Lesson 2

Shopping for Groceries

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Visual aides for Lesson 2
Objectives: To be able to request assistance in a grocery store. To be able to name common foods.

Dialog:

A. Let's go to the store. I need some fresh vegetables.
B. O.K. I need to get some coffee and some hamburger meat.
A. Excuse me. Where can I find the carrots?
C. They are over on aisle 12 in the produce section.
A. Thank you. By the way, do you have any fresh strawberries?
C. No. We are all out of strawberries. We will have some in next Saturday.

Practice 1: Vocabulary Expansion

I need somemilk.
butter.
lettuce.
corn.
ground meat.
fish.

Practice 2: Vocabulary Expansion

I need someeggs.
bananas.
lemons.
carrots.
potatoes.

Practice 3: Pattern Practice

Eggs? They are over on aisle 12.
Bananas?
Milk? It is over on aisle 12.
Butter?

Practice 4: Vocabulary Expansion

Where can I find thecereal?
flour?
sugar?
bread?

Practice 5: Vocabulary Expansion

Where can I find theonions?
apples?
pineapples?
watermelons?
strawberries?
donuts?

Practice 6: Vocabulary Expansion

Apples? They are in theproduce section.
Watermelons?produce
Eggs?dairy
Donuts?bakery

Practice 7: Vocabulary Expansion

Milk? It is in thedairy section.
Bread?bakery
Lettuce?produce
Ham?meat department

Practice 8: Vocabulary Expansion

I need agallon ofmilk.
quartcream.
pintjuice.
half-gallonice cream.

Practice 9: Vocabulary Expansion

I wanta can of corn.
a head of lettuce.
a box of cereal.
a dozen eggs.
donuts.

Practice 10: Dictation

Dictate the dialog and have students write it. This should be done by reading each sentence of the dialog once and allowing time for the students to write. After you have gone through the entire dialog, one sentence at a time, read the entire dialog through at normal conversational speed and have them check their work. Then have them compare their written version to the written version in the text and mark their mistakes.