ESL Language

Center

English III
UNIT 3

Author: M.Sc. Lic. Yaneth Ocando Pereira

 Unit 3 LET’S COOK!

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

1- To understand the differences between countable and non-

countable nouns in English, using food recipes.
2- To ask questions expressing necessity, using countable and
non-countable nouns, and the verbs “want”, “need” and “have”.
3- To express nonspecific quantities through quantifiers or
determiners for countable and non-countable nouns.
4-. To give instructions to prepare food recipes, using imperatives
and quantifiers for countable and non-countable nouns.
 Unit 3 LET’S COOK!
FUNCTIONS CONTENT VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
       
-. To understand the - Countable vs. non -. Food and recipes. -. Countable vs. non
countable nouns. -. Countable Nouns. countable nouns.
differences between
-Want/have/Need. -. Non Countable nouns. Quantifiers. Determiners.
countable and non-countable -There is and There are. Quantifiers a/an for countable, plurals
nouns in English, using food -Some/Any. (Determiners): a lot of, for countable.
-Questions with How lots of, many, much, a -. Positive and negative
recipes.
many….? And How few, a little. imperatives.
-. To ask questions much…..? -.sugar, salt, pepper,  
expressing necessity, using -Quantifiers (many, much, a garlic, sauce, flour, pasta,
lot of, lots of, a few, little, a tomatoes, onions,
countable and non-countable
little) vegetables, fruits,
nouns, and the verbs “want”, -Giving instructions. mayonnaise, ketchup.
“need” and “have”. Imperatives. -. Some and Any. -
  Want/have/need
-. To express nonspecific
/there is/there are.
quantities through quantifiers -. Chop, cut, pour, add,
or determiners for countable sprinkle, stir.
and non-countable nouns.
-. To give instructions to
prepare food recipes, using
imperatives and quantifiers
for countable and non-
countable nouns.
I- VOCABULARY.

Mushroom Omelet

Ingredients:

To make a delicious mushroom omelet, you

need a few eggs (3 or 4), some olive oil (a
spoonful), a few mushrooms (cut in pieces), and
Mushroom Omelet an onion (in slices), a little salt and pepper to
taste.

Directions:

Mushrooms In a pan, add a little olive oil and heat it. Cut
Eggs
the mushrooms. Slice the onion. Add them in
the hot pan. Fry them until they are golden, stir
and save. Beat the eggs; pour the mixture of
eggs in the same pan where you fried the
onions and mushrooms. Add the onion and the
Salt and mushrooms, the salt and the pepper. Cook until
Onions Olive Oil the omelet is ready. Serve with toasts.
Pepper

Pan
II- Listening.
1. Listen to Kaura and Mario planning dinner. Circle the words you hear. (Audio CD Track 6).

a. Mario wants barbecue/hamburger and fries/chicken

stew for dinner.
b. They have beef/chicken/ribs in the fridge.
c. They don’t have any beef/chicken/ribs.
d. Mario wants/doesn’t want salad.
e. There isn’t any lettuce/broccoli/cauliflower in the fridge.
f. There are some tomatoes/potatoes/onions.
g. They have some soda/orange juice/ red wine in the
fridge.
h. Kaura wants/doesn’t want lemon pie for dessert.
 2. Listen again and answer the questions about the conversation.

a. What does Mario want for dinner?

____________________________________________________.
b. What do they have in the fridge?
____________________________________________________.
c. What do they need?
____________________________________________________.
d. How many tomatoes are there in the fridge?
____________________________________________________.
e. How much lettuce is there?
____________________________________________________.
 III- Speaking
Listen to the conversation. Role play it with a partner. (Audio Cd. Track 7)
1- In the kitchen.

Geraldine: What are you doing?

Giacomo: I’m cooking dinner.
Geraldine: Uhmmm, what are you making?
Giacomo: I’m making pasta with tomato sauce.
Geraldine: It looks delicious! Let me help you. I’ll make
the salad.
Giacomo: Great! Geraldine: Do we have any lettuce?
Giacomo: Yes, there is some in the fridge and there are
also a few tomatoes.
Geraldine: Ok. Do you want any onions in the salad?
Giacomo: Sure.
Geraldine: How many onions do you want?
Giacomo: Not many. Just one
 • Answer the questions about the conversation above.

a. What is Giacomo cooking?

_____________________________.

b. How much lettuce is there in the fridge?

_____________________________.

c. Are there any tomatoes?

_____________________________.

d. How many tomatoes are there?

_____________________________.
2. Listen to the conversation. Role play it with a partner. (Audio CD Track 8).

Antonio: Ok. What does the recipe say?

Julio: Chop the tomatoes and the onions. Put a little olive
oil in a saucepan and add the onions and the tomatoes.
Antonio: How many tomatoes do we need?
Julio: About five or six and, two onions.
Antonio: What else do we need?
Julio: We need some parsley, and of course, a lot of
parmesan cheese.
Antonio: Yummy. It’s delicious! Taste it, Julio.
Julio: Yeah, you’re right. The girls are going to love this
pasta.
 • Select. Circle the correct words.

a. Cut/Chop the tomatoes and the onions.

b. Put/Stir olive oil in the saucepan.

c. Mix/Add the onions and the tomatoes in the

saucepan.

d. They need/don’t need some/any parsley.

e. They need a lot/a little parmesan cheese.

 IV- Grammar and Vocabulary.

Countable vs. Non-countable

Countable Nouns

Vegetables Fruits Cereals Grains Other foods

Potatoes Apples Black beans Sandwiches

Tomatoes Oranges Corn flakes Peas Toasts
Onions Bananas   Black eyed peas Hamburgers
Peppers Strawberries Beans Hot dogs
Cucumbers Peaches   Arepas
Pickles Lemons Patacones
  Mangoes Tequeños
  Guavas Pastelitos
Empanadas
French fries
Chips
 
 

• Notice: Countable nouns have singular and plural forms. E.g: A hamburger,
two hamburgers, an apple/ ten apples
• Countable nouns have the indefinite article a/an or a number before them.
E.g: A tomato/5 tomatoes. An onion/10 onions
 Non-Countable Nouns

Vegetables Fruits Cereals Drinks Meats Other

foods
Lettuce Melon Corn Water Pork Soup
Broccoli Cantaloupe Wheat Coffee Beef Salad
Cauliflower Watermelon Oatmeal Tea Chicken Stew
Cole slaw Pineapple Rice Soda Fish Barbecue
Cabbage Papaya Corn flour Juice Lamb Pasta
Pumpkin   Wheat flour Beer Goat Pabellon
    Barley Wine   Lasagna
        Mashed
    potatoes
     
 Some and Any

Look at the picture:

There is a pitcher and there are three glasses.
There is some strawberry juice in the pitcher.
There isn’t any strawberry juice in the glasses.

SOME
 Use SOME in positive sentences or
statements:
E.g. There are some tomatoes in the
fridge.
E.g. Yes, there is some beef in the
freezer.
 Sometimes you can use some in
questions when offering things or
asking for things:
E.g. Can I have some water, please?
E.g. Would you like some coffee?
ANY
 Use ANY in questions:
E.g. Are there any tomatoes in the
fridge?
E.g. Do you have any lettuce for
the salad?
 Use ANY in negative sentences
or statements:
E.g. I don’t like any sugar in my
coffee.
E.g. There aren’t any bananas in
the fridge. E.g. There isn’t any
coffee in the cupboard
1. Fill in the blanks. Complete with “a”, “an”, or “x”.

a. We need ______ ground beef for the hamburgers.

b. There is ______ apple in my purse for lunch.
c. Sharon always eats _____ pasta on weekends.
d. Christopher has _____ big beautiful house.
e. There are ______ carrots in the fridge.
f. There isn’t ______ broccoli for the salad.
2. Complete the sentences. Use “some”, and “any”.

a. Are there _____________ potatoes for the salad?

b. No, there aren’t ___________, but there is __________ cabbage.
c. Do you want _________ onions in your salad?
d. Yes, I’d like _________, but not too much.
e. There is ________ rice in the cupboard, but there isn’t _______ sugar.
 quantifiers

There are many There are a few

bananas. bananas.

There are
There are a lot of some apples.
apples.

There is a lot of There is a little

beef. beef.
 COUNTABLE
MANY
A LOT OF
LOTS OF
A FEW/FEW
SOME /ANY
How many apples are there?
There are a few.

NON COUNTABLE
MUCH
A LOT OF
LOTS OF A
LITTLE/LITLLE
SOME/ANY
How much sugar do you like in your
coffee?
I like a lot of sugar in my coffee.
3. Fill in the blanks. Use “many”, “much”, “some”, “any”, “a few”, “few”, “a
little”, or “a lot of”.

When we make chicken salad, we need __________ potatoes,

_______ chicken, _________ carrots and ___________ peas.
_________ people like ___________ of celery. We don’t need
__________ onions, or lettuce. We add __________
mayonnaise and __________ mustard, too.
4. Complete the sentences. Use “How much”...? or “How many”...?

a. ___________ strawberries do you need for a pie?

b. ___________ flour do you need for the cake?

c. ___________ water is there in the glass?

d. ___________ pork is there in the fridge?

e. ___________ sausages do you want?

 IMPERATIVEs Danish Potato Salad

Peel the potatoes Cut the potatoes in cubes.

Boil the potatoes. Chop the onions.

Chop parsley. Mix all the ingredients

in a bowl.

Add mayonnaise, salt and pepper.

Yummy!
• We use imperatives to give instructions or commands, make
requests or prohibitions. Negative imperatives start with the
auxiliary Do + not (Don’t). Imperatives are the only structure in
English that always begins with a verb, (not with a subject).

Instructions Requests Prohibitions

and Commands  

Open the door Please, open the Don’t open that door
window
Close the books Don’t smoke in here.
Sit down, please
Be quiet Don’t eat sugar.
Pass me the salt,
Cut the tomatoes Don’t sit here.
please.
Sprinkle with parsley Don’t speak in class.
5. Listening. Listen to the instructions to make pasta with tomato sauce. Fill in
the blanks with the imperatives you hear from the box. Some verbs can be
repeated. (Audio CD Track 9).

a. _____________ one litter of water in a pot.

b. _____________ salt and oil to the water.
c. _____________ 2 large onions and 4 tomatoes.
d. _____________ the onions and the tomatoes in a pan with a little of olive
oil.
e. _____________ salt, pepper and oregano.
f. _____________ the sauce for five to ten minutes until it thickens.
g. _____________ the pasta in the water and _________ for five minutes until
it’s “al dente”.
h. _____________ with grated parmesan cheese and parsley.

Chop Add Fry Put Pour Cook Sprinkle Boil

6. Change the following positive imperatives into negative.
a. Cook the pasta for ten minutes.
____________________________________________________.

b. Write those words on a piece of paper.

____________________________________________________.

c. Come home late.

____________________________________________________.

7. Find the mistakes. Correct the sentences.

a. There are many salt in the stew.

____________________________________________________.

b. I have much friends.

____________________________________________________.

c. Doesn’t touch that!

____________________________________________________.

d. There is any juice in the fridge.

____________________________________________________.
V. READING. Read the following text about the Arabian taco.

Shawarma: The Arabian Taco

Automatic Restaurant/Cafeteria - Abu Dhabi

What is a shawarma? Shawarma (the closest English translation to the

Arabic) is all of those things, and more. It’s pita bread filled with different
ingredients and meats. People also think that the Shawarma is similar to
Gyro (from Greece), this is not true: the Gyro, usually has different
ingredients inside the sandwich. Gyro meat is often quite different as
well; both in its spices and in that Gyro meat is usually a mixture of beef
and lamb, but Shawarma is typically never beef and occasionally only
lamb.
In the United States, most Gyros in restaurants come from the same
company and the meat has a very particular flavor. You can find
Shawarma in any country and in any food court. There are also Shawarma
stands on the streets where they prepare the different recipes of
Shawarma.
1. Answer the questions about the reading. Give complete answers.

a. What is a Shawarma?
____________________________________________________.
b. Where is it from?
____________________________________________________.
c. Where can you find Shawarmas?
____________________________________________________.
d. What is “Gyro”?
____________________________________________________.
e. What are some differences between Gyro and Shawarma?
_____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________.
VI. COMPOSITION. Write a composition about your favorite dish.
Write the ingredients you need to make it, the ingredients you have in
the refrigerator, and the ingredients that you don’t have. Say where the
food is from and when you usually eat that food. Use some, any and the
quantifiers. Follow the example.

My favorite dish is Pabellon. To make Pabellon, I need a lot of

black beans, a few black bananas, some rice and some
shredded meat. I also need a few condiments and a little salt.
In my fridge, I have some beef and in the cupboard there are
some black beans. I don’t have any tomatoes or onions for the
meat. Pabellon is from Venezuela. I sometimes eat Pabellon for
lunch.
 UNIT III Name: _____________________
REVIEW EXERCISES
I.D: __________________________.

Do the following exercises, Course: _______________________.

and hand the pages to your teacher.
Teacher: ______________________.

I. For each sentence, fill in the blank with the correct response.

1. I went to the tourist office to get _____ information.

a. A few b. A little
2. Kids today spend so _____ time on the internet!
a. Much b. Many
3. OK, let’s do it! But hurry up I don’t have _____ time!
a. Much b. Many
4. I only know _____ people in this city.
a. A little b. A few
5. Mary always tells me that she wants to have _____ children.
a. Much b. Many
6. I would like _____ hamburger.
a. Some b. a
7. I have to buy _____ furniture for my new apartment.
a. Some b. a
8. Wow, there’s so _____ grass in your yard!
a. Much b. Many
II. These are the recipes in a cookbook, but the instructions are in wrong
order. You need to decide what the order of instructions for each recipe is.
SHORTBREAD

Ingredients: Now put the instructions in order:

150g plain four

100g butter or margarine

SHORTBREAD:
50g caster sugar 1. B____
Method : 2. _____

Put it on the baking tray 3. _____

Put the flour, sugar and butter into the 4. _____
bowl
5. _____
Remove from oven and let it cool down
Rub together firmly until it is mixed well 6. _____
Bake it for 10 – 15 minutes or until it is 7. _____
golden brown
Place the dough on a floured work 8. _____
surface and roll out to form a flat
circle
Place the baking tray into a hot oven
Preheat oven to 170oC
 
 GREEK SALAD

Ingredients:
Now put the instructions
250g cherry tomatoes
in order:
1 medium onion

1 medium cucumber
GREEK SALAD
150g Feta cheese
1. _____
3 tablespoons of olive oil

1 tablespoon of vinegar 2. _____

1 chopped clove of garlic 3. _____

salt and pepper

Method:

Mix oil, vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper, pour it over the
vegetables
Add crushed feta cheese on top. Your salad is ready to serve
Cut tomatoes in halves, peel and dice the cucumber and slice
the onion and place them in a bowl