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​aisle
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cereal​
​healthy
ingredients
label
list

​oatmeal
shopping cart
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Listen for pronunciation.
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Example Sentences
1. A: Where are the apples?  B: In the fruits and vegetables aisle.
2. "Corn Flakes" is the name of a kind of cereal.
3. Eating lots of fruits and vegetables can keep you healthy.
4. The ingredients in a cup of tea are hot water, tea, milk and sugar.
5. It's important to read the label to know what is in the food you buy.
6. You can make a shopping list so you don't forget to buy things.
7. Oatmeal is a kind of hot cereal. It's very healthy.
8. You can put your food in a supermarket shopping cart.
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Listen to Tom and his father talking about supermarket shopping.
​Then answer the questions below.
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1. Tom and his Dad need to buy cereal and . . . .
​(A) vegetables     (B) fruit     (C) sugar     
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2. Who always eats oatmeal?
(A) Tom     (B) his Dad     (C) both Tom and his Dad
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3. Dad will buy Sweety Sugar Flakes.
(A) TRUE     (B) FALSE     (C) He doesn't say.

4. Sweety Sugar Flakes has lots of . . . .
(A) ingredients     (B) fruits     (C) oatmeal     

5. Tom's Dad wants him to eat . . . .
(A) Sweety Sugar Flakes     (B) BHT     (C) healthy food     ​
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(Scroll down to the bottom of this page to check your answers.)

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Now, listen again and follow along with the script below.
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Dad:  Okay, so . . . let’s take a look at the shopping list again.
Tom:  We still need to buy a few more things. Like bananas, oranges, and apples. And then some cereal.   
Dad:  Well, the cereal aisle is right here,  so let’s get the cereal first.  
Tom:  Okay.   
Dad:  There it is! There’s the oatmeal. 
Tom:  Oatmeal? I hate oatmeal!   
Dad:  What do you mean? We always have oatmeal for breakfast.    
Tom:  Exactly! We ALWAYS have oatmeal for breakfast.   
Dad:  But it’s healthy!  
Tom:  Well, it’s boring, too!  
Dad:  Okay, let’s get the oatmeal . . . .  
Tom:  Aargh!  
Dad:  . . .  and I’ll also let you choose  any other kind of cereal you like.  
Tom:  Really? Yay!  
Dad:  But remember what I said about reading the label for the ingredients. 
Tom:  Yeah, yeah. Um, where’s my favorite cereal . . . . Where is it? Where is it?  There it is! 
Dad:  What? What’s that?  
Tom:  That’s my favorite cereal. It’s called “Sweety Sugar Flakes.”  
Dad:
 
Well then . . . before you put it into the shopping cart, can you please read the label?  ​
Tom:  Okay, sure, no problem.    
Dad:  No, I mean  . . . can you read it out loud so that I can hear you?   
Tom:  Oh, yeah, okay. Um. Let’s see: sugar, salt, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, red 40, blue 2,
           yellow 6, BHT, . . . xanthan gum . . . .
 
Dad: 
That doesn’t sound very good does it?  
Tom:  No, it doesn’t. 
Dad:  Now, read aloud the ingredients on this box of oatmeal. 
Tom:  Okay. Ingredients: oatmeal.  
Dad:  
So . . . what do you think?
Tom:  I think . . . . 
Dad:  Yeah?
Tom:  I think . . . .
Dad:   
Yes?
Tom:  
I think Sweety Sugar Flakes is the best!

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Listen again and fill in the missing words. (Use a pen and paper to write your answers.)

​​​​​​Dad:  Okay, so . . . let’s take a look at the shopping (1) __________________ again.
Tom:  We still need to buy a few more things. Like bananas, oranges, and (2) __________________. And then some cereal.   Dad:  Well, the cereal (3) __________________ is right here,  so let’s get the cereal first.  
Tom:  Okay.   
Dad:  There it is! There’s the oatmeal. 
Tom:  Oatmeal? I (4) __________________ oatmeal!   
Dad:  What do you mean? We always have oatmeal for (5) __________________.    
Tom:  Exactly! We ALWAYS have oatmeal for breakfast.   
Dad:  But it’s healthy!  
Tom:  Well, it’s (6) __________________, too!  
Dad:  Okay, let’s get the oatmeal . . . .  
Tom:  Aargh!  
Dad:  . . .  and I’ll also let you (7) __________________ any other kind of cereal you like.  
Tom:  Really? Yay!  
Dad:  But remember what I said about reading the (8) __________________ for the ingredients. 
Tom:  Yeah, yeah. Um, where’s my favorite cereal . . . . Where is it? Where is it?  There it is! 
Dad:  What? What’s that?  
Tom:  That’s my favorite cereal. It’s called “Sweety Sugar Flakes.”  
Dad:
 
Well then . . . before you put it into the shopping (9) __________________, can you please read the label?  ​
Tom:  Okay, sure, no problem.    
Dad:  No, I mean … can you read it out loud so that I can hear you?   
Tom:  Oh, yeah, okay. Um. Let’s see:  (10) __________________, salt, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil,
           red 40, blue 2, yellow 6, BHT, . . . xanthan gum . . . . 
Dad:  That doesn’t sound very good does it?
 

Tom:  No, it doesn’t. 
Dad:  Now, read aloud the ingredients on this (11) __________________ of oatmeal. 
Tom:  Okay. Ingredients: oatmeal.  
Dad:  
So . . .  what do you think?
Tom:  I think . . . . 
Dad:  Yeah?
Tom:  I think . . . .
Dad:   
Yes?
Tom:  
I think Sweety Sugar Flakes is the  (12) __________________!
​(Scroll down to the bottom of this page to check your answers.)

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Work with a partner and continue the conversation between Tom and his father. Act out the conversation for your other classmates.
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Dad: Yes?

Tom: I think Sweety Sugar Flakes is the best!

Dad: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tom: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dad: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tom: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dad: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ANSWERS  How much do you understand? 
1. B (fruit)     2. C (both Tom and his Dad)     3. A (TRUE)     4. A (ingredients)     5. C (healthy food)     


ANSWERS  Listening Gap-Fill Activity 
1. list     2. apples     3. aisle     4. hate     5. breakfast     6. boring     7. choose     8. label     9. cart     10. sugar     11. box    12. best     


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