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Objective:
UNIT IX

SHOPPING SKILLS

After studying this lesson, students are able to:

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Go shopping
Recognize the sections/counter in a supermarket/shopping center
Bargain a product

Situation 1

Today supermarkets are springing up in almost every large city in Indonesia. They sell all
different kinds of goods. The “cluster” below in general shows all different sections of goods
in a supermarket.

Questions

1. In which section is the following items? Write down the section on the blank spaces. For
example:

Toothpaste
Paper towels
Canned tuna
Shampoo
Cheese
Butter
Item
Personal care
section
 Carrots
Peaches
Turkey
Pork
Tea
Coca cola

2. Look at the group below. Each group consists of five items. One of which is odd. Write
the odd one on the blank spaces on the right.
Toothpaste, paper plates, shampoo, comb …………..paper
plates……………..
Lamb, mince, beef, lettuce
………………………………………
Sugar, cabbage, apple, broccoli
……………………………………...
Cheese, canned fruits, butter, candy
………………………………………
Soap, shampoo, chocolate, toothpaste
…………………………………….
Tea, coffee, beer, peas
………………………………………

Situation 2

Endang works in a big supermarket. There are a lot of foreigners shopping in the
supermarket. One of them is Mrs. Kyle who knows Endang well. Mrs.Kyle now is at the
counter paying her bill.

Endang : Hello, Mrs. Kyle. How are you?

Mrs.Kyle : I am well. Thanks

Endang : Rp.15.000,. Rp.20.000,- Rp.7.500,- Rp.25.000,. Rp.13.500,. and 10% tax.

That’s Rp.89.100,-

Mrs Kyle : Here are two 50 thousand notes.

Endang : Rp. 89.100 out of Rp.100.000 so that’s Rp.10.900,- Here’s the change,
Mrs.Kyle.

Mrs.Kyle : Thanks

Questions

1. How much money did Mrs.Kyle spend on her shopping?

2. How much money did Mrs.Kyle give to Endang?
Situation 3

Mrs.Carol goes shopping in the supermarket where Mrs.Kyle always buys goods. It’s the first
time Mrs.Carol has come to this supermarket. She wants to buy beef and chicken. She doesn’t
know where they are. So she asks a shop assistant, Olda.

Mrs.Carol : Excuse me. Do you know where meat section is?

Olda : Yes, madam. It’s over there at the back next to the produce. This way,
madam.

Mrs.Carol : Thank you.

Olda : Here you are, madam.

Mrs.Carol : I want a kg of beef and a kg of chicken. How much does a kg of beef cost?

Olda : A kg of beef cost Rp.65.000 and Rp.50.000 for chicken.

Mrs.Carol : I’ll have a kg of each please.

Questions

1. List Mrs.Carol’s shopping

2. Write down how much money Mrs.Carol spent.

Situation 4

In some markets in Indonesia, it’s common to bargain. Study the example:

A kg of chicken Rp.50.000 – Rp.40.000 – Rp. 45.000

Customer : What does a kg of chicken cost?

Assistant : It’s Rp.50.000

Customer : That’s too expensive. How about Rp.40.000?

Assistant : No. I can’t. But I can let you have it for Rp.45.000

Customer : All right. I’ll take it

A. Language Focus
 + : plus, add
= : equals, makes, is equal to
X : times, multiplied by
- : minus, less, out of, subtracts
: = Divided by
Arithmetic symbols Examples :
15 + 10 = 25 (fifteen plus ten is twenty five)
20 x 5 = 100 (twenty times five equals one hundred)
75 – 70 = 5 (seventy five minus seventy is five)
60 : bac2 = 30 ( sixty divided by two is thirty)
To ask about location of Do you know where the meat section is?
goods Do you know where the personal care section is?
Answer:
- It’s at the back
- It’s in the middle
- It’s next to the produce.
To ask the price How much is this/that bucket?
What does a bucket cost?
How much does a bucket cost?
How much is that all together?

Answer:
- It’s Rp25.000,-
- a bucket costs Rp.25.000
- Rp.25.000
- They cost Rp75.000,-
Bargaining How about Rp. …………..?
Can you lower Rp. ……………………?
I’ll offer you for Rp. …………………?
Response to bargain I can let you have ……………….
My lowest price is ………………….

B. Speaking and Writing Practice

Exercise 1

Write down the arithmetic symbols below in letters.

1. 500 + 350 + 150 =

2. 10% 15.000 =
3. 15 x 4 + 50.000 =
4. 2050 : 2 =
5. 55000 – 350 =

Exercise 2

Answer the following questions

 1. The fruits cost\ 10 dollars and 50 cents. The chicken costs 5 dollars and 45 cents. The
noodle costs 3 dollars and 25 cents. The fish costs 5 dollars and 15 cents. The
cocacola costs 35 dollars and 20 cents. How much do all they cost altogether?
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. Kiky has a new house. He is going to move in two weeks. His living room has an area
of 15 square meters. He wants to buy some green carpet for the living room. The price
of the carpet is 25 dollars for one square meter. How much will she have to pay?
…………………………………………………………………………………………

Exercise 3

Work in pairs. Make a dialogue about shopping between a buyer and a seller (asking the
location, the price and bargaining). Practice in front of the class.

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