How Much Is This?: practical Pre-A1 English

Pick three prices you already know

Think of one real situation where you need this language. Say one phrase before reading further.

A useful chunk can work before you understand every word inside it.

This and that point to different places

Ask How much is this? for one nearby item. Use that for one item farther away. The next module explains the grammar behind these chunks.

Answer with It’s plus the price: “It’s sixty rupees.” A seller may also say only “Sixty rupees.” Both are easy to understand.

That’s too much means the price feels high. Use a calm tone. Local bargaining customs differ, so this phrase is practice, not advice for every shop.

Teen and tens pronunciation matters here. Fifteen and fifty can change the amount. Say the price slowly if the listener looks unsure.

Price language should stay short

Not: How many is this? Use: How much is this?

Not: It eighty rupees. Use: It’s eighty rupees.

Do not rush fifteen and fifty. Stress them clearly.

Complete six shop choices

Choose the phrase that completes the real task. Read the reason after a wrong choice.

Run the dialogue with new prices

1. Read the exchange as customer and seller.
2. Replace 80, 30 and 50 with three prices of your own.
3. Record the new dialogue as both people.

Use the phone recorder. Replay once and check whether every task is understandable.

Retrieve numbers from Module 1

Return to Numbers 0 to 100. Say 13, 30, 15, 50, 18 and 80 before repeating the shop dialogue.