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Unit 12 • Lesson B: What's for dinner?

Vocabulary
Carbohydrates
cereal (n)

Fish
salmon (n)
shrimp (n)

Fruit
mango (n)
melon (n)
pineapple (n)
strawberry (n)

Meat
hamburger meat (n)
lamb (n)
steak (n)

Vegetables
garlic (n)
green beans (n)
lettuce (n)
onion (n)
pepper (n)
spinach (n)
tomato (n)

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Sweets and snacks

cookie (n)
ice cream (n)
peanuts (n)
potato chips (n)
sugar (n)

Physical states
sleepy (adj)
thirsty (adj)

Other words
butter (n)
grocery store (n)
oil (n)
water (n)

Grammar
Would like
You can use would like in offers and suggestions. It is a polite way to say want.

Use Would + subject + like to + verb to make a suggestion about an activity:

Would you like to go out?

Use Would + subject + like + noun to make an offer:

Would you like some tea?

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You can respond to an offer or suggestion with would like.

Use subject + would + like to + verb or subject + would + like + noun:

A Would you like to go out?

B No, I'd like to stay at home.

A What would you like for dinner?

B I'd like some chicken.

Remember, I'd = I would.

You can also respond to an offer or suggestion with a short answer:

A Would you like some tea?

B Yes, please. / No, thanks.

Some and any

You can use some and any with countable and uncountable nouns.

Use some in affirmative statements:

We have some vegetables.

Use any in questions and negative statements:

Do we have any vegetables?

We don't have any chicken.

You don't need to repeat the noun in your answer if it's clear what you're talking about:

A Do we have any chicken?

B Yes, we have some. (= some chicken)

A Do we have any vegetables?

B No, we don't have any. (= any vegetables)

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You can use some in offers:

Would you like some chicken?

Use some in requests:

Can I have some chocolate?

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