Unit 3: Active and Healthy Lesson 5A Speaking and Vocabulary - Health Stores

Lesson 5A Speaking and Vocabulary -

Health Stores

English Language Exercises - Health Food Shop Conversation

English exercises solutions and answers

📝 Exercise 1: Answer the Questions

a) Before starting a job as a shop assistant, what do you need to know about the shop?

You need to know where everything is, the products, and the prices.

b) What kind of questions do you think customers ask in a health food shop?

They ask if products are organic, gluten-free, or locally grown.


🎧 Exercise 2: Listening Comprehension

(3.10) Listen to a conversation in a health food store. Does the girl find her first day in the shop easy?

Answer: No, she finds it difficult.


💬 Exercise 3: Polite Requests and Refusals

(3.11) Study the Speaking box and complete the polite requests and refusals. Listen and check.

1. Would you mind telling me where the organic kale is?

2. That's very kind of you, dear, but I think I'll manage.

3. I'd like to know whether your fruit and veg is locally grown.

4. Have you got any idea whether it's local?

5. I'm sure they look lovely but I'm afraid it's local or nothing for me.

6. I wonder if you have any free-range eggs.

7. Could you tell me where I can find those eggs?

8. No, that's alright, thanks, I'll be fine.

9. Do you happen to know if you've got any wholemeal bread in there?


🔄 Exercise 4: Indirect Questions

Rewrite the questions as indirect questions:
1 Are these apples organic? → I wonder if/whether these apples are organic.
2 What time does the juice bar in the gym close? → I was wondering what time the juice bar in the gym closes.
3 Does this bread contain gluten? → Have you got any idea if/whether this bread contains gluten?
4 Could I have soy milk? → Do you think I could have soy milk?
5 Where can I buy freshly squeezed apple juice? → Would you mind telling me where I can buy freshly squeezed apple juice?

🎯 Pronunciation Practice

(3.12) PRONUNCIATION: Listen to how the underlined words are pronounced. Then practise saying the sentences.

1. Could you tell me how much it is?

2. Would you mind telling me what this is?

3. I don't know, really.

4. I'm going to ask my colleague.

Suggested Answer: Students practise pronunciation, linking words naturally.

🎭 Role Play Activity

In pairs, role-play the situations at the back of your book. Student A, go to page 73. Student B, go to page 75.

Suggested Answer: Students act out customer and shop assistant conversations using polite requests.

🌐 Additional Resources & Links

🔗 External Learning Resources:

bilal
bilal
تعليقات