Shopping

At the market

Unit goals: Identify common foods

 SPEAKING

KEN: Rachel, I’m making a shopping list for our barbecue. We have
chicken. What else do we need?
RACHEL: Let’s see…. We need some potatoes.
KEN: Ok, got it.
RACHEL: We also need lettuce and tomatoes for the salad.
KEN: And what about drinks?
RACHEL: Let’s see …. We have soda.
KEN: Ok, I’ll buy some juice then. See you!
 Count Nouns Noncount Nouns

singular plural

apple apples beef bread English divides

nouns into things
we can count
nouns and thing
carrot carrots cereal cheese we can’t
noncount. Count
nouns have
tomato tomatoes rice soda singular and plural
forms.
 Singular and Plural Count Nouns; Noncount Nouns
Article Noun Verb
Singular count A banana is a good snack. -Use a / an or the
nouns before the noun.
-Use a singular form of
The banana is in the bowl. the verb.

Plural count - Bananas are good for you. -Use the or no article
nouns before the noun.
-Use a plural form of
the verb.
The bananas are on the table.
Noncount - Bread is inexpensive. -Use the or no article
nouns before the noun.
The bread is in the bag. -Use a singular form of
the verb.
 Practice

A. Complete the sentences with a, an, or (if no article is needed).

1. We need ____ bread.

2. Do you want _____ apple?
3. I like ____cheese on my hamburger.
4. Let’s put ____ carrot in the salad.
5. __a___ banana is my favorite snack.
6. Luis doesn’t drink ______ milk.
B. Unscramble the words to make questions.

1. favorite /your / what / food / is ________

2. like / do / any / you / vegetables ________
3. you / eat / a lot / junk / food / do / of _________
4. birthday / eat / cake / your / do / you / on ______
5. buy / much / do / food / organic / you ________
6. shopping / what’s / your / list / on ___________
C. Read the sentences. Circle T for true or F for false. Use your own information.

1. I don’t like soda because it has too much sugar. T F

2. I usually eat pasta once or twice a week. T F
3. You can usually find apples, oranges or some kind of fruit in my refrigerator. T F
4. I eat more bread than rice. T F
5. I drink at least two glasses of water a day. T F
6. I need coffee in the morning to wake up. T F
7. I don’t eat hot soup in the summer. T F
8. I eat too much cake. T F
D. Think of example for each type of food.

Fresh Food Frozen foods Junk foods Breakfast foods Foods you eat
every day
THANK YOU