grocery

Everyday

1. A grocery, or grocery store, is a shop that sells food and things for the home. In the UK it is often a supermarket or a grocer's. tree →
2. Groceries are the food and other things you buy there, like milk, bread, fruit and soap. tree →
3. Grocery shopping is going to buy the food for the week. tree →

In the lessons

Shopping: items bought, prices added, change from a note. In everyday life: a grocery list, carrying the bags, comparing prices, budgeting. In safety: stay with your grown-up in the store. Phrases: «grocery store», «grocery list», «do the groceries», «bags of groceries».

Examples

• Mom spent 45 dollars on groceries. tree →
• She carried 4 bags of groceries. tree →
• The grocery store sells eggs for 3 dollars a dozen. tree →
• How much change does she get from 50 dollars? tree →
• I helped Dad write the grocery list. tree →
• We put the groceries away in the fridge. tree →
• The grocery store is two blocks from our house. tree →
• Can you help me carry the groceries in from the car? tree →

Note

Money spent on groceries is added up and often taken from the money she had (change = money given − total). Trap: bags of groceries are counted things, the dollars are the amount spent. «Groceries» is usually plural; «grocery» alone is mostly an adjective (grocery bag) in the USA.