Basic 2 - Session 2A

Name: _________________________________
Date: __________________________________

HOW MUCH FOOD IS THERE?

USEFUL 1. Listening
INFORMATION Complete the shopping list:

COUNTABLE
NOUNS

▪ Words that you

can count using
numbers.
▪ They have a
singular and a
plural form.
▪ You can use the
articles “a” or “an”
before these words.

E.g. 1.

An apple.

Two apples. 2. Matching

▪ For questions, you Match the pictures with the corresponding names
have to ask “how
Milk, cheese and eggs
many… are there?”
Sea food: fish and shellfish
E.g.
Fruit and vegetables
Q: How many bell
peppers are there? Bread, rice and pasta

A: There are 3 peppers.

Meat: beef and chicken 1
 UNCOUNTABLE
NOUNS

▪ Words that you

cannot count
using numbers.
▪ They are singular,
most of the time. 1 2
▪ You cannot use
“an” or “an” with
these words.

- Water
3 4
- A water
- Waters

▪ For questions, you

have to ask “how
much… is there?”
5
E.g.

Q: How much water is 3. Classify

there? Classify the following items in the chart.

Tomato - Sauce - Sausage - Milk - Cream

Beef - Cookie - Bell pepper - Cheese
Apple - Rice - Potato - Butter - Egg
A: There is a bottle of
water. COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE

▪ In some cases,
uncountable nouns
can be plural: fruits,
grapes, lentils,
beans, chocolates,
groceries, jeans, etc.
 VOCABULARY
Use these words to
define the quantity
for countable but
especially uncountable
nouns.
Containers: a can, a
bottle, a jar, a bar, a
carton, a box, a
package…
Quantities: a pound,
a kilo, half a (pound,
kilo), a liter, a spoon, a
bunch…
5. Homework
Take a picture of food (a supermarket, your fridge, a shop, a restaurant, a menu)
describe the items using there is and there are and the quantities.
Paste picture here
4. Find the mistakes
Circle the mistakes in the shopping list and correct
them in front of the items.
• A packets of cookies.
• Five bar of chocolate.
• Two bottle of water.
• Two boxes of milks.
• A liter of sodas.
• Ten can of coke.
• A kilos of sugar.
• Half a kilo of salts.
• Three cartons of egg.
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