Shopping list and order

Writing task

Write a shopping list for one dinner and a short order to a food shop. Include six products, three precise quantities, and two unspecified amounts.

Check that precise quantities use di and that partitive articles agree with the food noun.

• Mi servono un chilo di patate.· I need one kilogram of potatoes.
• Vorrei due etti di formaggio.· I would like two hundred grams of cheese.
• Prendo una bottiglia d’olio.· I will take a bottle of oil.
• Mi serve del pane.· I need some bread.

Model and editing check

Use the models as sentence frames, but change the information. Check verbs, agreement, small words, spelling, accents, and punctuation before you finish.

• Vorrei della frutta fresca.· I would like some fresh fruit.
• Compro dei pomodori maturi.· I am buying some ripe tomatoes.
• Non mi servono delle olive.· I do not need any olives.
• Quanto costa tutto?· How much does everything cost?

In context

The words of this lesson in sentences from other A1 lessons.

• Buongiorno, vorrei un caffè.· Good morning, I would like a coffee.
  Tappa 6 · At the café
• Vorrei una pizza margherita.· I would like a margherita pizza.
  Tappa 6 · Likes and polite orders
• Prendo il menù del giorno.· I will have the set menu.
  Tappa 6 · Likes and polite orders
• Sì. Vorrei la bruschetta.· Yes. I would like the bruschetta.
  Tappa 6 · At the restaurant
• Poi prendo il pollo, ma senza limone.· Then I will have the chicken, but without lemon.
  Tappa 6 · At the restaurant
• Una bottiglia d’acqua frizzante e due bicchieri di vino.· A bottle of sparkling water and two glasses of wine.
  Tappa 6 · At the restaurant
• Vorrei due etti di prosciutto.· I would like two hundred grams of ham.
  Tappa 6 · Order a meal
• Prendo una zuppa e un’insalata.· I will have a soup and a salad.
  Tappa 6 · Order a meal
• Quanto costa il menù?· How much does the menu cost?
  Tappa 6 · Order a meal
• Da bere prendo dell’acqua.· I will have some water to drink.
  Tappa 6 · Order a meal