Grocery Shopping

Students: Amalya Darbinyan, Amalia Meliksetyan, Lusine Galstyan,

Lorik Keshish Hartoun, Mher Davtyan
Level: Low Intermediate
Age: 10 -15
Learning Objectives:
SWBAT:

identify the newly introduced vocabulary in the listening context

practice note taking strategy while listening to the text

Time Needed for Activity: 30 minutes

Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Materials:

Handouts (pictures with food containers and quantities)

15 handouts for fill - in - the gap task #2
Tape recorder or another suitable gadget for playing the audio
file #3

Introduction: The present activity (pre-listening and while-listening) is

designed to give the learners the opportunity to get acquainted with
words used to express food quantities, as well as recognize them in the
context while listening to the conversation. Visuals and realia are used
in the present activity to facilitate comprehension and memorization
for students.
Procedure:
1. Split Ss into groups of 4
2. Distribute the separate pictures to groups (Appendix 1)
3. Ask question Which group has..? using appropriate phrases to
different groups (e.g. Which group has a bar of chocolate?)
4. Let the students answer the question using the given form
(e.g.We have/our group has a bar of chocolate.)
5. Have one volunteer at the blackboard to write the key phrases
6. Distribute the handouts with fill-in the gaps task (Appendix 2)
7. Let Ss fill the gaps using the key words learnt during the lesson

8. Have each group read out loud the phrases

9. Ask the St's to listen to the tape
10.
Distribute the handouts with fill-in the gaps task (Appendix
3)
11.
Make them listen once more filling the gaps while listening
12.
Have them listen to the tape for the second time
13.
Ask them to fill in the gaps while listening for the second
time
Options:
If the speech on the tape is a bit fast for Ss, make pauses after a few
sentences to give them time to process the information.
References:
1. ESL Cyber Listening Lab
http://www.esl-lab.com/supermarket/supermarketsc1.htm
Grocery Shopping (General Listening Quizzes)

Appendix #1

Appendix #2

Appendix 3

Man: Hey. Can you give me a hand with the groceries? And I told you I could do the
___.
Woman: Wow! Do we really need all this stuff? Let me see that ___.
Man: Hey, I only bought the essentials.
Woman: Okay. Let's see. Dog ____. Twenty-four dollars and seventy cents ($24.70)? We
don't even have a dog!
Man: Well, it WAS going to be a surprise, but look in the back of the ____.
Woman: What?
Man: Ah, ha, hah. Speechless. I knew you'd love him.
Woman: That thing? That dog's as big as a horse. He probably eats like one, too.
Man: Ah, but he's sure friendly. And someone was giving him away at the supermarket,
and I . . . I . . . I couldn't let that poor thing pass another day without a loving home.
Woman: Whatever. Where was I? Eighteen dollars and nineteen cents ($18.19) for
twenty-four ___ tomato juice? You don't even like that stuff!
Man: Ahhhh. Not yet. I've decided to change my ___ habits.
Woman: Right.
Man: You'll see, you'll see.
Woman: Okay. Let's see. Three eighty-four ($3.84) for ___ chocolate, cookies and
twelve fifty-six ($12.56) for a case of soft drinks. Changing your eating habits, huh? Do
you really think that ___ are some type of diet food?
Man: Hey, I'll just eat a cookie or two every other hour. In fact, they're a great source of
carbohydrates for energy. And, you see, the tomato___ and cookies kind of, you know,
cancel each other out.
Woman: Oh brother. I can't believe what I'm hearing. Let's see. Where was I? A ___
eggs, two fifty ($2.50) for a ___ milk, three ___ tuna. Okay. And finally two steaks for
eight fourteen ($8.14) . Now, something worth enjoying. I'll get the grill started.
Man: Oh, we . . . w . . . well. The steaks are for Herbert.
Woman: Herbert. Who's Herbert?
Man: Uh, he's the dog. You see, the previous owner said that he's kind of . . . he's
somewhat picky about what he eats, and the ___ might help him adjust. . . . no, no, no,
and the steaks might help him adjust to his new home. Hey, what are you doing? Oh, no.
Why did you throw the steaks out on the ground outside?
Woman: Well, now, you and Herbert can get to know each other better. I'm going out ___
by myself.
Man: Ughh.