American English · A1 · Unit 9
Shopping and prices
Shopping
By the end you can
- Ask if a shop has something
- Ask for a price and say if it's cheap or dear
- Understand prices in a short text
Words and phrases
| American English | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| a store | a store (British: a shop) | There's a store near my house. |
| do you have | do you have (to ask if a store sells something) | Do you have any milk? |
| I'm looking for | I'm trying to find | I'm looking for eggs. |
| dollars | dollars, $ (American money) | It's four dollars. |
| cheap | cheap (low in price) | This sweater is cheap. |
| expensive | expensive (high in price) | The jacket is expensive. |
| cents | cents, ¢ (100 cents = $1) | It's fifty cents. |
| a hundred | a hundred, 100 | It costs a hundred dollars. |
| a bag | a bag (paper or plastic, for what you buy) | Do you need a bag? |
| a receipt | a receipt (paper that shows what you paid) | Can I have a receipt, please? |
| the grocery store | the supermarket (a big food store) | I go to the grocery store on Saturdays. |
| it's too expensive | it costs too much | No, thanks. It's too expensive. |
Write about yourself
Fill in the gaps with something true about you.
- I'm looking for .
- Do you have ?
- It costs dollars.
Then talk it through
In a grocery shop, asking for something you can't find. In the app you have this conversation out loud or typed, with the unit's goals to tick off and corrections at the end.