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Buying food. Chapter 5, Book 3A Primary Longman Express. 1 peach. 4 peaches. Food. Countable nouns. things we can count singular : only one. plural : more than one. e.g. Singular Plural an apple two apple s an orange three orange s a tomato four tomato es.
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Buying food Chapter 5, Book 3A Primary Longman Express
1 peach 4 peaches Food Countable nouns things we can count singular: only one plural: more than one e.g. SingularPlural an apple two apples an orange three oranges a tomato four tomatoes
Uncountable nouns e.g. a / one water three waters water Nouns • things we cannot count • followed by singular verbs only • cannot use a, an or 1,2,3… before them
Countable Uncountable Practice e.g. rice rice orange orange cola cola apple apple water water bread bread mango mango tomato tomato
Countable Uncountable Practice pear pear tea tea egg egg hot dog hot dog soup soup cheese cheese orange juice orange juice
Uncountable food and drinks We use phrases before them to show the quantity. eight breads two milks two bottles of milk eight slices of bread
Countable food and drinks We can also use phrases before them to show the quantity. a packet of potato chips two packets of peanuts
Plural Singular + Food/Drinks a cup of two cups of lemon tea a box of four boxes of chicken wings a bottle of six bottles of milk a can of eight cans of cola a packet of nine packets of potato chips a slice of ten slices of pizza
How much is a hamburger? a bottle of water? It’s thirty sixty dollars. Asking about the price
Practice $5 How much is a can of cola? It’s five dollars.
$8 How much is a packet of potato chips? It’s eight dollars.
$10 How much is a bottle of milk? It’s ten dollars.
$13 How much is a cup of tea? It’s thirteen dollars.
$24 How much is a slice of cake? It’s twenty-four dollars.
May I have four slices of pizza and two apple pies, three hot dogs and two hamburgers, please? That’s one hundred dollars, please. Ordering food
Practice Role-play ordering the food. Price list: hot dog $20 slice of pizza $25 hamburger $22 French fries $14 chicken wings $32 cola $12 water $10 A: May I havetwo cups of cola and three packets of French fries, please? B: That’s sixty-six dollars, please.
Price list: hot dog $20 slice of pizza $25 hamburger $22 French fries $14 chicken wings $32 cola $12 water $10 A: May I havetwo hot dogs, a hamburger and three bottles of water, please? B: That’s ninety-two dollars, please.
Price list: hot dog $20 slice of pizza $25 hamburger $22 French fries $14 chicken wings $32 cola $12 water $10 A: May I havetwo boxes of chicken wings and a hamburger, please? B: That’s eighty-six dollars, please.
Price list: hot dog $20 slice of pizza $25 hamburger $22 French fries $14 chicken wings $32 cola $12 water $10 A: May I havefour slices of pizza, please? B: That’s one hundred dollars, please.