Saturday Market
A2 · Reading: Skimming and scanning · Shopping and Money
🛒 HARBOUR SQUARE MARKET — every Saturday, 8 a.m.–1 p.m.
🍎 Fresh Fruit & Veg (by the fountain) — strawberries £2 a box · 3 boxes for £5
📚 Book Corner (under the clock) — second-hand books £1 each, comics 50p
🧀 Cheese Please (next to the café) — try before you buy!
👕 Vintage Clothes (near the bus stop) — T-shirts £4, jackets £12
🍯 Honey Hut — local honey £6 a jar
💳 Most stalls take cards. Book Corner and Honey Hut: CASH ONLY.
🏷️ Grandma the Bargain Hunter
Rosa’s grandma always arrives at the market at eight o’clock exactly. “The early bird gets the best strawberries,” she says. This Saturday she bought three boxes for five pounds instead of two pounds each. “That’s a pound saved already,” she told Rosa.
Next, they went to Book Corner. Rosa found four old comics and a book about horses. The man said, “That’s three pounds, please.” Grandma looked at the book. “The cover is a bit torn,” she said. “Would you take two pounds fifty?” The man laughed. “For you, Mrs Silva, yes.”
At the clothes stall, Rosa saw a beautiful denim jacket for twelve pounds. She only had ten. Grandma whispered, “Wait. Don’t look too interested.” They walked around the market for half an hour. When they came back at half past twelve, the seller was packing up. “You can have it for eight,” she said. “I don’t want to carry it home.”
Their last stop was the Honey Hut. Grandma gave the man a ten-pound note for a jar of honey, and he gave her the change: four pounds. On the way home, Rosa counted her money. She had two pounds left. “Grandma,” she said, “you’re a genius.” Grandma smiled. “No, dear. I’m just patient.”
Vocabulary
- stall — a table where people sell things at a market
- bargain — something good that is cheaper than normal
- second-hand — used before by someone else
- change — money you get back when you pay too much
- cash — money in coins and notes
- discount — a lower price
Sample questions (12 questions)
- Where is the book stall?
- by the fountain
- under the clock
- near the bus stop
- Which stalls only take cash?
- all stalls
- Book Corner and Honey Hut
- Cheese Please
- Why does Grandma arrive at eight o’clock?
- to meet a friend
- to get the best strawberries
- because it’s quiet
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