1. Modul 5 UNIT 5 How much is it? Conversation in context Listening
At the chemist
Jerry I want some toothpaste, please.
Assistant A large tube or a small one?
Jerry How much is the large one?
Assistant Three dollars.
Jerry
And what does a small tube cost?
Assistant A dollar seventy-five.
Jerry I’ll have a large one, please.
At the post office
Anne I want to send this letter to America, please.
Assistant That’ll be forty cents. Anything else?
Anne
Yes, three air letter sheets, please. What do they cost?
Assistant Twenty cents each.
Anne So how much is that altogether?
Assistant A dollar, please.
Anne Thank you.
Ways to say it
Asking about prices
1. A : What does a tube of toothpaste cost?
How much is a small tube of toothpaste?
B : A dollar seventy-five.
2. A : What do these shoes cost?
How much
How much are these shoes?
(ones)?
B : They’re twenty dollars.
Twenty dollars.
3. A : What does this book cost?
How much is this book?
(one)?
B : It’s ten dollars.
That one is six dollars.
4. A : How much is that altogether?
will that be
B : That’ll be thirty dollars.
Thirty dollars, please.

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Writing
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Think it over
Reading
Read this passage about supermarkets. As you read the passage, think about these
question:
1. How are supermarkets different from other types of stores?
2. How do the owners of supermarkets try to make us buy things we may not
have planned to buy?
Today, supermarkets are found in almost every large city in the world. But the first
supermarket was opened only fifty years ago. It was opened in New York by a man
named Michael Cullen.
A supermarket is different from other types of stores in several ways. In
supermarkets, goods are placed on open shelves. The customers choose what they
want and take them to the check-out counter. This means that fewer employees are
required than in other stores.
The way products are displayed is another difference between supermarkets
and many other types of stores. For example, in supermarkets, there is usually a
display of small inexpensive items just in front of the check-out counter: candies,
chocolate, magazines, cheap books and so on. Why are they there?
Most customers who go to a supermarket buy from a shopping list. They know
exactly what they need to buy. They shop according to a plan. By the time he or she
reaches the check-out counter, the customer is feeling pleased and relaxed because
the task of shopping is finished. In this happy mood, the customer sees an attractive