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
| English | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| a shop | a shop (American: a store) | There's a shop near my house. |
| have you got | do you have (common in British English) | Have you got any milk? |
| I'm looking for | I'm trying to find | I'm looking for eggs. |
| pounds | pounds, £ (British money) | It's four pounds. |
| cheap | cheap (low in price) | This jumper is cheap. |
| expensive | expensive (high in price; British also: dear) | The jacket is expensive. |
| pence | pence, p (100p = £1) | It's fifty pence. |
| a hundred | a hundred, 100 | It costs a hundred pounds. |
| a bag | a bag (a carrier bag) | Do you need a bag? |
| a receipt | a receipt (paper that shows what you paid) | Can I have a receipt, please? |
| the supermarket | the supermarket (a big food shop) | I go to the supermarket 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 .
- Have you got ?
- It costs pounds.
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.