Unit 9: mydinnerlastnight

Unit 9: #mydinnerlastnight

by Misal Ansar Khanam

Lesson 1

1. Are you a foodie? 2. What do you like to eat? 3. Do you like trying new foods?

Food vocabulary

Exercise

01

Countable and uncountable nouns

Eggs

Nouns

Uncountable

• CAN'T be counted
• ALWAYS in singular

Countable

• CAN be counted
• a/an: singular nouns
• -s: plural nouns

Lemon

e.g

• a lemon/an apple
• lemons/apples

e.g

• rice
• meat

Onions

Be careful! some nouns can be countable or uncountable: an ice cream (countable) and some ice cream (uncountable).

EXERCISE

A, AN, SOME and ANY

Some tomatoes

Some rice

Some sugar

An apple

02

Food containers

03

quantifiers

Quantifiers

Countable nouns

• How many..?

Uncountable nouns

• How much..?

Short answers:

• A lot
• Quite a lot
• A few
• Not many
• None

Short answers:

• A lot
• Quite a lot
• A little
• Not much
• None

Note: we use quite/a lot of in full asnwers. E.g I eat a lot of sugar/sweets

Quantifiers

A lot of:

• + sentences: I eat a lot of chocolate.
• - and ? sentences: I don't eat a lot of vegetables/ Do you drink a lot of water?

Much and many:

• - and ? sentences: E.g. I don't drink much water/ Do you drink much coffee?

Note: a lot of and lots of mean the same thing. E.g. He eats a lot of cheese/lots of cheese.

EXERCISE

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Assessment

Lesson 2

04

FOOD ADJECTIVES

Food adjectives

Bitter: food with a strong and sharp taste. Creamy: soft and smooth foods that contain a lot of cream. Crunchy: food that is hard and makes a sharp sound when you bite it. Delicious: food that has a very pleasant taste. It is appetizing. Fresh: food that is recently produced or picked. It is not frozen or preserved. Healthy: food that gives the nutrients you need to maintain your health, feel good, or give you energy.

Food adjectives

Juicy: food contains a lot of (natural) juice. Raw: food that has not been cooked. It is in its original state. Salty: food that has had a lot of salt added to it. Spicy: food that has a strong taste because spices (such as ginger, cumin, etc.) have been added to it.. Sweet: food with a pleasant taste that is characteristic of sugar or honey. Tasteless: food that does not have any taste or noticeable flavour.

05

Comparatives

Comparatives in English

We use comparative adjectives + than to compare two things, people, etc. Formation: -er or more: longer, more expensive

• John is taller than Lisa.
• The traffic is always worse in the evening.
• K2 is more difficult to climb than Mount Everest.

Comparatives in English

We use (just) as…as when the things compared are equal. - Harry is (just) as good as Jack. - Harry is (just) as good player as Jack. We use not as…as when the things compared are negatively. - Cathy is not as good as Mary. - Cathy is not as good a player as Mary. Exercise

healthy vs. unhealthy eating

Listening

Lesson 3

06

CoOking verbs

Cooking verbs

Break: Can you break two eggs into the frying pan, please? Melt: I need to melt the butter before adding it to the mix. Spread: I use a knife to spread peanut butter on my toast. Fry: I like to use oil to fry eggs. Peel: Make sure you peel the banana before eating! Mix: Can you mix the flour, sugar, and butter together in a bowl? Chop: Chop onions and carrots into small pieces. Slice: Can I slice the tomatoes?

Grate

Spread

Peel

Fry

Cooking verbs

Grate: I will grate the Parmesan cheese. Boil: The water needs to boil before you add the pasta. Add: Don’t forget to add salt to the soup. Bake: My mother taught me how to bake bread. Weigh: She weighed some tomatoes on the scales. Grill: My father hasn’t grilled the meat yet. Squeeze: She squeezed a bit of lemon juice onto the fish. Pour: Pauline poured some soup into the plate. Exercise

Bake

Boil

Pour

Squeeze

07

Superlatives

Superlatives in English

We use superlative adjectives to compare the difference between three or more things.

• Formation: -est or most: longest- most expensive.

We normally use THE before a superlative: the longest, the most famous…Exercise After superlatives, we use IN (not of) +places: the longest road IN the world. We often use the present perfect after a superlative.

• That was the most delicious meal I’ve ever had.

Exercise

Listening

Sophie is working in Rome this week. Oliver, Alfie and Daisy have decided to eat out tonight. Listening

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Assessment