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What can you buy?
A. Match the following expressions.
1. a can of a. soap / chocolate
2. a jar of b. chocolates
3. a loaf of c. peas / cat food
4. a packet of d. milk / orange juice
5. a bar of e. potatoes / apples
6. a bottle of f. crisps / cigarettes
7. a litre of g. jam / marmalade
8. a box of h. eggs
9. a tin of i. flowers / bananas
10. half a dozen j. wine / lemonade
11. a bunch of k. coke / beer
12. a kilo of l. bread
B. Use the words in the box to make sentences about what you can buy in each place.

card shop florist post office shoe shop sports shop toy shop
fishmonger furniture shop greengrocer jeweller newsagent
bakery butcher cafe camera shop chemist clothes shop

You can buy... at the...

1. a cup of tea or coffee Example: You can buy a cup of tea or coffee at the cafe.
2. golf clubs, a tennis racket ___________________________________________________
3. bread, cakes _____________________________________________________________
4. a board game, Lego _______________________________________________________
5. medicine, make-up _________________________________________________________
6. boots, shoes ______________________________________________________________
7. fruit, vegetables ___________________________________________________________
8. newspapers, magazines ____________________________________________________
9. postcards, a birthday card ___________________________________________________
10. a T-shirt, a jacket ________________________________________________________
11. a camera, a lens _________________________________________________________
12. roses __________________________________________________________________
13. stamps, envelopes _______________________________________________________
14. sausages, bacon _________________________________________________________
15. fish, prawns _____________________________________________________________
16. a ring, a watch ___________________________________________________________
17. a sofa, a bed, a table _____________________________________________________
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What can you buy?
In this supplementary worksheet, students learn about collective nouns, different types of
shops and what they sell.

Before class, make one copy of the worksheet for each student.

Procedure

Introduce the topic of shopping by telling the students that you went to the supermarket on
your way home last night and bought a packet of biscuits. Then, write the following on the
board:

I went to the supermarket yesterday and I bought a packet of biscuits and ...

Play a chain game with the students. The first student repeats the sentence and adds
another shopping item. The next student repeats the sentence and adds another item. As
the students repeat the sentence, they must try to remember all of the shopping items. If a
student makes a mistake, they are out of the game.

After that, give each student a copy of the worksheet.

The first task focuses on some common collective nouns that are used when shopping.

Go through the first one (a can of coke) as an example. Then let the students work out the
rest.

Check the answers orally. Then, get the students to test each other by covering up the
column on the left. The students take it in turns to try to remember the collective noun that
goes with each word.

The second task concentrates on different types of shops and what each shop sells. Go
through the example sentence and then have the students write the rest of the sentences.
Check the answers together as a class when they have finished.

Then, write the following on the board:

A: Are you going to the...? (shop)

B: Yes, I am.
A: Good. Could you get me...?
B: Certainly.
A: And could you get me... too?
B: Sorry. I'm not going to the.... (shop)

Demonstrate the dialogue with a student.

A: Are you going to the bakery?

B: Yes, I am.
A: Good. Could you get me a loaf of bread?
B: Certainly.
A: And could you get me some stamps too?
B: Sorry. I'm not going to the post office.

Have the students work in pairs and practice the dialogue. Then ask some students to
present their dialogues to the class.

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