Unit 3: All about food
Lesson 3b: Grammar
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Lesson Outline
Warm-up
Presentation
Practise
Production
Consolidation
Wrap-up

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Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to…
- know countable and uncountable nouns.
- use a/an/some/any correctly.
- learn some partitives.

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WARM-UP

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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently form that of the others.
1. A. fish
/fɪʃ/
2. A. soda
/ˈsəʊdə/
3. A. coffee
/ˈkɒfi/

B. rice
/raɪs/

C. crisp
/krɪsp/

B. pasta

C. biscuit

/ˈpæstə/

/ˈbɪskɪt/

B. yoghurt

C. orange

/ˈjɒɡət/

/ˈɒrɪndʒ/

D. drink
/drɪŋk/
D. sugar
/ˈʃʊɡə/
D. carrot
/ˈkærət/

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It's time to learn …

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Presentation

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Put these words into two groups - countable and uncountable:
sugar, banana, cucumber, bread, milk, potato, pepper, fruit juice,
orange, egg
Countable
Uncountable
banana

sugar

cucumber

bread

potato

milk

orange

fruit juice

egg

pepper

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Complete the rules
Countable nouns are nouns
• ………………………………

Uncountable nouns are nouns we
• …………………………………

we can count.

cannot count.

They have singular and plural

They usually have singular forms.

forms.

e.g. some milk – NOT: milks.

e.g. an apple – two/some apples.

These nouns include:
food (cheese, meat, flour, sugar, salt, etc.)
liquid (coffee, tea, water, etc.)

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Read

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Tick the correct column.
Countable
singular plural

Uncountable

(+)

(-)

(?)

A









An









Some





Any







offer




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Practice

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2 Decide if the nouns below are C (Countable) or U (Uncountable).
Write the plural form of the countable nouns.
apples
C _________
1 apple ➝ ____

U _________
6 meat ➝ ____

U _________
2 coffee ➝ ____
U _________
3 water ➝ ____

carrots
C _________
7 carrot ➝ ____
C _________
lemons
8 lemon ➝ ____

U _________
4 rice ➝ ____

strawberries
C _________
9 strawberry ➝ ____

C _________
burgers
5 burger ➝ ____

U _________
10 salt ➝ ____

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3 Choose the correct word.
1 Is there some/any sugar?
2 There isn't some/any flour left.
3 Would you like a/an biscuit?
4 I need some/any milk for my cereal.
5 There's a/an apple on the table.
6 Can I have some/any chips, please?

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Extra practice

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Underline the correct word.
1 Is there some/any sugar in the cupboard?
2 There isn't some/any flour left.
3 Would you like some/any chocolate?
4 Can you give me a/some eggs?
5 This soup doesn't have some/any salt in it.

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6 I need some/any milk for my cereal.
7 There's a/an apple on the table.
8 Can I have some/any water, please?
9 There is any/some milk in the fridge.
10 Are there some/any potatoes?

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Complete the phrases with the following partitives: bag, cup, can,
jar, bar, glass, bowl, loaf, packet, bottle, carton, piece.
bag
cup
a ………….. of cherries

a ………… of tea

bar
a …………. of chocolate

glass of water
a ………….

bottle

jar
a ………. of jelly beans

bowl

loaf
a ………… of bread

a ……………….. of mustard
a ……………… of cereal

can

a …………….. of cola

carton
a ………………… of milk

packet

a ……………… of biscuits

piece

a ……………. of pizza

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b) ★ Underline the correct word.
1 a bar/bag of chocolate
2 a loaf/bottle of mustard
3 a packet/can of biscuits
4 a carton/jar of juice
5 a bowl/can of cola

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Production

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PAIRWORK

Make a shopping list and tell your friend what you need
to buy, using a/an/some and phrases of partitives.

SHOPPING LIST
- milk……………..8 cartons
- bread…………..2 loaves
- cheese…………1 box
- oranges………..1 kilo
- chocolate……..3 bars

I need to buy 8 cartons
of milk, 2 loaves of
bread, 1 box of cheese,
a kilo of oranges and 3
bars of chocolate.

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CONSOLIDATION

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Write five sentences (about 50 words) about the
food you have or don't have in your fridge, using the
vocabulary and a/an/some/any or phrases of
partitives you have studied today.

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WRAP-UP

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Today's lesson
Grammar
• Countable and uncountable nouns
• a/an/some/any
• Phrases of partitives

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Homework
- Practise speaking and writing sentences, using a/an/some/any
and phrases of partitives.
- Complete the grammar notes in TA 6 Right on Notebook (p. 30)
- Prepare the next lesson (p. 57 SB)
- Do the exercise in TA 6 Right on Workbook (p. 29)

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Enjoy your day!