Food (Countable and Uncountable) What you have in your refrigerator? Questions • • • Is there any milk in the fridge? Are there any biscuits in the cupboard? Do you drink much water? Responses • • • Yes, there is There is some milk Yes, there are There are some biscuits Yes, I I drink water everyday Follow-up Questions • • • How much milk is there? How many biscuits are there? How much water you drink everyday? Responses • • • There is only a little milk There are only a few biscuits I drink a lot of water everyday Sounds like… 1) Is there any wine in the kitchen? //izther’eni// 2) Are there any onions? //arther’eni// 3) There are only a few bananas left //ther’ar’rownli// Practice i Use the information to practice asking and responding in the positive i.e • a b c d e f apple juice/in the fridge A) Is there any apple juice? B) Yes, there is some apple juice in the fridge potatoes/in the vegetable box bread/in the bread bin mushrooms/in the cupboard chicken/in the freezer eggs/in the fridge sweetcorn/in the pantry Practice ii Use the information to practice asking and responding in the negative i.e • a b c d e f potato crisps A) Are there any potato crisps? B) No, there aren’t any potato crisps apple pie noodles coffee lettuce rice carrots Exercise i Complete the questions below using ‘How much ,’ or, ‘How many ’ i.e • sushi you usually eat every month? How much sushi you usually eat every month? pancakes are you going to make? salad you want? slices of toast is she making? cheese did you buy? eggs you need? spaghetti did they eat? Exercise ii Choose the correct form - ‘a little;’ or, ‘a few,’ for each positive statement i.e • I only had a little/a few tofu They only brought a few/a little meat for the barbeque There are only a little/a few oranges left I felt better after I ate a little/a few soup She only drank a few/a little wine but she was very drunk Mum needs a little/a few more strawberries for the jam I’d like a few/a little more beans please Exercise iii Complete the negative sentences below with, ‘much,’ or, ‘many.’ i.e • They didn’t have beef stew They didn’t have much beef stew I am feeling tired so I don’t want to drink beer tonight There weren't vegetables left when I got to the farmers market She isn’t going to bake cookies today There isn’t ice-cream in the freezer He never eats for breakfast I don’t need very fries Listening Mikey is offering to help his mum with some grocery shopping Mikey: Mum, I’m going into town to meet some friends Do you need anything from the supermarket? Mum: Oh, yes please, Mikey I need some chicken for dinner tonight Mikey: Okay How much chicken you want? Mum: Well, there isn’t any chicken in the freezer so I’ll need about 500g Mikey: Do you want chicken wings or some chicken breast? Mum: Chicken breast please Oh, and can you get one or two potatoes too? We only have a few left Mikey: Got it I’ll buy some chicken breast and a couple of potatoes Anything else? Do you need any bread or milk? Mum: No, we have a loaf of bread and there are two cartons of milk in the fridge Mikey: Alright See you later Mum: Thank you Mikey See you later 1) How much chicken is Mikey going to buy? 2) How many potatoes will he get? 3) What they have in the fridge? Application Discussion/activity Make a list of common foods and drink that you usually have every week Decide if each one is countable or uncountable and write them down in the box below Then, interview your partner about their eating and drinking habits Countable Uncountable