Collection of games

Level: elementary and intermediate

Age: any

Group size: small class or groups

Use: to practise the vocabulary needed for various kinds of shopping

There are many vocabulary games of this type. They can be adapted to circumstances. Examples:

1. 
   My father/sister/I/You and I, etc. went to (name a town). Oh yes, did he/she/you? What did he/she/you bring back? He/she/I/We brought back…Each learner adds an item and repeats the items already mentioned by other learners. If this is found unduly difficult, write some of the items on the board. Keep a note of what is mentioned. In a large class the list becomes unbearably long and the game is then better played in-groups.
   
2. 
   I went to the market/shops/supermarket with…and there we bought…,etc. The vocabulary can be restricted to what is obtainable at one kind of shop, and this varies from country to country.
   
3. 
   Amounts can be specified: I went shopping yesterday and bought a dozen eggs, a pound/half a kilo of coffee, a pound of butter, etc.
   
4. 
   Other tenses can be used: My mother and sister have gone to… What are they going to buy? Guess… Every Saturday we go shopping, and what do you think we buy? etc.
   
5. 
   ‘Uncountable’ and ‘countable’ may need practice: some rice, some cheese, some bacon, two packets of rice, a quarter of bacon, six eggs, etc.
   

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