Basic 2 – Session 2B

Name: _________________________________
Date: __________________________________

WHAT THE WORLD EATS

USEFUL 1. Listening
INFORMATION
Listen to Giuseppe, from Italy, who talks about what he
usually buys and eats at home. Then fill in the blanks
“Containers” help us with the correct information.
to express quantity of
countable and Giuseppe’s family usually buys:
uncountable nouns.
a. ___ cans of ___________.
Examples:
b. 5 or 7 ___________ of ___________.
c. 2 cartons of ___________.
d. ___ pounds of meat.
e. 3 ___________ of sausages.
A bunch of grapes
2. Classification

1. Look at Manzo’s family portrait and complete the next

A bag of flour chart with ten (10) countable nouns and ten (10)
uncountable nouns. Write food, not quantities.

COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE
A bottle of water

A can of soda

A carton of milk

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A cup of coffee
 3. Find the errors

A loaf of bread Look at Dahl’s family portrait and read the following
text. Highlight the 8 errors: 5 grammar or vocabulary
errors and 3 comprehension errors. Then correct them.

A bowl of cereal This is the Ottersland Dahl Family. They live in a nice house
in Bærum, Norway. There are 5 people in this family: Tor
Erik, the father; Gunhild, the mother; and three kids: Olav,
Håkon and the little Sverre. For a week, they usually buy 2
A flask of hot tea boxes of cereals, 8 loaves of integral bread, 4 bunches of
bananas and some bottles of soda. They only cook a bowl
of rice per week because they prefer bread with their
meals. They also eat ham and sausages, but they only buy
A glass of lemonade a box of sausages and some slices of ham. As there are 4
children in the family, they need 9 jugs of water and many
cartons of milks. The Dahls love fruits for breakfast, so
they always buy a jar of red apples and a bunch of grapes.
For their weekly shopping list, they spend about $400USD
A jar of jam
on food.
Grammar - Vocabulary errors:
a. __________________________________
A jug of juice b. __________________________________
c. __________________________________
d. __________________________________
e. __________________________________
A packet of chips
Comprehension errors:
a. __________________________________
b. __________________________________
c. __________________________________
A pack of cigarettes
Portraits taken from:

Menzel, P., & D’Aluisio F. (2005) Hungry Planet: What the

A tray of tomatoes
world eats. Official gallery website:
http://menzelphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery/Hungry-Planet-
Family-Food-Portraits/G0000zmgWvU6SiKM/C0000k7JgEHhEq0w
2 A slice of cheese