Shopping For Food

SHOPPING FOR FOOD SHOP ASSISTANT: Good morning Sir/Madam. Can I help you? CUSTOMER: Yes please. I’d like ________................._____________ SHOP ASSISTANT: Certainly. How many would you like? CUSTOMER: How much do they cost? SHOP ASSISTANT: .£________________a kilo CUSTOMER: That’s fine.I’d like_________________please SHOP ASSISTANT: Here you are. Would you like anything else? CUSTOMER: Yes please, can I have _____________............_______________ SHOP ASSISTANT: I’m sorry I don’t have________................._______________ CUSTOMER: Oh you don’t have_____............________. Can I have________ ......__________then SHOP ASSISTANT:Of course. CUSTOMER: Thank you and I’d like a................. SHOP ASSISTANT:What kind of pizza would you like?. CUSTOMER: I’d like a________________________and before I forget I’d also like ___________ ___________ I think that’s all. How much is all that? SHOP ASSISTANT: .Let me see. . That’s_____________(SAY PRICES ALOUD) CUSTOMER: Here’s £50.00. I’m sorry I don’t have_____________small change SHOP ASSISTANT: Don’t worry I can change it for you. Here’s ________change. CUSTOMER:Thanks for your help, goodbye SHOP ASSISTANT: Thank you and please come again

SHOPPING FOR FOOD SHOP ASSISTANT: Good morning Sir/Madam. Can I help you? CUSTOMER: Yes please. I’d like __SOME.................APPLES_ SHOP ASSISTANT: Certainly. How many would you like? CUSTOMER: How much do they cost? SHOP ASSISTANT: £80p __a kilo CUSTOMER: That’s fine.I’d like_____2 KILOS

please

SHOP ASSISTANT: Here you are. Would you like anything else? CUSTOMER: Yes please, I’d like___SOME ...........WINE SHOP ASSISTANT: I’m sorry I don’t have _ANY.................WINE CUSTOMER: Oh you don’t have__ANY............_WINE . SHOP ASSISTANT:Of course.

Can I have__SOME_......WATER

then

CUSTOMER: Thank you and I’d like a....PIZZA SHOP ASSISTANT:What kind of pizza would you like?. CUSTOMER: I’d like a__PIZZA WITH HAM and before I forget I’d also like

SOME

__BREAD . I think that’s all. How much is all that? SHOP ASSISTANT: Let me see. There are _2 kilos of apples £1.60, a bottle of water 50p, a pizza with ham £2.00 and a loaf of bread £1.45. That’s £5.55 please___(SAY PRICES ALOUD) CUSTOMER: Here’s £50.00. I’m sorry I don’t have__ANY

small change

SHOP ASSISTANT: Don’t worry I can change it for you. Here’s £44.45_change. CUSTOMER:Thanks for your help, goodbye SHOP ASSISTANT: Thank you and please come again

CUSTOMER 1 2 kilos of apples - wine/water - pizza with ham - bread CUSTOMER 2 3 kilos of potatoes - milk/orange juice - pizza with sausages - chocolate CUSTOMER 3 2 kilos of grapes - rice/meat - pizza with ham and mushrooms - tea CUSTOMER 4 3 kilos of bananas - coffee/tea- pizza with artichokes- cheese CUSTOMER 5 3 kilos of onions – beer/wine – pizza with olives – coffee CUSTOMER 6 1kilo of apples – water/orange juice – pizza with artichokes – cheese CUSTOMER 7 3 kilos of bananas – tea/coffee – pizza with ham – chocolate CUSTOMER 8 2 kilos onions – wine/beer – pizza with ham and mushrooms - bread

PRICE LIST APPLES

80p /kilo

POTATOES

75p/kilo

ONIONS

70p/kilo

GRAPES

£1.50/kilo

BANANAS

£1.30/kilo

WINE

£4.50 a bottle

ORANGE JUICE

£1.20 a bottle

WATER

50p a bottle

MILK

80p a carton

RICE

£1.39/kilo

MEAT

£8.50/kilo

CHEESE

£3.50 / kilo

COFFEE

£2.25 a packet

TEA

£1.00 a packet

BEER

£1.95 a bottle

BREAD

£1.45 a loaf

CHOCOLATE

£1.10 a bar

PIZZA: WITH HAM

£2.00

PIZZA WITH SAUSAGES

£2.50

PIZZA WITH HAM AND MUSHROOMS

£3.75

PIZZA WITH ARTICHOKES

£2.75

PIZZA WITH OLIVES

£3.20

£1.00 = 100 pennies (pence) 1. A kilo of fruit, vegetables (apples, tomatoes)

2. A litre of juice, wine, milk

3. A pint of milk, beer

4. A loaf of bread

5. A packet of biscuits

6. A carton of milk, juice, yoghurt

7. A tub of margarine

8. A tin of tomatoes, peas, beans

9. A bottle of milk, juice, wine, beer, coca cola, lemonade

10. A bar of chocolate

11. A bag of sugar

12. A jar of jam

13. A can of coca cola, lemonade

14. A piece of cheese, cake 1. A kilo of

a. wine b. peas

2. A litre of

c. yoghurt d. biscuits

3. A pint of e. juice 4. A loaf of

f. chocolate g. tomatoes

5. A packet of h. milk 6. A carton of

i. bread

j. fruit 7. A tub of k. beans 8. A tin of

l. jam m. vegetables

9. A bottle of

n. cake o. sugar

10. A bar of p. coca cola 11. A bag of

q. lemonade r. beer

12. A jar of s. cheese 13. A can of

14. A piece of

1. A kilo of fruit, vegetables, tomatoes

t. margarine

2. A litre of milk, juice, wine,

3. A pint of milk, beer

4. A loaf of bread

5. A packet of biscuits

6. A carton of milk, juice, yoghurt

7. A tub of margarine

8. A tin of tomatoes, peas, beans

9. A bottle of milk, juice, wine, beer, coca cola, lemonade

10. A bar of chocolate

11. A bag of sugar

12. A jar of jam

13. A can of coca cola, lemonade

14. A piece of cheese, cake

A spoonful of sugar

Teacher’s Notes Level: Aim: Subsidiary Aims: Time: Materials: Rationale:

Pre-intermediate To raise students’ awareness of stressed and unstressed words in English, through structured semi-controlled practice of set phrases. For students to identify appropriate expressions of quantity which are used with different types of food and drink For students to develop speaking fluency skills For students to develop skills in reading a text for general understanding 40-60 minutes 1 copy of the worksheet per student 1 copy per student of the reading text ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’ Role cards cut up, 1 per student The context of sweets in the article is used as the basis of a personalised discussion about childhood and sweet. The language of the text is extended to provide pronunciation and spoken fluency practice in the context of quantities of food, and a shopping role-play.

Stage 1 – Lead-in Write the following on the board;

floral gum cherry lips

rhubarb and custard sherbet lemons

jelly teeth cola bottle

flying saucer chocolate mice

Explain that these words have something in common, and ask students if they can guess what it is. If they can’t guess, tell them that they are all names of sweets which are popular in Britain. Ask students what they think the sweets taste like, and if they would like to try any of them.

Now direct students to the pre-reading task on the worksheet, they should discuss the questions together in pairs. Methodology note: these two activities help to orientate students to the text, by providing them with some of the vocabulary and ideas they will meet in the text, and raise students’ interest in the text. The discussion questions also personalise the topic, making it more relevant to them.

Stage 2 – Reading the text Distribute copies of the ‘Spoonful of Sugar’ reading text, one per student, and ask students to read through the text quite quickly to find the answers to the questions. Answers; 1. People buy sweets from old-fashioned sweet shops, and on the internet 2. Men buy more sweets than women 3. No, ‘people rarely buy the same sweet twice in succession’ Now direct students to the post-reading task on the worksheet. Again, they should discuss the questions together in pairs, then get feedback from the whole class. Answers; 1. They remind people of their childhood 2. People feel odd going into a sweet shop and buying children’s sweets, so they like the anonymity of buying them on the internet 3. They are so happy when they find sweets from their childhood 4. Students’ own answers 5. A quarter of a pound – an amount of sweets. Methodology note: Asking students to discuss questions together in pairs enables them to prepare their answers before speaking in front of the whole class. Many students feel more confident talking to a classmate than talking in front of a whole class.

Stage 3 – Language work

Direct students’ attention to the language work task on the worksheet, in which they have to match the expressions of quantity with the food and drink. You may need to pre-teach some of the items. When getting feedback from the class, you should check again for correct pronunciation of ‘of’, drilling these expressions if necessary. Answers;

1. A kilo of fruit, vegetables, tomatoes

2. A litre of milk, juice, wine,

3. A pint of milk, beer

4. A loaf of bread

5. A packet of biscuits

6. A carton of milk, juice, yoghurt

7. A tub of margarine

8. A tin of tomatoes, peas, beans

9. A bottle of milk, juice, wine, beer, coca cola, lemonade

10. A bar of chocolate

11. A bag of sugar

12. A jar of jam

13. A can of coca cola, lemonade

14. A piece of cheese, cake

Methodology note: Many students find natural spoken English very difficult to understand, and think it’s because English people speak very quickly. The difficulty often stems from the fact that English is a ‘stress-timed’ language, i.e. we stress the important words in a sentence, and smaller, less important words, like ‘of’, are unstressed, and often not even heard. Developing students awareness of these language features will help them to understand spoken English better, and also speak English with more natural pronunciation.

Stage 4 – Role-play Students now practice the expressions from the language work activity with a shopping role-play. Divide the class into an equal number of ‘customers’ and ‘shopkeepers’, if possible. There are enough role cards for 16 students. The customers have a shopping list each, and the shopkeepers have a price list. Explain that the customers have £5 each to spend, and they have to try and buy everything on their shopping lists. To do this they must go to each shopkeeper and find out how much the required items cost, and decide who they are going to buy each item from. Provide/elicit useful phrases for shopping, e.g. ‘How much is _____ / How much does ________ cost?’ ‘I’ll have a kilo of _________, please / Can I have a kilo of _____________, please?’, ‘Sorry, we haven’t got any’ and write them on the board for students to refer to as they do the role-play.

To make the role-play slightly more challenging, you could tell the shopkeepers they only have limited amounts of some of their items, so customers may not always be able to buy the cheapest items.

Give them a time limit to do the role-play, e.g. 10 minutes, after which time get feedback from the groups, asking if the customers managed to buy everything on their lists. To enable all students to get practice of the ‘of’ phrases, you could now do the role-play again, getting the students to change roles.

Methodology note: A role-play provides valuable free speaking practice for students, and this situation is one in which they may find themselves one day. Giving students support by providing key phrases gives them more confidence in performing the task effectively.

Worksheet 1 Pre-reading task Discuss these questions with your partner;

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Which smells remind you of your childhood? Which tastes remind you of your childhood? What sweets did you eat when you were a child? Do you still eat the same sweets now? What kinds of sweets and chocolate do you like to eat?

Post-reading task 1 Now read the article ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’, and find the answers to the following questions;

1. 2. 3.

Where do people usually buy sweets from? Who buy more sweets, men or women? Do people usually buy the same sweet again and again?

Post-reading task 2 Discuss these questions with your partner;

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Why are sweets which were popular in the 1970s becoming popular again? Why are internet businesses selling sweets so successful? Why do people bulk buy sweets (buy large amounts of sweets)? Which sweets would you like to try? What does ‘a quarter of’ mean?

Worksheet 2 Match the expressions of quantity on the right with the food and drink on the left. There can be more than one correct answer. 1. A kilo of

a. wine b. peas

2. A litre of

c. yoghurt d. biscuits

3. A pint of e. juice 4. A loaf of

f. chocolate g. tomatoes

5. A packet of h. milk 6. A carton of

i. bread

j. fruit 7. A tub of k. beans 8. A tin of

l. jam m. vegetables

9. A bottle of

n. cake o. sugar

10. A bar of p. coca cola 11. A bag of

q. lemonade r. beer

12. A jar of s. cheese 13. A can of

14. A piece of

Role-play cards - customers

t. margarine

Shopping List

Shopping List

Shopping List

Shopping List

2 kilos potatoes 1 tin tomatoes 1 pint milk 1 bottle wine 2 tins beans 2 cans lemonade ¼ flying saucers

1 bag sugar 1 tin peas 1 litre apple juice 2 bars chocolate 1 tub margarine 1 loaf bread ¼ sweets

1 litre orange juice 3 cartons yoghurt 2 loaves bread 2 packets biscuits 1 jar jam ½ kilo carrots ¼ sweets

1 loaf bread 2 cans coca cola 1 tub margarine 2 bars chocolate ½ kilo tomatoes 2 bottles beer ¼ chocolate mice

Shopping List

Shopping List

Shopping List

Shopping List

1 pint milk 1 loaf bread 1 jar jam 4 kilos apples 2 bags sugar 1 litre orange juice ¼ sherbet lemons

3 kilos oranges 2 bottles beer 1 tin beans 1 carton yoghurt 1 piece cake 1 bag sugar ¼ jelly teeth

1 piece cheese 1 bottle wine 2 tins tomatoes 1 kilo apples 1 packet biscuits 1 pint milk ¼ parma violets

1 kilo carrots 1 bar chocolate 1 piece cake 2 pints milk 1 jar jam 1 can coca cola ¼ cherry lips

Role-play cards - shopkeepers Shop Price List

Shop Price List

Tomatoes – £1 per kilo Potatoes – 80p per kilo Carrots – 50p per kilo

Milk – 35p per pint Bread – 90p per loaf Wine – £3.00 per bottle

Apples – £1 per kilo Oranges – £1.20 per kilo Coca cola – 40p per can Sweets - £1 per quarter

Beer – £1.20 per bottle Biscuits – 60p per packet Cake – 70p per piece Lemonade – 40p per can

Shop Price List

Shop Price List

Yoghurt – 40p per carton Sugar – 70p per bag Chocolate – £1.10 per bar Biscuits – 55p per packet Jam – £1.10 per jar Milk – 35p per pint Sweets – 90p per quarter

Potatoes – £1 per kilo Beans – 30p per tin Peas – 30p per tin Apple juice – £1 per litre Orange juice – £1 per litre Yoghurt – 35p per carton Apples – 80p per kilo

Shop Price List

Shop Price List

Chocolate – 1£ per bar Cake – 80p per piece Biscuits – 50p per packet Apple juice – £1.10 per litre Orange juice – £1.10 per litre Margarine – 80p per tub Sweets - £1.10 per quarter

Bread – 80p per loaf Milk – 30p per pint Jam – £1 per jar Tomatoes – 40p per tin Beans – 40p per tin Peas – 40p per tin Oranges – £1.10 per kilo

Shop Price List

Shop Price List

Tomatoes – 60p per kilo

Margarine – 90p per tub Apples – 70p per kilo Oranges – £1 per kilo Tomatoes – 50p per tin Wine – £3.50 per bottle Beer – £1.30 per bottle Bread – 90p per loaf

Carrots – 60p per kilo Jam – £1.10 per jar

Biscuits – 50p per packet Coca cola – 35p per can Lemonade – 35p per can Sweets – 80p per quarter