WEEK 9

FOOD
• Food and drink

• Adjectives to describe food

• Second Conditional

• too and enough

Read the texts about the meals in Britain
and fill in the table.

Hi, my name is Anthony, I’m sixteen years old and I live in Sheffield. I usually
eat bread with jam or honey and I drink some milk or orange juice for
breakfast. At school, I often eat a sandwich with cheese, salad and tomatoes
for lunch. But I also eat hot meals like Pasta, hamburgers or some tomato
soup. I don’t eat any crisps, I don’t like crisps! I sometimes eat fish and chips
for dinner.
Hello, I’m Julia, I’m sixteen years old and I live in York. I often eat some
cereal with milk for breakfast. I never eat sausages, I don’t like that! At
school, I usually eat a tuna salad with vegetables and eggs. I also eat some
fruit and drink some water. I sometimes go with friends to a restaurant and
we eat chicken with potatoes and vegetables for dinner. I don’t eat any
When?
hamburgers, I don’t like that! Anthony Julia
     
   
Breakfast  
 
 
     
   
Lunch  
 
 
     
   
Dinner  
 Describing Food
How do we describe food?
We use adjectives.
The adjectives used for describing food
are:
• Taste
• mouth-watering, spicy

• Texture/Consistency
• soft, tender, crisp

• Preparation
• grilled

• Temperature
• hot
 Describing Food
• In one minute, list as many words as you can think of to describe
the following pictures.
• How many words can you come up with?

Example:
grilled
spicy
fish
lime
salsa
tortilla
Ingredients? Taste? Texture/Consistency? Preparation? Temperature?
Ingredients? Taste? Texture/Consistency? Preparation? Temperature?
IF I COULD LIVE MY LIFE ALL OVER…
 
If I had to live my life all over again, I’d dare make more mistakes next time.
I would relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take
fewer things seriously. I would take more chances.

I would take more trips. I would climb more mountains, swim more rivers.
I would eat more ice cream and fewer beans. I would perhaps have more actual troubles,
but I would have fewer imaginary ones.

You see – I’m one of those people who live seriously and sanely hour after hour, day after
day. Oh, I have my moments. And if I had to do it over again, I’d have more of them. In fact,
I’d try to have nothing else, just moments one after another, instead of living so many
years ahead of each day.
 
I’ve been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot
water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it over again, I would travel lighter
than I have. If I had to live my life over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay
that way later in autumn.
 
I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.
Discuss
a. Why do you think the author would dare make more mistakes next time? Find

evidences on the text.

b. How does the author describe herself?

c. Do you think you would regret so many things if you were her age? Why? Why

not?
 Language Note
When we are thinking about a situation in the present or future which is
hypothetical, unlikely or unreal, we use:

IF + PAST VERB, WOULD + VERB (=CONDITIONAL VERB)

If I won the lottery (unlikely), I would buy a private aeroplane.

If your car broke down, where would you go for help?

Language Note

We use a PAST verb but we are thinking about the present or

future.

Tim and Sally like travelling but they are poor. I say:
If Tim and Sally were rich, they´d travel around the world.
(They are NOT rich – we are imagining a situation in the present)

Sally writes books but not many people buy them. I say:
If Sally wrote a best-selling book, she would be famous.
(unlikely in the present or future)
Language Note

IF I / HE / SHE / IT WERE ... is gramatically CORRECT in second conditional

sentences.

If she were rich, she´d stop working.

But in informal English, people often use WAS. If she was rich, she´d
stop...

We use IF I WERE YOU ... to give ADVICE:

If I were you, I wouldn´t buy that pullover.

If I were you, I´d study harder.
Language Note
Conditional Sentence

“If” Clause Main Clause

If it rained, you would get wet.

If you got up early, you wouldn’t be late

for class.
If I were you, I would give up
smoking.
Exercise: Second conditional sentence.

1. If I _____________ (be) a plant, I

__________________ (love) the rain.
2. If you really _______ (love) me, you
___________ (buy) me a ring.
3. I __________ (go) and see her if I
_____________ (not have) so many things to
to do.
4. You _________ (not need) to take the course
if you ________(understand) English
grammar.
5. _________ (will) he go to the concert if I
_________ (give) him a ticket?
6. We _______ (be) able to buy house if we
________ (have) more money.
7. If I _______ (see) a ghost, I _______ (let) you
know.
I would do it differently if…
Tell your ideas on these situations.

1. What would you do if you were the president of the country?

2. What would you do if you could go back in any part of the history?

3. What would you ask for if you had three wishes?

4. What would you do if you could become invisible for a day?

5. What powers would you like to have if you were a super hero?
Language Note
Word order with too and enough
Too goes before an adjective or adverb.
Claire doesn’t want to marry Henry. She thinks he’s too old.
Zedco are in trouble. The company reacted too slowly to the rise in prices.
Enough goes after an adjective or adverb.
The water isn’t hot enough. It needs to be boiling. NOT enough hot You didn’t put the
screws in tightly enough. NOT enough tightly

Too many, too much and enough go before a noun.

No wonder you’re tired. You’ve been going to too many parties. Andrew
spends too much time working.
There’ll be fifteen people for coffee. Have we got enough cups?
Everything is so expensive. Did you bring enough money?

Compare these examples with enough.

After an adjective: The coffee isn’t strong enough.
Before a noun: You didn’t put enough coffee in.
We leave out the noun if the meaning is clear without it.
Just add a little water. Not too much. We’ll need fifteen cups. Have we got
enough?
Other structures with too and enough
We can use a phrase with for after too or enough.

These puzzles are too difficult for children.

Have we got enough cups for everyone?
This coat isn’t warm enough for
winter.
We can also use a to-infinitive.

It’s too dangerous to walk home at this time of night.

There are too many museums here to visit in a single day.
Are you fit enough to run a marathon?
I couldn’t get close enough to see properly.
Vicky didn’t bring enough money to buy two CDs.
 This tomato is
The weather is The box that the not small
too hot /hot man is carrying is enough /too
enough today. too heavy/ heavy small
enough to water it.

Choose the correct

alternative!

This building is not too high/ She is not too big/

high enough to be afraid of big enough
jumping. for these shoes.
 Too and Enough - Exercise
Look at what people are saying and complete the sentences. Use too, too many, too much or
enough with these words: clearly, complicated, difficult, expensive, food, hastily, mistakes,
rain, sweet, traffic

1 Can I have some more sugar in my coffee, please? It

isn’t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 I can’t afford a new stereo. It is

be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 There’s a water shortage. There just hasn’t been . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 I can’t read your writing. You don’t

write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Try to be more careful, please.

You’re making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The roads are very crowded.

There’s simply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7I can’t understand these

instructions. They’re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Thousands of people