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🏷️ A1 Grammar • 12 Mins

🛒 Shopping at the Market

Learn how to ask the price, count market items, make plurals, and use a, an, and some with confidence.

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How to use this lesson

🧑‍🏫 For Teachers

• Give students 12 minutes to read the rules aloud and practice in pairs.

• Guide learners to check the hint chips before answering each practice task.

🎒 For Learners

• Read the 4 rule cards carefully before you begin the practice stations.

• Answer all 12 questions and look at the hint words if you get stuck.

A cheerful outdoor farmers market fruit stall with wooden crates and wicker baskets full of bright oranges, red apples,

Look at the stall: colorful fruit in each basket, with prices clearly shown!

⚖️ Market Grammar Rules

4 Key Steps

Rule Focus

Plain Rule

Market Example

💰 1. Price

Ask "How much...?" to ask the price of something, and answer with the price.

"How much is this scarf? It is four pounds."

🔢 2. Countable

Ask "How many + a plural noun" for things you can count, and answer with a number.

"How many socks do you want? I want six."

📦 3. Plurals

Add -s to most words. Add -es after s, x, ch, sh. Remember special words like child → children.

"One box, two boxes. One child, three children."

🍎 4. A / An / Some

Use "a" before a consonant sound, "an" before a vowel sound, and "some" for more than one or things you cannot count.

"I want a hat, an umbrella and some gloves."

★ The Golden Sentence ★

"I want a hat, an umbrella and some gloves."

Notice: a hat (consonant) • an umbrella (vowel) • some gloves (plural)

A friendly market seller standing behind a wooden stall holding a price sign, smiling at a happy customer who holds a wi

The buyer pays with a coin: "How much is one kilo of apples?"

🎯 Market Practice: 12 Stations

Question 1 (price)

You are at a market stall. You want to ask the cost of a cheap hat. Which sentence is correct?

____ a. How many is this cheap hat? ____ b. How much is this cheap hat? ____ c. How price is this cheap hat?

Question 2 (plural)

You tell a friend about a stall. Which sentence is correct?

____ a. I see two dishs of rice. ____ b. I see two dishes of rice. ____ c. I see two dish of rice.

Question 3 (vowel)

Which shopping sentence uses a, an, and some correctly?

____ a. I see a egg, a pear and some milk. ____ b. I see an egg, a pear and a milk. ____ c. I see an egg, a pear and some milk.

Question 4 (count)

Turn this statement into a question with How many:

"There are three baskets on the stall."

Write the complete question: ____ (Write the question)

Question 5 (price)

Turn this statement into a price question with How much:

"The kilo of apples is two coins."

Write the complete question: ____ (Write the question)

Question 6 (count)

Turn this statement into a question with How many:

"The seller has four boxes."

Write the complete question: ____ (Write the question)

Question 7 (plural)

Fill in the plural form of the word in brackets:

In my basket, I have six ____ (peach).

Question 8 (quantity)

Choose How much or How many to complete the question:

____ kilos of oranges do you want?

Question 9 (vowel)

Fill in the blank with a or an:

At the market, I buy ____ orange and some bread for my basket.

Question 10 (price)

Find the mistake in this market chat message. What is the correct question word?

💬 "I like this basket. How many is this bag?"

Replace 'How many' with: ____ (question word)

Question 11 (plural)

Correct the misspelled noun in the message:

💬 "The seller gives me two glass of cold water."

Write the correct plural of 'glass': ____ (plural word)

Question 12 (vowel)

Correct the article before 'old' in this note:

💬 "The seller gives me a old coin from the market."

Write the correct article (a / an / some): ____ (article)

Grammar: At the Market

🛒 Shopping at the Market

How to use this lesson

⚖️ Market Grammar Rules

🎯 Market Practice: 12 Stations

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