TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Containers and Amounts

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, matching and This containers and amounts worksheet helps you to teach your
writing activity students about containers and amounts that go with food and
drink items.

Language Focus Procedure

Containers and amounts
Give each student a copy of the worksheet.

Tell the students to complete the food and drink items with the
Aim container and amount words from the box on the worksheet.
To match containers and
amounts with food and Exercise A - Answer key
drink items.
a piece of cake a carton of milk
a glass of champagne a tube of toothpaste
a box of chocolates a slice of bread
Preparation
a bottle of beer a can of coke
Make one copy of the a jar of jam a packet of potato chips
worksheet for each a bowl of cereal a bunch of grapes
student.
After that, students complete container and amount phrases with
the food and drink vocabulary from the box.
Level
Explain that the words can be used more than once and that
Elementary (A1-A2) several items may have more than one correct answer.

Finally, review the students' answers as a class.

Time
Exercise B - Answer key
15 minutes
a packet of sugar, biscuits, rice
a slice of ham, cake, cheese, meat
a bottle of water, orange juice, coke
a bowl of sugar, fruit, strawberries, salad
a piece of cake, cheese, meat
a glass of water, orange juice, coke
a can of coke, orange juice
a carton of yoghurt, orange juice
a jar of honey, marmalade
a bunch of bananas
a tube of tomato paste
a box of crackers

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 FOOD AND DRINK

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Containers and Amounts

A. Complete the food and drink items with the container and amount words from the box.

carton  box  glass  can  slice  bunch   piece   jar  bowl  packet  tube   bottle

a _________ of cake a _________ of champagne a _________ of chocolates

a _________ of beer a _________ of jam a _________ of cereal

a _________ of milk a _________ of toothpaste a _________ of bread

a _________ of coke a _________ of potato chips a _________ of grapes

B. Complete the container and amount phrases with the words from the box.

crackers   fruit   sugar   strawberries   coke   yoghurt   ham   salad   tomato paste
honey   biscuits   water   orange juice cheese   bananas marmalade   cake   rice   meat

a packet of a slice of a bottle of

a bowl of a piece of a glass of

a carton of a jar of a can of

a tube of a box of a bunch of

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