186 Part III: Teaching Skills Classes
Table 13-1 Practising ‘how much is/how much are’
Partner A Partner B
Menu Menu
Starter Starter
Spring rolls £2.00 Spring rolls £...
Sesame toast £... Sesame toast £2.20
Chicken soup £2.50 Chicken soup £...
Main Course Main Course
Prawn curry £... Prawn curry £4.50
Roast beef £4.70 Roast beef £...
Vegetarian lasagne £... Vegetarian lasagne £4.00
Dessert Dessert
Chocolate cake £3.00 Chocolate cake £...
Summer fruits £... Summer fruits £3.15
Apple pie £2.95 Apple pie £...To make use of this activity in which each partner gets prices for half the
items on a menu, use these steps:- Go through the vocabulary to make sure that students understand the
food items.
If you don’t do this first thing, your students are likely to get distracted
from the main aim.- Do an example on the board.
Get students to suggest what question needs to be asked and make sure
that everyone knows how to ask ‘How much is?’ and ‘How much are?’- Divide the class into pairs and give each partner one half of the sheet –
Partner A has the left half and Partner B the right.
You can tell each partner that his menu is top secret so he can’t show
his partner.- Ask the students to look at the prices and check which ones are miss-
ing, then explain that each partner has to ask the other partner for the
prices of these dishes.
Check that they all know what to do.