Unit 3.2. AT THE SUPERMARKET

               At The Supermarket

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By: Adriana Marcela Barreiro

 

A. OBJECTIVES

.Use prepositions and prepositional phrases of interior location
.Make Wh-questions with can
.Use vocabulary related to supermarkets and groceries


B.BRIEF READING ON THE TOPIC

Supermarkets are now an integral part of the community in 21st century living. Every community has at least one supermarket. These range in size from huge buildings with 15 aisles or more to smaller ones with three or four aisles.

The size of the stands is also variable. In bigger supermarkets these can have five to eight shelves while others have only two or three shelves. A shopper can find many, many things in a supermarket from a book of matches to a refrigerator.


But not everybody is enchanted with supermarkets. They remember the times when life was less hectic and people went to the local grocers, butchers or greengrocers and met and chatted with the neighbors as well as the storekeeper herself or himself. But it is unlikely that the days of the local shopkeeper will return. Todays supermarket is very convenient for busy people who are always in a hurry.




C. DEFINITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

The modal verb can as we have seen is used to express ability.

Note that in the following sentences, a simple form of the verb is always used after can, regardless of the subject:
You can find frozen foods in Aisle 3

He can find cheese and yogurts in the Dairy section in aisle 7

Customers can pay with a coupon

People can get a wide variety of products in todays supermarkets

You can shop at supermarkets until very late at night, usually 11:00 p.m.
To make a question (?) from an affirmative sentence (+) using a wh- word (where, what, who, when, etc) do the following:

1.Add the wh-word that you want to use.

2.Simply invert the order of the two first two words in your sentence (subject and auxiliary verb can).

3.Remove information that answers the question
 



D. 5 EXERCISES

1. supermarkets are popular because they areconvenient
2. there is at least one supermarket in a community
3.not everybody likessupermarket
4. before supermarket paople shopped at small local stores
5.a greegrocer is a place where they sell fruit and vegetables    


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