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Grocery shopping: understanding food labels and quantifiers

Learn to navigate the supermarket with confidence, understanding food labels and asking for help with new vocabulary and essential quantifiers.

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Summary

Going to the supermarket can be tricky, especially when you need to find specific items or understand what's on the label. This lesson helps you feel more confident during your weekly shop. You'll learn essential words and phrases for buying food and understanding quantities.

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Vocabulary

You'll learn useful words like on sale for special prices and out of stock when something isn't available. We also cover phrases such as make a shopping list and important places like the checkout counter, plus terms for food items like fresh produce.

Grammar

The lesson focuses on quantifiers like some, any, how much, and how many. You'll learn how to use them correctly to talk about food items, whether you can count them or not.

Practical English

We practise asking for help in a supermarket. You'll learn polite phrases like Excuse me, could you help me, please? and how to ask 'I'm looking for pasta. Where can I find it?' when you're searching for something specific.

Discussion

There is a speaking activity where you can talk about your own shopping habits and preferences. You'll get to use the new vocabulary and grammar in a real conversation.

Reading

This lesson uses a real article as its source material. You'll read about shopping and food labels to build your comprehension skills and learn more about the topic.

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