Compras para una receta
“Amir quiere cocinar una sopa de verduras para cuatro personas.
- ~96 words
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- 0.9 min read
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- 10 sentences
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Compras para una receta
Reviewed by Francisco · Updated
- Topic
- Mercado y alimentación
- Learning goal
- Buy recipe ingredients, ask for quantities, and accept a substitute
- Grammar focus
- quantities with de · polite requests · object pronouns
- Length
- 96 words
- Reading time
- 0.9 min
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English translation▾
Amir wants to cook a vegetable soup for four people.
Before leaving, he writes a list with all the ingredients.
At the market, he asks for half a kilo of tomatoes and three carrots.
He also needs a leek, but the vendor does not have any.
The vendor recommends that he use a small onion.
Amir accepts the idea and adds the onion to his shopping.
Then he asks where he can find vegetable stock.
The vendor points to a stall at the end of the aisle.
Amir buys the stock and checks his list again.
Now he has everything needed to prepare the soup.
Key vocabulary
Comprehension check
Use the language
Writing prompt
Write a shopping list for a simple recipe, then describe in 6–8 sentences what you buy and one substitute you accept.
Speaking prompt
Order ingredients at a market, ask where to find one item, and respond when the seller suggests a substitute.
Answer key and explanations
Four.
The first sentence says Amir is cooking for four people.
A leek.
The vendor has no leek and suggests a substitute.
A small onion.
The vendor recommends using a small onion instead of the leek.
He buys the stock and checks the list.
After buying the stock, Amir checks his list again and then knows the shopping is complete.