chapter 5, book 3a primary longman express buying food

Chapter 5, Book 3APrimary Longman Express

Buying food

FoodFood

things we can countsingular: only oneonly one

Countable nouns 1

peach

plural: more than onemore than one

4 peaches

e.g. Singular Plural

an apple two apples

an orange three oranges

a tomato four tomatoes

NounsNouns

things we cannot count• followed by singular verbs only• cannot use a, an or 1,2,3… before

them

Uncountable nouns

water

e.g.

a / one waterthree waters

PracticePractice

UncountableCountable

orange

ricee.g. rice

orange

waterbread

cola

colaappl

e waterbread

mangotomato

tomato

apple

mango

Countable Uncountable

tea

cheese

egg

pear

tea

egg

hot dog

soup soup

cheese

orange juice

hot dog

orange juice

pear

PracticePractice

Uncountable food and Uncountable food and drinksdrinksWe use phrases before them to show the quantity.

two bottles of milk

eight slices of bread

two milks eight breads

Countable food and drinksCountable food and drinksWe can also use phrases before them to show the quantity.

a packet of potato chips

two packets of peanuts

Singular Plural Food/Drinks

+

a cup of two cups of lemon tea

a box of four boxes of chicken

wings

a bottle of six bottles of milk

a can of eight cans of cola

a packet of nine packets of potato chips

a slice of ten slices of pizza

Asking about the price

How much isa hamburger?a bottle of water?

It’sthirtysixty

dollars.

$5

How much is a can of cola?

It’s five dollars.

Practice

$8

How much is a packet of potato chips?

It’s eight dollars.

$10

How much is a bottle of milk?

It’s ten dollars.

$13

How much is a cup of tea?

It’s thirteen dollars.

$24

How much is a slice of cake?

It’s twenty-four dollars.

Ordering food

That’s one hundred dollars,please.

May I havefour slices of pizza and two apple pies, three hot dogs and two hamburgers,

please?

PracticeRole-play ordering the food.

Price list:

hot dog $20slice of pizza $25hamburger $22French fries $14chicken wings $32cola $12 water $10

A: May I have two cups of cola and three packets of French fries, please?

B: That’s sixty-six dollars, please.

Price list:

hot dog $20slice of pizza $25hamburger $22French fries $14chicken wings $32cola $12 water $10

A: May I have two hot dogs, a hamburger and three bottles of water, please?

B: That’s ninety-two dollars, please.

Price list:

hot dog $20slice of pizza $25hamburger $22French fries $14chicken wings $32cola $12 water $10

A: May I have two boxes of chicken wings and a hamburger, please?

B: That’s eighty-six dollars, please.

Price list:

hot dog $20slice of pizza $25hamburger $22French fries $14chicken wings $32cola $12 water $10

A: May I have four slices of pizza, please?

B: That’s one hundred dollars, please.

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