This Doesn’t Fit the Shopper

  • Post category:Reading

Topic: Food

Mode: Interpretive

Level: Novice

Students will read a sentence describing a shopper’s situation and choose the item that is NOT appropriate for each of them.

Components of this activity: A worksheet

Instructions to the teacher

Make a worksheet like the one below for your class. Expand and edit the activity as necessary for your context and purposes. Below, the correct answers appear in bold.

Instructions to students

Choose the answer that is not appropriate for each shopper.

  1. I take the bus to the grocery store. I need to walk for 10 minutes to reach the bus stop.

2 boxes of pasta    2 gallons of milk    3 apples   

  1. I have a big family and my mother-in-law is visiting for the winter.

one onion    3 gallons of milk    5 boxes of noodles

  1. I only eat breakfast in my room. For lunch and dinner, I eat at the cafeteria in my dorm.

granola bars        bananas    steaks       

  1. I live in a student dormitory. I have a microwave and a small refrigerator in my dorm room.

1 fresh whole chicken    ½ gallon of milk    instant noodles   

  1. I love to cook food from my country and share it with friends.

regular grocery store        ethnic grocery store        convenience store