / bagger / bread / credit card machine / cereal

What foods or drinks do you usually buy at a grocery store? Why?

Task 1

Task 2

1. Where is the man and what is he looking for?�

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• Who does the man ask for help, and what does this person say in response after he reveals he is lost?�

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• What kind of eggs is he looking for, and how many does he need to buy?

Task 2

The man is at a grocery store, and he is looking for eggs.

The man asks a store employee for help. The store employee states that they just rearranged some things.

He is looking for two dozen large white free-range eggs.

answers

Listen to the audio and answer the questions.

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4. Why does the man need to purchase so many eggs?

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• Why does the store employee laugh, and what does he joke about?

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• The man confesses he feels like a “deer in headlights” in these big supermarkets. What do you think he means?

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A “deer in headlights” means to be surprised, confused, or frightened so much that you cannot think or move.

Task 2

student idea(s)

The store employee laughs and jokes about getting lost in the store and about wanting to go to the man’s house for breakfast.

The man needs to purchase two dozen eggs so he can make breakfast for his

kids on Sunday.

answers

Task 3

Match the vocabulary terms to the definitions. Next, answer the question.

1. conveyer belt

2. dairy

3. cashier

4. shopping list

5. produce

6. coupons

a) a list of purchases to be made

b) a person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business

c) a continuous moving band of rubber used for transporting objects

d) a voucher that gives a discount on a particular product

e) containing or made of milk

f) fruits and vegetables

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e

a

b

f

d

Task 3

answers

Which items are usually the hardest to find while grocery shopping? Why?

Task 3

Task 4

Read and answer the questions.

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• How much food do you usually buy when grocery shopping?
• What is your favorite thing to buy at a grocery store or supermarket? �Why?
• Are you the type of person to ask for help at a store, or do you try to find items on your own? Why?
• Do you shop with family or by yourself? Is it easier to shop alone?
• If your friend tells you that the chicken at the store “sells like hot cakes”, what do you think this means?

The phrase, “sells like hotcakes” means something is bought by many people.

Task 4

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answers

Thank You

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