TeachingEnglish | Lesson plans

Worksheet 1: Shopping habits: Survey

Ask your classmates:

Name
Do you go to
the market?
Do you go to
the
supermarket?
Which
supermarket
do you go to?
Do you go to
small shops?
Do you go to
the town
centre?

Which shops are popular? Why?

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Worksheet 2: Talking about shops

1. He likes shopping
a. at Asda
b. at the Co-op
c. at Sainsburys
d. at Tesco

2. It is near
a. the cafe
b. the post office
c. the town centre
d. his house

3. It is quite
a. big
b. clean
c. expensive
d. small

4. It isn’t
a. big
b. cheap
c. clean
d. expensive

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Worksheet 3: Which shops do you like?

I like shopping at the Co-op. It is

near my house. It is quite big. It
isn’t expensive.

Which shops do you like? Why?

Use these words to help you write your answer:

big, small, fresh, clean, cheap, expensive, near my house

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Worksheet 4 A): Reconstruct the text

Cut out each line and rearrange them to complete the text

to the supermarket to buy food.

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for my children or for work. Sometimes
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town centre to buy things for the house,
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I go shopping on Saturday. I go to the
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for a cup of tea. On the way home, we go
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I go with my husband. We go to a café
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Worksheet 4 (B): running dictation – completed text

I go shopping on Saturday. I go to the town

centre to buy things for the house, for my
children or for work.
Sometimes I go with my husband. We go to
a café for a cup of tea. On the way home,
we go to the supermarket to buy food.

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Worksheet 5: questions about the text

Shopping

I go shopping on Saturday. I go to the town centre to buy things for the house, for my
children or for work. Sometimes I go with my husband. We go to a café for a cup of tea.
On the way home, we go to the supermarket to buy food.

1. When does Sarah go shopping? …………………………………………………

2. Where does she go? ……………………………………………………………………
3. Who does she go with? ………………………………………………………………
4. What does she have in a café? …………………………………………………
5. Where does she go on the way home? ……………………………………

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