What Can I Buy?

People use money to buy things. They can buy goods and services.

Goods are things. You can touch them. Clothes and food are goods. Toys are goods. Books are goods.

Services are things people do for you. Having your teeth cleaned is a service. Getting a haircut is a service. Getting your car cleaned at a car wash is a service.

Sometimes a good can be part of a service. If you go to a diner, a person cooks for you. That is a service. You also get food. Food is a good.

Can you name any other goods and services?

1. What do people use to buy things?

• a computer

• your toys

• money

People use money to buy things. They can buy goods and services.

Goods are things. You can touch them. Clothes and food are goods. Toys are goods. Books are goods.

Services are things people do for you. Having your teeth cleaned is a service. Getting a haircut is a service. Getting your car cleaned at a car wash is a service.

Sometimes a good can be part of a service. If you go to a diner, a person cooks for you. That is a service. You also get food. Food is a good.

Can you name any other goods and services?

2. This passage compares goods and services. How are goods and services the same?

• People buy both goods and services with money.

• Both goods and services are things you can touch.

• Both goods and services are things people do for you.

People use money to buy things. They can buy goods and services.

Goods are things. You can touch them. Clothes and food are goods. Toys are goods. Books are goods.

Services are things people do for you. Having your teeth cleaned is a service. Getting a haircut is a service. Getting your car cleaned at a car wash is a service.

Sometimes a good can be part of a service. If you go to a diner, a person cooks for you. That is a service. You also get food. Food is a good.

Can you name any other goods and services?

3.If you go to a diner, a person cooks for you. That is a service. You also get food at a diner. Food is a good.What does this information show?

• Goods can never be part of a service.

• Sometimes a good can be part of a service.

• Goods are always part of a service.

People use money to buy things. They can buy goods and services.

Goods are things. You can touch them. Clothes and food are goods. Toys are goods. Books are goods.

Services are things people do for you. Having your teeth cleaned is a service. Getting a haircut is a service. Getting your car cleaned at a car wash is a service.

Sometimes a good can be part of a service. If you go to a diner, a person cooks for you. That is a service. You also get food. Food is a good.

Can you name any other goods and services?

4.What is the main idea of “What Can I Buy?

• People can buy goods or services.

• People like to buy goods more than services.

• Sometimes a good can be part of a service.

People use money to buy things. They can buy goods and services.

Goods are things. You can touch them. Clothes and food are goods. Toys are goods. Books are goods.

Services are things people do for you. Having your teeth cleaned is a service. Getting a haircut is a service. Getting your car cleaned at a car wash is a service.

Sometimes a good can be part of a service. If you go to a diner, a person cooks for you. That is a service. You also get food. Food is a good.

Can you name any other goods and services?

Select an example from the passage of a service that you can buy with money.(Select more than one answer)

• teeth cleaning

• a haircut

• car wash

• cooked food