1. At the supermarket
Level 1

2. Do you go to the supermarket every week?
Are there good supermarkets
near your house?
What’s your favorite supermarket? Why?

3. What do you usually buy when you go to the supermarket?

4. What do you usually buy when you go to the supermarket?
fruit &
vegetables?

5. What do you usually buy when you go to the supermarket?
fruit &
vegetables?
dairy? (milk, cheese, etc.)

6. What do you usually buy when you go to the supermarket?
fruit &
vegetables?
dairy? (milk, cheese, etc.)
meat?

7. What do you usually buy when you go to the supermarket?
fruit &
vegetables ?
dairy? (milk, cheese, etc.)
meat?
bread?

8. Take a look at these sentences:
I don’t have any milk.
I need some milk.
I’ll buy a carton of milk.

9. In English, there are countable and uncountable nouns.
Apple, for example, is a countable noun: one apple, two apples.
Milk is an uncountable noun.
We can’t say “one milk”.
Foundation

10. Are these sentences correct?
If we need to count uncountable nouns, like milk, for example, we need to use words like carton. We can also use the word some.
Are these sentences correct?
I need to buy a milk.
I need to buy some milk.
I need to buy a carton of milk.
Foundation

11. Are these sentences correct?
If we need to count uncountable nouns, like milk, for example, we need to use words like carton. We can also use the word some.
Are these sentences correct?
I need to buy a milk.
I need to buy some milk.
I need to buy a carton of milk.
Foundation

12. What are these called in English?B F E D

13. Can you spell them correctly?
bannaa B
tmaoto A
bared F
cckhien D
cehsee E
orngae

14. Check and repeat:
banana
tomato
bread
chicken
cheese
orange

15. How often do you buy them?
Do you like them?
banana
tomato
bread
chicken
cheese
orange
How often do you buy them?
(every week/day, sometimes, never)

16. Are these nouns countable or uncountable?
banana
tomato
bread
chicken
cheese
orange

17. countable
uncountable
tomato
cheese
orange
chicken
banana
bread

18. Take a look at Mary’s shopping list:
She doesn’t have any bread.
She needs to buy some bread.
What else does she need to buy?

19. I think I need/have to buy...
How about you? What do you have to buy next time you go to the supermarket?
Well, I don’t have any …
I think I need/have to buy...
Foundation

20. Do you like going to the supermarket?
Do you usually compare prices?
Can you always find the things you need in the local supermarkets?
Do you prefer big or small supermarkets? Why?

21. In this lesson, you learned different types of food, the difference between countable and uncountable nouns, and how to talk about some of your shopping habits.

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