Lesson 2: At the Market – Buying Food, Prices and Quantities (Introduction to passé composé)
Learn how to shop at the market with confidence, ask about prices and quantities, express simple opinions, and take your first steps with the passé composé.
About this lesson
This early A2 lesson builds essential market and shop shopping skills: how to request items politely, talk about prices and quantities, and share a quick opinion. You will also get a gentle introduction to the past tense passé composé using common shopping verbs (acheter, payer, coûter). Perfect for consolidating what you learned in Lesson 1 (polite greetings and basic expressions).
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Ask for products politely (Je voudrais…, Vous avez…?)
- Ask for and understand prices (C'est combien ? / Combien ça coûte ?; numbers up to 100)
- Use quantity expressions (un kilo de, une tranche de, un paquet de) when placing an order
- Express a simple opinion or preference (C'est bon marché/cher ; J'aime/Je préfère)
- Give a brief account of what you bought using the passé composé (j'ai acheté, ça a coûté)