2B Grammar

A.Listen and practice. 2.2

A: What do you want for the picnic?

B: Hmm. How about some sandwiches?
A: OK. We have some ham, but we
don’t have any bread.
B: And we don’t have any cheese.
A: Do we have any eggs?
B: Let’s see...No, but we need some.
A: Let’s get some tomatoes, too.
B: OK. And let’s buy some potato
salad.
A: All right. Everyone likes potato salad.

Countable - Uncountable Nouns

Countable nouns are nouns which can be counted (e.g. one apple, two apples, etc.) and can be
in singular or plural. We put “a” before the noun in singular when it begins with a consonant sound
(b,d,p,etc.) and “an” when it begins with a vowel sound (a,e,i,o,u)

a coconut two coconuts an onion three onions

Uncountable nouns are nouns which can’t be counted and they usually have no plural.
These nouns include:
food: cheese, butter, meat, salt, pepper, bacon, bread, chocolate, honey, jam, etc.
liquids: coffee, milk, water, tea, wine, lemonade, petrol, oil, etc.
materials: gold, iron, silver, wood, paper, etc.
abstract nouns: beauty, love, happiness, etc.
others: hair, money, news, snow, furniture, weather, advice, etc.

We use some with uncountable nouns and not a/an.

We also use some with countable nouns but only in plural.

some cheese, some pears

not a cheese

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 2C Communication

A. Listen and practice. 2.3

A: The store doesn’t have any potato salad.

B: Well, we have lots of potatoes . Let’s
make some!
A: OK. Do we have any mayonnaise?
B: No, we need to buy some.
A: We need some onions, too.
B: Oh, I don’t want any onions. I hate onions.
A: Then, let’s get some celery.
B: No. I don’t want any celery in my potato
salad.
A: But let’s put some apples in it.
B: Apples in potato salad? That sounds
awful!

Use some in affirmative sentences: e.g. We have some chicken.

Use any in negative sentences and questions: e.g. We don’t have any cheese.
Do we have any bread?

B. Complete the conversation with some or any.

A: What do you want for lunch?
B: Let’s make _______ sandwiches.
A: Good idea! Do we have ______ bread?
B: I think there’s ________ in the refrigerator. Let me see...No, I don’t see ______.
A: Well, let’s go to the store. We need ______ milk, too. And do we have _______ cheese?
B: Yes, we do. There’s ______ cheese here. Let’s buy__________ more.
A: OK. Do we have ______ butter?
B: No, there isn’t ______. We need to buy ______, too.

C. Work in pairs. Ask Do we need ...? questions about the food in the shopping list.

A: Do we need any oranges?

B: Yes, we need some oranges. Do we need any onions?
Shopping list
- oranges - cheese
A: Let’s see... No, we don’t need any onions.
- tomatoes - butter
- celery - milk
- potatoes - pears
- broccoli - meat
- eggs - fish
- apples - lemons

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A. Complete: There is / there are. D. Complete the food chart.
Give two examples per each
1. _________ some apples on the table. category.
2. _________ an eraser on the floor.
3. _________ two armchairs here. Fruit
4. _________ a red pen over there. ______________________
______________________
5. _________ some cheese.
Vegetables
B. Underline and correct the mistakes. ______________________
______________________
1. Is there some books on the table?
Grains
_____________________________ ______________________
2. There aren’t some tomatoes left. ______________________
_____________________________ Fat and oils
3. There are a car in front of your house. ______________________
______________________
_____________________________
4. There isn’t any oranges. Dairy
_____________________________ ______________________
______________________
5. Are there an onion?
______________________________ Meat and other proteins
______________________
______________________
C. Put in order and make sentences.

1. any - aren’t - books - there - table - the - on E. Write “C” for countable or “U”
_____________________________ for uncountable.

2. any - there - butter - left - is - ? 1. milk _______

_____________________________ 2. tomato _______
3. is - some - sugar - there - the- box - in 3. bread _______
4. money _______
_____________________________
5. orange _______
4. two - are - chair - gloves - on - there - the 6. paper _______
_____________________________ 7. oil _______
5. kitchen - microwave - isn’t - a - in - the - there 8. love _______
9. onion _______
_____________________________
10. coffee _______

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Unit 3 Food for fuel
Goal: Using containers and measurements with countable and uncopuntable nouns.

Warm up
Containers and measurements
A. Match the pictures with their names. Then, listen and check. 3.1

1 2 3 4 5
box loaf
mug slice
bowl pot
jar carton 6 7 88 9 10
bar can
bottle glass

packet
11 12 13 14 15
piece
cup

B. What do you have for breakfast? lunch? dinner? Read the article and discuss your
daily diet.

Breakfast
- 3 fried-egg sandwiches with cheese, lettuce,
tomatoes, fried onions, and mayonnaise.
- 2 cups of coffee.
- an omelet with five eggs.
- 3 bowls of grits.
- 3 slices of bread topped with sugar.
- 3 chocolate pancakes.

Lunch

- a bowl of pasta with tomato sauce.

- 2 large ham and cheese sandwiches with
mayonnaise.
- 2 bottles of energy drink.
Jenny Thompson; The famous Olympic Gold medallist from
Dinner
Danvers, Massachusetts, USA has a lot of medals. She
- a bowl of pasta with tomato sauce. follows a special diet. Every day she eats three meals of
- 6 to 8 slices of pizza. 4,000 calories each.
- 2 bottles of energy drink.

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 3B Grammar

A. Show all containers you have in your bag. Talk about them to your class.

Containers and measurements

* We can use countable and uncountable nouns after phrases of quantity such as:
a jar / bottle/ piece / loaf / cup / bar / glass / kilo / carton / bowl / can / slice / packet
box + of, etc.
E.g. a bottle of wine, a carton of milk, a cup of coffee.

B. Make sentences using the containers in the picture. E.g.

There’s a bottle of soda, there are some packages of bread and there isn’t any...

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 2B Grammar

A. Write a, an, or some.

1. ______ orange 2. ______ peach 3. ______ banana

4. ______ apple 5. ______ coconut 6. ______ coffee

7. ______ egg 8. ______ salt 9. ______ sandwich

10. ______ meat 11. ______ onion 12. ______ lemons

B. Identify the nouns if they are countable (C) or uncountable (U).

1. chocolate _____
U 8. chicken _____
2. water _____ 9. butter _____
3. tomatoes _____ 10. carrots _____
4. meat _____ 11. potato _____
5. egg _____ 12. milk _____
6. money _____ 13. rice _____
7. bread _____ 14. crackers _____

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 2C Communication

A. Complete the conversation with some or any.

1. A: What do you want for dinner?

B: Let’s make _______ pasta with
tomato sauce.
A: Good idea. Do we have _____ meat?
B: Well, we have _____ beef, but
I don’t want ______ meat in the
sauce. Let’s get _____ tomatoes
and onions.
A: OK. Do we need ______ green peppers
for the sauce?
B: Yes, let’s get _______ peppers.
Oh, and _____ garlic, too.
A: Great, We have _______ spaghetti,
so we don’t need ______ pasta.
B: Yeah, but let’s get ______ bread.
And ______ cheese, too.

2. A: What do you eat for breakfast?

B: Well, first, I have fruit, _________
apples or grapes.
A: That sounds good. Do you have
______ eggs or meat?
B: No, I don’t eat ______ eggs or meat
in the morning.
A: Really? Do you have anything else?
B: Well, I usually have _______ bread,
but I don’t put _______ butter on it.
A: Do you drink anything in the morning?
B: I always have ______ juice and coffee,
but I like ______ milk in it.

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Unit 3 Food for fuel
3A Warm up
A. Label the pictures. can - carton - loaf - mug - box - pot - piece - bottle

1. A carton of milk
_____________ 2. ______________ 3. _____________ 4. _______________

5. ____________ 6. _____________ 7. _____________ 8. ______________

B. Write below the kind of food you have in the meals.

Meals of the day

__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________

C. Ask and answer the questions like this: What do you have for...?

What do you have for breakfast? I usually have a glass of milk and bread
with butter for breakfast .

D. Ask your partner and write what he / she has for breakfast, lunch and dinner.Then,
report his/ her information.

Name Breakfast Lunch Dinner

_________ has ___________________________ for breakfast.

( name ) (food)

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 3B Grammar

A. Fill in the blanks with bottle, glass, carton, cup, bowl, pack, slice, loaf, can and piece.

1. a _____________ of milk
2. a _____________ of bread
3. a _____________ of tea
4. a _____________ of apple juice
5. a _____________ of pizza
6. a _____________ of spaghetti
7. a _____________ of popcorn
8. a _____________ of tuna
9. a _____________ of cake
10. a ____________ of wine

B. Think about your refrigerator. Tell the class all the things inside. E.g.

In my refrigerator, there is a bottle of water.

But there aren’t any cans of beer.

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