1 SPEAKING In pairs, look at the photos below and tick the items you can see. Then read the texts. How is your diet different?
☑ beef
☐ biscuits
☐ bread
☐ butter
☐ cake
☐ chocolate
☐ coffee
☐ crisps
☐ eggs
☐ ice cream
☐ juice
☐ lettuce
☐ milk
☐ pasta
☐ potatoes
☐ rice
☐ sandwich
☐ tomatoes
☐ water
Answers In the photos: beef, bread, lettuce, sandwich, tomatoes
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2 Look at the names of the food and drinks in Exercise 1.
Write C for the things you can count and U for the things you can’t count.
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beef |
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biscuits |
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bread |
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butter |
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cake |
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chocolate |
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coffee |
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crisps |
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eggs |
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ice cream |
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juice |
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lettuce |
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milk |
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pasta |
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potatoes |
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rice |
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sandwich |
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tomatoes |
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water |
Answers:
Countable: biscuits, crisps, eggs, potatoes, sandwich, tomatoes
Uncountable: beef, bread, butter, cake, chocolate, coffee, ice cream, juice, lettuce, milk, pasta, rice, water
3 Match phrases 1–5 in the texts on page 26 with explanations a–d. Check your answers in the Grammar box.
a □ We use a(n) with singular countable nouns.
b □ We use some with plural countable nouns.
c □ We use some with uncountable nouns.
d □ □ We use any in questions and in negative sentences with uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns.
Answers:
a 4 b 1 c 2 d 3, 5
4 3.1 Complete the dialogue with a, an, some, any or no. Listen and check.
Jawad: I’m hungry. What is there to eat?
Farid: There’s ¹ an apple.
Jawad: oh! Have you got ² ______ chocolate?
Farid: No, I haven’t, but there’s ³ ______ banana if you want it.
Jawad: You know I hate fruit! Have you got ⁴ ______ biscuits?
Farid: No, I’m sorry, there are ⁵ ______ biscuits in the house!
Jawad: You’re so healthy! Come on, let’s go and buy ⁶ ______ ice cream!
Answers:
2 any 3 a 4 any 5 no 6 some
5 Complete the questions with How much or How many. Then answer the questions in pairs.
- How much meat do you eat every week?
- ______ sandwiches do you have a week?
- ______ biscuits do you eat every day?
- ______ water do you drink every day?
- ______ fruit do you eat every week?
- ______ snacks do you have in the evening?
1 I eat meat twice a week.
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2 How many 3 How many 4 How much 5 How much 6 How many
6 SPEAKING Work in pairs. What do you usually have for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
I usually have some cereal.
I drink some juice, but I never have any tea
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LESSON 1B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1 ★ Which words are countable and which are uncountable? Find the odd one out in each group.
1 beef rice coffee tomato
2 bread biscuit crisp egg
3 butter cake sandwich chocolate
4 spinach potato yoghurt cheese
5 juice tea ice cream sardine
6 tuna apple pasta cereal
7 lettuce milk egg water
Answers:
2 bread 3 sandwich 4 potato 5 sardine 6 apple 7 egg
2 ★ Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
- Are there ___ biscuits?
a) some b) a c) any - Have you got ___ milk?
a) any b) a c) some - There isn’t ___ yoghurt.
a) no b) some c) any - There’s ___ beef in the shop.
a) any b) no c) a - Have we got ___ egg?
a) no b) any c) an - We need ___ pasta.
a) a b) any c) some - Oh, no! There are ___ crisps left!!
a) any b) no c) a
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1 c 2 a 3 c 4 b 5 c 6 c 7 b
3 ★ Complete the dialogue with how much or how many.
Muneer:
I hate shopping.
Fadi: Me too. Let’s be quick. Here’s the shopping list.
You get these things, OK?
Muneer: OK, but ¹ how much beef do you want?
Fadi: About one kilo.
Muneer: And ² ______ butter?
Fadi: About 250 g.
Muneer: ³ ______ eggs do you want? Six or twelve?
Fadi: Get twelve. Right, see you in a minute.
Muneer: Wait! ⁴ ______ apples do you want?
Fadi: I don’t know. Four?
Muneer: OK, one last thing.⁵ ______ chocolate do you want?
Fadi: Chocolate? There isn’t any chocolate on the list.
Muneer: I know, but I’m hungry and I want to eat something before we get home.
Answers:
2 how much 3 How many 4 How many 5 How much
4★★ Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
a an any are aren’t many much no some
1.There is some butter, but there isn’t ______ bread.
2. I’ve got ______ apple, but I haven’t got ______ potato.
3. How ______ fruit and how ______ vegetables do you eat every day?
4. There ______ any crisps for the picnic, but there ______ some biscuits.
5. There are ______ eggs in the fridge. Not one!
Answers:
1 any 2 an, a 3 much, many 4 aren’t, are 5 no
5★★ Use the prompts to write sentences with some, any, much and many.
- How / chicken / there?
How much chicken is there? - I / got / water, but / not / got / juice
- you / got / sugar?
- There / not / cheese
- there / meat?
- How / eggs / you / want?
- There / some / sardines, but / there / any / tuna
- there / apples?
- We / not / got / milk
Answers:
2 I’ve got some water, but I haven’t got any juice.
3 Have you got any sugar?
4 There isn’t any cheese.
5 Is there any meat?
6 How many eggs do you want?
7 There are some sardines, but there isn’t any tuna.
8 Are there any apples?
9 We haven’t got any milk.
6★★★USE OF ENGLISH Complete the dialogue with one word in each gap.
Ali: Mum wants some sandwiches for the picnic this afternoon. Can you help?
Noura: Yes, of course. Have you got ¹ any bread?
Ali: Yes, here it is.
Noura: There’s ² ______ butter in the fridge.
Ali:I know. I’ve got it.
Noura: ³ ______ there any meat?
Ali: There ⁴ ______ is some chicken, but Mum doesn’t eat meat.
Noura: OK, no problem. There ⁵ ______ some eggs here. I can cook them and make egg sandwiches.
Ali: How ⁶ ______ eggs do you want to cook?
Noura: Three or four.
Later ...
Noura: OK, the sandwiches are ready.
Ali: Great. And we’ve got two apples and ⁷ ______ crisps.
We just need juice now.
How ⁸ ______ do you want?
Noura: Two litres.
Ali: There we are.
Noura: Thanks. There’s ⁹ ______ bag on the cupboard. We can put it all in there.
Answers:
2 some 3 Is 4 There 5 are 6 many 7 some 8 much 9 a
7 Imagine you’re going on a picnic. Make a list of the food and juice you would take with you.
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