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Cambridge English: Preliminary

Vocabulary practice for the Cambridge PET exam

Shopping Vocabulary: Groceries

Did you know you ask for a 'portion of chips' or a 'slice of cake' in the UK? On this page you will learn how to express different quantities of some common grocery items.

Choose

Match the grocery item to the correct word:

A) A of toothpaste
B)
A of jam
C) A of yoghurt
D) A of bread
E) A of soap
F) A of tomatoes
G) A of flowers
H) A of milk
I) A of chocolates
J) A of sugar

Well done. The correct answers are: A) tube, B) jar, C) carton, D) loaf, E) bar, F) tin, G) bunch, H) bottle, I) box, J) bag.Your answer has been saved.Check your answer

Remember

Complete the gaps in the following shopping list with the missing words.

Shopping list
1 of chocolates for Sarah's birthday.
1 of strawberry jam.
1 of sugar
1 of soap
1 small of bread
1 of toothpaste
1 of fruit yoghurt
1 of tomatoes
1 of milk
1 of flowers

Well done!The correct answers are: box, jar, bag, bar, loaf, tube, carton, tin, bottle, bunch. Your answer has been saved.Check your answer

 

 

 

Practice

Which of these groceries is usually on your shopping list?
Which things would you add?
Use a dictionary and write your own weekly shopping list similar to the one above.

 


 

Study Tip

Make a note of any other grocery items you come across that use these or other words to express quantity.

BAR

Carton

Tube

Jar

Bunch

of chocolate

eggs

glue

honey

bananas