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At the Grocery Store

Lesson 3 of 11 in Canadian Survival Phrases · 25 minutes

Practice navigating a Canadian grocery store. Learn to ask where items are, understand checkout questions, and complete a shopping interaction.

What you'll learn

  • Navigate a Canadian grocery store with confidence
  • Ask where to find items using 'Where is the...?'
  • Understand checkout questions: 'Debit or credit?', 'Do you need a bag?'
  • Learn common grocery store vocabulary
  • Practice a full shopping interaction from entering to paying

From the transcript

You are shopping at a Canadian grocery store. You need to find items, ask for help, and pay at the checkout.

Li Wei: Excuse me, where is the milk?

Employee: The milk is in the back, in the dairy section.

Li Wei: The back? Can you show me?

Employee: Sure! Follow me. It's right over here.

Li Wei: Thank you! And where is the bread?

Employee: Bread is in aisle three, on the left.

Li Wei: Aisle three. Thank you very much!

Employee: No problem! Let me know if you need anything else.

Cashier: Hi! Did you find everything okay?

Li Wei: Yes, thank you.

Cashier: Do you need a bag?

Li Wei: Yes, please.

Cashier: That'll be five cents for the bag. Your total is twenty-three forty-five.

Li Wei: Sorry, how much?

Cashier:…