English Phrases For The Supermarket
Let’s go to the supermarket or grocery store.
When you go in, you’ll take a shopping cart – or a basket if you only want to buy a few things.
To ask an employee of the store for help, you can say:
“Where can I find ketchup? ”
“It’s on aisle 12.”
“Do you have non-fat milk? ”
“Yes, in the dairy section.”
The employee might refer you to an aisle – aisles are the corridors in the supermarket. Or they might tell you to go to one of these sections of the store:
Dairy section – Milk, yogurt, butter, and cheese
Produce section – Fresh fruits and vegetables
Frozen food section – Ice cream, pre-prepared meals
Bakery – Bread, muffins, cakes
Deli – Sliced meat and cheese for sandwiches
Ethnic foods – International foods
If the store doesn’t have the item available right now, the employee will say:
“Sorry, it’s out of stock.”
“Sorry, we’re out of unsalted peanuts at the moment.”
In this case, you can return to the store later to check if the item is available.
If the store never offers the item, the employee will say:
“Sorry, we don’t carry mango juice.”
In this case, you need to go to a different store to find it.
You can buy food in different types of packaging:
A can of soup
A jar of jelly / jam
A box of cereal
A package of pasta
A carton of milk
A bottle of wine
A loaf of bread
You might see signs that says 20% off – that means there’s a 20% discount. If you’re not sure, you can ask:
“Is this on sale?”
When you’re ready to pay, go to the checkout. The person who works there is called the cashier.
The cashier might say:
“How would you like to pay?”
You can answer:
– “In cash.”
– “With a credit card.”
– “With a debit card.”
If you pay with a credit card, the cashier will say,
“Please sign here.”
If you pay with debit card, the cashier will say,
“Please enter your PIN.”
(personal identification number)
If you pay in cash – imagine your purchases total $70 and you pay $100, the cashier will give you back the extra money and say,
“Here’s your change.”
or:
“Your change is $30.”
The cashier will give you a receipt – this is the piece of paper with the list of what you bought.
Finally, the cashier might say:
“Have a nice day!”
And you can reply:
“Thanks, you too!”
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At the supermarket
Here are some English phrases you will find useful when shopping at the supermarket.
Finding and asking for items
could you tell me where the … is?
milk
bread counter
meat section
frozen food section
are you being served?
I'd like …
that piece of cheese
a slice of pizza
six slices of ham
some olives
how much would you like?
300 grams
half a kilo
two pounds (1 pound is approximately 450 grams)
At the checkout
that's £32.47
could I have a carrier bag, please?
could I have another carrier bag, please?
do you need any help packing?
do you have a loyalty card?
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Vocabulary for a supermarket and grocery items
In this English lesson you will learn the vocabulary for inside a supermarket and grocery items using pictures with words. There is also a large list of vocabulary for things you might expect to find in a supermarket.
Supermarket and groceries vocabulary
1 Supermarket trolley 2: Bread and cakes shelves 3: Small plastic bags for fruit and vegetables 4: Meat 5: Butcher 6: Drinks
7: House hold items 8: Paper towels 9: Grocery items in trolley 10: aisle 11: Stack of tinned food 12: Price of grocery item
13: customer buying fish 14: Fishmonger 15: Dairy products 16: Frozen food 17: Man in mobility scooter and queue of people
18: Express checkout (basket and 10 items or less only) 19: Cash register or till 20: Checkout assistant 21: Plastic carrier bags
22: Shopping basket full of groceries 23: Shopper leaving with carrier bags full of groceries
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