Buying Food

My mother goes to the store to buy food for our family. She prefers to go on Tuesdays and Saturdays. She tries to go early in the morning. Usually there aren’t many people at the store then. She has to buy a lot of food. Our family eats a lot!

Sometimes she asks my brother to go with her. He helps her carry the groceries.

groceries food sold at a store

EXERCISES

1. Complete the sentences with the missing verbs:

1. My mother ________ to the store to buy food.

2. She ________ to go on Saturdays.

3. She ________ to go in the morning.

4. My mother ________ to buy a lot of food.

5. Our family ________ a lot of food.

6. My mother ________ my brother to go with her.

7. He ________ carry the groceries.

2. Answer the questions:

1. Where does my mother buy food?

2. What days does she go to the store?

3. Does she go in the afternoon?

4. Are there many people at the store in the morning?

5. Does she buy little or a lot of food?

6. Who goes with her sometimes?

7. How does he help her?

3. Speaking Practice 1: Practice reading the two sentences below aloud; then say them from memory with a classmate, as a short dialog.

You say: Does your mother have to buy a lot of food?

Your Friend says: Yes, she does. Our family eats a lot.

4. Dictation: Copy the reading as your teacher reads it aloud. Correct your errors.

5. Grammar Practice

A. Give the correct form of the verb in the present tense according to the subject.

1. She _________(go) to buy food every week.

We _________(go) to buy food every week.

2. She _____(prefer) to go early in the morning.

I _______(prefer) to go early in the morning.

3. She _________(try) to go on Tuesdays.

They _________(try) to go on Tuesdays.

4. She __________(have) to buy a lot.

I ___________(have) to buy a lot.

5. We _________(eat) a lot.

He ___________(eat) a lot.

6. She _________(ask) my brother sometimes.

I __________(ask) my brother sometimes.

7. He __________(help) her.

I ___________(help) her.

B. Place the correct preposition in the blank. Choose from the list.

Preposition List: in, to, for, at, with.

1. Usually I go ________ Saturdays.

2. They go ________ the store ________ buy food.

3. We go early ________ the morning.

4. Early ________ the morning there aren’t many people ________ the store.

5. I go ________ her sometimes.

6. We have ________ go.

7. They try ________ go early.

8. We have _______ buy food _______ our family.

6. Speaking Practice 2: Practice reading the two sentences below aloud; then say them from memory with a classmate, as a short dialog.

You say: Why does your mother go early in the morning?

Your Friend says: Because there usually aren’t many people then.

6. Optional Activity: Rewrite the reading passage using “I” as the subject and change “my brother” to “my father” or “my sister”. Make any necessary changes in verb forms, possessives and object pronouns.

By Dean Curry