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Listen for pronunciation.
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Example Sentences
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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 2. Who always eats oatmeal? (A) Tom (B) his Dad (C) both Tom and his Dad 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.)
Now, listen again and follow along with the script below.
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!
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!
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) __________________!
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.)
Work with a partner and continue the conversation between Tom and his father. Act out the conversation for your other classmates.
Dad: Yes?
Tom: I think Sweety Sugar Flakes is the best!
Dad: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dad: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dad: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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
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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