How Much Is It?
This shopping ESL lesson teaches learners to identify shops, understand prices and ask 'How much is it?' Students match products to shops, practise numbers and complete short buyer-and-seller exchanges. They create a shop menu with prices and use play money in a practical shopping roleplay.
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Lesson format
2 × 45 minutes
Level
Elementary
Age group
Ages 8–11
Main focus
Speaking first
What students will learn
Lesson flow
Children mime buying items for classmates to guess the shop, sing a How Much Is It? song counting prices, and match shops to items with a chant. The second lesson surveys classmates asking 'How much is the book?', makes a Shop Menu craft pricing 3-4 items, and roleplays a shopkeeper game buying and selling with fake coins.
Target language
- • 'What is it?'
- • 'How much is it?'
- • 'I want to buy a ___'
- • Numbers and money vocabulary
Key vocabulary
- pound
- dollar
- euro
- price
- cheap
- expensive
- cost
- buy
- money
- change
Speaking questions students answer
- • What is it?
- • How much is it?
- • What can you buy for 5 złoty?
- • Where do you buy books?
- • Here you are! Thank you!
Recommended teaching contexts
Why this lesson works
The lesson follows a clear progression: Guess shops in a charades game, ask 'How much is it?' in a shopping survey, make a Shop Menu and roleplay a shopkeeper game. Teachers can open the materials and start immediately, while students move from supported vocabulary practice to purposeful spoken English.