Objective: To be able to request assistance in a grocery store. To be able to name common foods.
Dialog:
A. Let's go to the store. I need some fresh vegetables.
B. O.K. I need to get some coffee and some hamburger meat. A. Excuse me. Where can I find the carrots?
C. They are over on aisle 12 in the produce section. A. Thank you. By the way, do you have any fresh strawberries?
C. No. We are all out of strawberries. We will have some in next Saturday.
Practice 1: Vocabulary Expansion
I need some milk.
butter.
lettuce.
corn.
ground meat.
fish.
Practice 2: Vocabulary Expansion
I need some eggs.
bananas.
lemons.
carrots.
potatoes.
Practice 3: Pattern Practice
Eggs? They are over on aisle 12.
Bananas?
Milk? It is over on aisle 12.
Butter?
Practice 4: Vocabulary Expansion
Where can I find the cereal?
flour?
sugar?
bread?
Practice 5: Vocabulary Expansion
Where can I find the onions?
apples?
pineapples?
watermelons?
strawberries?
donuts?
Practice 6: Vocabulary Expansion
Apples? They are in the produce section.
Watermelons? produce
Eggs? dairy
Donuts? bakery
Practice 7: Vocabulary Expansion
Milk? It is in the dairy section.
Bread? bakery
Lettuce? produce
Ham? meat department
Practice 8: Vocabulary Expansion
I need a gallon of milk.
Quart cream.
Pint juice.
half-gallon ice cream.
Practice 9: Vocabulary Expansion
I want a can of corn.
a head of lettuce.
a box of cereal.
a dozen eggs.
donuts.
Practice 10: Dictation
Dictate the dialog and have students write it. This should be done by
reading each sentence of the dialog once and allowing time for the students
to write. After you have gone through the entire dialog, one sentence at a
time, read the entire dialog through at normal conversational speed and have
them check their work. Then have them compare their written version to the
written version in the text and mark their mistakes.