Shop and shopping

2. Task 1. Put each dialogue in the right order
a) Dialogue 1
- Hello.
- Oh, I forget, I need a plastic bag, please.
- One kilo of English Cox apple, please.
- Thank you.
- Here you are.
- Hello.
- 90 p for a kilo.
- They are 20 p.
- Here’s the money and thanks a lot. Good-bye.
- How much are they?

3. Task 1. Put each dialogue in the right order
a) Dialogue 2
- All right.
- Yes, two cartons.
- John, would you go and get some sugar?
- Yogurt?
- Shall I get anything else?
- Yes. How much shall I get?
- Oh, yes, get a bottle of milk or, perhaps two, and yes, some
yogurt, too.
- Get one packet.

4. Task 2. Complete the article with the words from the box
In most countries the sign at the … in a shop says something
like “… HERE”. In Britain, though, it nearly always says
“Please … HERE”. When you go shopping, you can often
hear people say ‘please’. Let’s say you’re buying a book
which … 10 pounds. You hand it to the …, who will probably
say, “Ten …, please”. This sounds like “May I have the
money, please?”, but it’s really just a way of talking. Even if
you’ve got the money in your hand, and are giving it to the …,
he or she will still say the same thing! Remember, the … is
always expected to be polite.

5. Task 3. Fill in the gaps with ‘much’, ‘many’, ‘is’ or
‘are’.
How …… salt do you need?
How …… packets of salt are you going to buy?
How …… sugar do you need for your cake?
How …… bottles of water are there in the fridge?
How …… loaves of bread have you got?
There …… cans of tuna fish on the table.
There …… fish in the freezer.
There …… chocolate in this ice cream.
There …… bars of chocolate in my bag.