Lesson 14

Shopping for Food

Objective: I will learn to ask and answer questions about the cost of food.

Personal Study

Prepare for your conversation group by completing activities A through E.

Study the Principle of Learning: You Are a Child of God

I am a child of God with eternal potential and purpose.

You are a daughter or son of a loving Heavenly Father. He will guide you. With His help, you can do more than you could do on your own. In the Book of Mormon, we learn about a young man named Nephi who would become a prophet-leader of his people. God wanted to lead Nephi and his family to a new land. This land was across an ocean, and Nephi had to build a boat. He had never built a boat before. His brothers did not believe he could do it. Nephi looked to God for direction.

Nephi told his brothers, “If [God] … has wrought so many miracles among the children of men, how is it that he cannot instruct me, that I should build a ship?” (1 Nephi 17:51).

With God’s help, Nephi and his family built a ship and made the difficult journey across the ocean. Just as God helped Nephi, God wants to help you. You can pray for direction. You can pray to understand and remember what you are learning. As you pray, pay attention to the thoughts and feelings that come. Then act in faith. You can do more with His help than without.

Ponder

• How is your journey of learning English like Nephi’s story of building a ship?

• As you learn English, what can you ask God to help you with?

Memorize Vocabulary

Learn the meaning and pronunciation of each word before your conversation group. Try labeling things in your home to help you remember the English words.

How much is this?

Price

one dollar
two dollars

See the appendix for more numbers and currency.

Nouns 1

bag
bowl
box
bunch
head
kilo
liter
loaf
pound

Nouns 2

lettuce
milk
rice

Nouns 3

apple/apples
carrot/carrots
mango/mangoes
tomato/tomatoes

Practice Pattern 1

Practice using the patterns until you can confidently ask and answer questions. You can replace the underlined words with words in the “Memorize Vocabulary” section.

Q: How much is a (noun 1) of (noun 2)?A: It’s (price) a (noun 1).

Questions

Answers

Note: Use these patterns with food you don’t usually count.

Examples

Q: How much is a bag of rice?A: It’s three dollars a bag.

Q: How much is the lettuce?A: It’s one dollar a head.

Q: How much is the milk?A: It’s two dollars.

Practice Pattern 2

Practice using the patterns until you can confidently ask and answer questions. Try noticing these patterns during your daily practice.

Q: How much are these (noun 3)?A: They’re (price) a (noun 1).

Questions

Answers

Note: Use these patterns with food you can count.

Examples

Q: How much are these tomatoes?A: They’re two dollars a pound.

Q: How much are those carrots?A: They’re three dollars a bunch.

Q: How much is this mango?A: It’s one dollar.

Use the Patterns

Write four questions you can ask someone. Write an answer to each question. Read them aloud.

Additional Activities

Complete the lesson activities and assessments online at englishconnect.org/learner/resources or in the EnglishConnect 2 Workbook.

Act in Faith to Practice English Daily

Continue to practice English daily. Use your “Personal Study Tracker.” Review your study goal and evaluate your efforts.

Conversation Group

Discuss the Principle of Learning: You Are a Child of God

(20–30 minutes)

• Read the principle of learning for this lesson aloud.

• Discuss the questions.

Activity 1: Practice the Patterns

(10–15 minutes)

Review the vocabulary list with a partner.

Practice pattern 1 with a partner:

• Practice asking questions.

• Practice answering questions.

• Practice a conversation using the patterns.

Repeat for pattern 2.

Activity 2: Create Your Own Sentences

(10–15 minutes)

Look at the pictures. Ask and answer questions about the price of food where you live. Take turns.

New Vocabulary

fish
flour

banana/bananas
egg/eggs

Example

• A: How much is the milk?

• B: It’s three dollars a liter.

Image 1

Image 2

Image 3

Image 4

Image 5

Activity 3: Create Your Own Conversations

(15–20 minutes)

Role-play. Partner A is a customer. Partner B sells food at a market. Partner A has 25 dollars to spend. Partner B chooses a price and sells the food. Ask and answer questions about the food in each picture. Switch roles.

New Vocabulary

I want two bunches.
That’s two dollars.

bread
cheese
meat

Example

a bunch

• A: Excuse me. How much is a bunch of carrots?

• B: They’re one dollar a bunch.

• A: OK. I want two bunches.

• B: That’s two dollars.

Image 1

a bag

Image 2

a pound

Image 3

a kilo

Image 4

a head

Image 5

a loaf

Evaluate

(5–10 minutes)

Evaluate your progress on the objectives and your efforts to practice English daily.

Evaluate Your Progress

I can:

• Talk about shopping for food.

  

• Ask how much something costs.

  

• Say how much something costs.

  

Evaluate Your Efforts

Evaluate your efforts to:

1. Study the principle of learning.

2. Memorize Vocabulary.

3. Practice the patterns.

4. Practice daily.

Set a goal. Consider the study suggestions in the “Personal Study Tracker.”

Share your goal with a partner.

Act in Faith to Practice English Daily

“The Lord knows you and loves you. … He will lead and guide you in your personal life if you will make time for Him in your life—each and every day” (Russell M. Nelson, “Make Time for the Lord,” Liahona, Nov. 2021, 121).