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🎓 Reading Comprehension – Grocery Shopping List

Hear someone shopping for dinner; answer 10 questions about items, quantities, prices, and substitutions.

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Reading Comprehension – Grocery Shopping List
Hear someone shopping for dinner; answer 10 questions about items, quantities, prices, and substitutions. Use the speaker icon on the upper left to listen to the essay.

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Grocery Shopping List

Hear someone shopping for dinner; answer 10 questions about items, quantities, prices, and substitutions. Use the speaker icon on the upper left to listen to the essay.

On Saturday afternoon, Emily visited Fresh Market to buy ingredients for a family dinner. Before leaving home, she wrote a shopping list that included two pounds of chicken, one bag of rice, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, and a bottle of olive oil. At the produce section, she noticed that red tomatoes were more expensive than usual, costing four dollars per kilogram, so she decided to buy smaller ones instead. Emily also planned to prepare a fruit salad, but the store had run out of strawberries, so she substituted them with blueberries. While shopping, she compared different brands of pasta sauce and selected the cheaper option that was on sale for three dollars. At the bakery counter, she purchased a loaf of whole wheat bread and six chocolate muffins for dessert. Before paying, Emily remembered she had forgotten milk and quickly returned to the dairy section to pick up two cartons. In total, the groceries cost her seventy-two dollars.

Why did Emily go to Fresh Market?

How much chicken was on Emily’s shopping list?

What was the price of the red tomatoes?

What fruit did Emily buy instead of strawberries?

Why did Emily choose a certain pasta sauce?

How much did the pasta sauce cost?

What did Emily buy at the bakery counter?

What item did Emily forget and later remember to buy?

How many cartons of milk did Emily purchase?

What was the total cost of Emily’s groceries?

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