LESSON 1B: I need a bottle of water.

Vocabulary: drink and containers

1. Match the food and drink with the containers. Some can go in more than one category.
Cheese oran juice rice frozen chips biscuit pasta oil
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water
sweets beans lemonade ketch suga milk tomatoes
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cornflake frozen peas
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Wáter, oil,
chips, biscuits, frozen peas Rice, pasta,
Orange lemonade,
sweets, beans beans,
juice, Orange
cornflakes tomatoes ketchup,
milk juice
sugar,
tomatoes,

2. Complete the shopping list with these words.

bottles | cans | cartons | cornflakes | frozen chips | oil | packets

Shopping List
21 packets of biscuits 2 2
cartons of orange juice a
3
bottle of oil 34
cans of tomatoes a
5
large bag of frozen chips a
6
packet of ________cornflakes______________
27 bottles of lemonade

Grammar: Talking about quantity

 A quantifier is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to indicate the amount or
quantity:
'Some', 'many', 'a lot of' and 'a few' are examples of quantifiers.
 Countable nouns Uncountable nouns

Use a lot in positive and negative sentences. Use a lot in positive and negative
A LOT OF people sentences. A LOT OF
pollution
I don’t do a lot of exercises There are a lot of pollution.
Use some in positive sentences. Use some in positive sentences.
SOME cars SOME water
There were some cars There was some water
Use a lot in positive and questions Use a lot in positive and questions
statements. statements.
A FEW boats A LITTLE
danger
Use any with negative and questions Use any with negative and questions
ANY students ANY milk
There were not any students yesterday There wasn’t any milk in the fridge

Use many with countable nouns. Use much with uncountable nouns.
HOW MANY rooms HOW MUCH sugar

HOW MANY rrooms does your house have? HOW MUCH sugar was there in the
cabinet?

1. Complete the sentences with some or any.

1 Oh no! We haven’t got……..any...................sugar.
2 There are……some….potatoes in the kitchen.
3 There is milk in the fridge.
4 There aren’t …any….apples in the bag.
5 Is there.....any…. pasta in your diet? 6 There is….some….money in my bag.
7 Are there…any….vegetables in the cupboard?
8 Is there…any…food on the table?
9 There isn’t ...any…. fruit in the bowl. 10 There is…some….old furniture in my room.

2. Complete the dialogue with these words. There is one extra word.
How many | How much | much | Not many | lot | Quite a lot

Jen Hi Max! I’m at the supermarket. Are you in the kitchen?

Max Yes, I am.
Jen Good. 1...How many...... eggs have we got?
Max 2....Not many.... Only two. Jen OK. 3....How much.... cheese is there?
Max A 4...lot.......... Jen Good. And how many bananas are there?
Max 5....quite a lot...... .There are six.
Jen OK, thanks Paul.
3. Choose the correct words.

a. I love my town because there are a lot of / a little / much parks and there aren’t much /
many / lots cars.

b. We’d got a lot of / much / many chicken, but there wasn’t many / a lot / much rice.
c. Have we got much / a little / many eggs to make cupcakes?
d. How many / any / much sugar did you take?
e. I didn’t get much / many / a money to buy those boots.
f. There were much / many / lots people and there weren’t much / some / any chairs!

Speaking:

1. Work in pairs, A and B. Find out about your partner’s habits every week. Ask
and answer questions and tick ( ✓ ) the correct columns for your partner.

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