22 Grocery shopping
Man: Hey. Can you give me a hand with the groceries? And I told you I could do the shopping.
Woman: Wow! Do we really need (1)…………………….? Let me see that receipt.
Man: Hey, I only bought the essentials.
Woman: Okay. Let’s see. Dog food. (2)…………………………… cents? We don’t even have
a dog!
Man: Well, it WAS going to be a surprise, but look in the back of the truck.
Woman: What?
Man: Ah, ha, hah. (3)………………………….. I knew you’d love him.
Woman: That thing? That dog’s as big as a horse. He probably eats like one, too.
Man: Ah, but he’s sure friendly. And someone was (4)…………………………….. at the
supermarket, and I . . . I . . . I couldn’t let that poor thing pass another day without a loving home.
Woman: Whatever. Where was I? (5)…………………. cents for twenty-four cans of
tomato juice? You don’t even like that stuff!
Man: Ahhhh. Not yet. I’ve decided to change my eating habits.
Woman: Right.
Man: You’ll see, you’ll see.
Woman: Okay. Let’s see. Three eighty-four cents for a box of chocolate cookies and twelve fifty-six ($12.56) for a case of (6)…………………………….. [Yeah!] Changing your eating habits, huh? Do you really think that cookies are some type of diet food?
Man: Hey, I’ll just eat a cookie or two every other hour. In fact, they’re a great source of carbohydrates for energy. And, you see, the (7)…………………………….. and cookies kind of, you know, cancel each other out.
Woman: Oh brother. I can’t believe what I’m hearing. Let’s see. Where was I?
A carton of eggs, two fifty cents for a gallon of milk, (8)…………………… of tuna. Okay.
Man: Oh, we . . . w . . . well. The steaks are for Herbert.
Woman: Herbert. Who’s Herbert?
Man: Uh, he’s the dog. [No!] You see, the (9)………………………………… said that he’s kind
of . . . he’s somewhat picky about what he eats, [No!], and the steaks might help
him adjust [Absolutely not!] . . . . no, no, no, and the steaks might help him adjust to his new home. Hey, what are you doing? Oh, no. Why did you throw the steaks out on the (10)…………………………………..?
Woman: Well, now, you and Herbert can get to know each other better. I’m going out to eat by myself.
Man: Ughh.
ANSWER KEY
(1) all this stuff (6) soft drinks
(2) 24.70 (7) tomato juice
(3) Speechless (8) three cans
(4) giving him away (9) previous owner
(5) 18.19 (10) ground outside
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