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Pass the Cheese, Please! English > Level Pre A1 Pre-starter > Meeting New People

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CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points

Let’s Start!

Let's cook! What do you need?

Learning Outcome Can Do Statements

Accurately use basic information in • I can use count and non-count naming words.
simple situations. • I can ask a person to hand me things and accept
polite requests.
Ask you partner: • I can use vocabulary related to food.

• What do you need to make a salad?

Fruit? Vegetables?
• Write a list of ingredients.

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Let’s Explore!

Greg and Henry are at the grocery store*. They want to make a salad. What do
they get?

* A "grocery store" is a small store where you buy food. A supermarket is a big grocery store.

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Greg: What's for dinner?

Henry: A big salad maybe?
Greg: Sure, good idea! What do we need?
Henry: Well, we need some lettuce and tomatoes.
Greg: Yes, pickles too. And bread.
Henry: How about some olives?
Greg: I don't like olives. Cucumbers?
Henry: Well, I don't like cucumbers.
Greg: What about some cheese?
Henry: That's a great idea! Can you pass me some cheese? Oh, and grab that bottle
of salad dressing too!
Greg: Sure! There you go.
Henry: So, do you want any salad?
Greg: Not really. Can I have a ham sandwich?

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Let’s Practice!

There are many ingredients for the salad!

Instructions: There are many ingredients for the salad! Can you put them in the right
place?
Count Nouns Non-Count Nouns

1. tomatoes

2. pickles

3. cheese

4. cucumbers

5. lettuce

Let’s Practice!

Can you ask someone to hand you something?

Instructions: Complete the sentences. Use the following words: pass, Can, please.

1. Sarah: _______ you pass me some pickles, please?

Tim: Sure! Here you go.

2. Tim: Can you hand me the salad dressing, ________?

Sarah: There you go!

3. Tim: What about some cheese?

Sarah: That’s a great idea! Can you _______ me some cheese?

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Extension Activity

What is your favorite salad? What do you need to make it?

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a) Pretend you and your friend want to make

Self-Assessment Yes No
a salad. Write a dialogue.
b) Ask your friend to hand you things you
need for the salad. I talk about preparing food.
c) Practice saying the dialogue aloud.
I ask a person to hand me
something in the kitchen.

Target Words

• lettuce (noun): a green vegetable we put in • olive (noun): a small black or green fruit
salads
e.g. I need to buy lettuce to make a salad.
• tomato (noun): a round, soft, red fruit we
put in salads, sandwiches, sauces, etc.
e.g. I like tomatoes in my sandwich.
• cucumber (noun): a long vegetable with
dark green skin we put in salads
e.g. We plant cucumbers in our garden.
• pickle (noun): a cucumber that is put in
vinegar for a long time
e.g. I like pickles on my hamburger.
we put in food or use to make oil
e.g. She buys a bottle of olive oil at the
store.
• cheese (noun): a solid yellow or white
food that is made from milk
e.g. I like to put cheese in my sandwich.
• salad dressing (noun): a mix of liquids
that is added to a salad
e.g. He likes the salad dressing you put
on the salad.

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Learning Points

Count and Non-Count Nouns

Count nouns are things you can count. They can be singular or plural nouns.
Non-count nouns are amounts. They are singular nouns.

Notice: The non-count noun cheese does NOT change. It stays the same.

Count Non-Count Example

singular = 1 apple cheese Please slice some cheese.

plural = 2 apples Please put some apples in the basket.
This apple is delicious!