4A Grammar

Countable and uncountable nouns; a / an, some, any

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4B Grammar
Quantifiers: much, many, a lot (of)

Game A
Test each other and play Noughts and Crosses.
1 We have any potatoes. We have some potatoes.
2 How much milk do we need? Correct
3 There aren’t much students in the classroom. There aren’t many students in the classroom.
4 There isn’t any chocolate in my bag. Correct
5 I like quite a bit milk in my coffee. I like quite a bit of milk in my coffee.
6 I have a little money. Correct
7 Can I have much beans, please? Can I have a lot of beans, please?
8 How many eggs would you like? Correct
9 I usually eat some biscuits on my break. Correct
10 Mum always gives me an sandwich for lunch. Mum always gives me a sandwich for lunch.
11 Any people want to talk to you. Some people want to talk to you.
12 Can I have bit of water, please? Can I have a bit of water, please?
13 How many eggs do you need for some cake? How many eggs do you need for a cake?
14 I don’t have much pasta. Correct
15 I need a bit of time, please. Correct

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Game B
Test each other and play Noughts and Crosses.
1 There aren’t any chicken in this meal. There isn’t any chicken in this meal.
2 Can you buy some bread later? Correct
3 Are there any carrots in the carrot cake? Correct
4 A few chocolate is good for you. A little chocolate is good for you.
5 There is a lot of people in the USA. There are a lot of people in the USA.
6 A doctor does many work every day. A doctor does a lot of work every day.
7 There’s a bit of cheese, but not much. Correct
8 I usually eat quite much bread at breakfast. I usually eat quite a bit of bread at breakfast.
9 We don’t have some breaks in the morning. We don’t have any breaks in the morning.
10 My sister doesn’t eat many fruit. My sister doesn’t eat much fruit.
11 Visitors often bring some flowers when people are ill. Correct
12 My dad doesn’t have some printer in his office. My dad doesn’t have a printer in his office.
13 You can’t have a pizza without any cheese. Correct
14 How many rice do I need for three people? How much rice do I need for three people?
15 Cut up some mushrooms and an onion. Correct

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4A Vocabulary
Food

Activity A
Complete the crossword.
1 2

Down 3 4

5 6 7
1 8

9 10 11

12
2
13

14 15

3
16

17

6 18 19

20

Across
7
4

11
14
5

12
16
8

15
9 17

19 10 18

13 20

Activity B
Think of definitions for five of the words in A. Test other students.

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4B Vocabulary
Cooking

Activity A
Label the pictures with the words in the box.

fried  boiled  baked  grilled  roast

1 2 3

4 5

Activity B
How can you eat these different types of food? Add ticks (✓) and crosses (✗) in the table.

tomatoes rice potatoes chicken eggs steak onion pasta bread

fried
boiled
baked
grilled
roast

Activity C
Tick (✓) the correct sentences. Correct the mistakes.
1 Could you get me a jar of cola?
2 Do you want a bar of oil?
3 I’d like a packet of crisps.
4 I need to buy a can of rice.
5 We can get a bottle of milk.
6 There’s a jar of strawberry jam in the cupboard.
7 Is that a bottle of cereal?
8 I’ve got a bottle of apples in the car.

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Unit 4 Wordpower
like

Student A

Find someone who … Name Details

likes tea.
would like to go to the USA.
knows what it’s like to ride a horse.
doesn’t like hot weather.
would like to join you for dinner tonight.
thinks he/she is like his/her father.
eats a lot of meat, like lamb and chicken.

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Student B

Find someone who … Name Details

would like to go to a café after class
with you.
would like to go to Japan.
knows what it’s like to drive a fast car.
doesn’t like football.
likes chocolate.
thinks he/she is like his/her mother.
eats a lot of fruit, like apples and bananas.

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Student C

Find someone who … Name Details

would like to play football on Saturday
with you.
would like to go to Thailand.
knows what it’s like to ride a motorbike.
doesn’t like shopping.
likes coffee.
thinks he/she is like his/her best friend.
eats a lot of sweet food, like cakes and
ice cream.

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4A Pronunciation
Sound and spelling: eɑ

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chair lake feet pair

sheep grape museum these

today where beans bear

eighteen take eat pear

sea read fair wake

tea air feel wear

please cake hair east

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4C Pronunciation
Word groups
Yes, sir.
Excuse me,
Activity A
Mark the word groups in these jokes. Then tell the jokes in class.

1
‘Excuse me, | there’s a dead fly | in my soup!’
‘Yes, sir, | the hot water kills them.’

2
‘For my starter, I’ll have a pizza. Will it be long?’
‘Sorry, we only have round ones.’

3 4
‘For my main course, I’d like chicken.’
‘Stop, your finger is in the coffee!’ ‘What with, miss?’
‘Don’t worry, it’s not hot.’ ‘A knife and fork.’

5 6
‘There are no tomatoes, not one, in this tomato soup!’ ‘Excuse me, there’s a fly in my drink!’
‘Yes, and there are no Greeks, none at all, in the Greek ‘Don’t worry, it’s free.’
salad.’

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7 8 ‘This steak tastes funny, very funny.’
‘This fish is not fresh!’ ‘Funny? Why aren’t you laughing?’
‘I don’t like this soup, I really don’t.’
‘Well, it was last week.’
‘No, but the fly does.’

Activity B
1 Student A, you are the waiter/waitress. Student B, you are the customer.
Mark the word groups in your part of the dialogue with | .
Waiter/Waitress Customer
• And to start what would you like? • For my starter I’ll have tomato soup.
• Sorry what soup? • Tomato soup I said tomato.
• I see and what about your main course? • Well let me look at the menu. The mushroom
• Mushroom soup are you sure? That’s tomato soup soup looks good very good.
and then mushroom soup? • That’s right thank you.
• What about dessert soup as well? • I think so maybe the vegetable.
• So let me get this right. Three soups first tomato • Perfect but don’t take too long.
and then mushroom and vegetable for dessert. • No I don’t because
• Why don’t you have much time? .
2 Finish the customer’s last sentence. Then act out the dialogue.

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