Primary Longman Express Buying food Chapter 5, Book 3A Primary Longman Express

Food Countable nouns things we can count singular: only one 1 peach things we can count singular: only one 4 peaches plural: more than one e.g. Singular Plural an apple two apples an orange three oranges a tomato four tomatoes

 Nouns Uncountable nouns things we cannot count followed by singular verbs only cannot use a, an or 1,2,3… before them water e.g. a / one water three waters 

Practice Countable Uncountable e.g. rice rice orange orange cola cola apple apple water water bread bread mango mango tomato tomato

Practice Countable Uncountable pear pear tea tea egg egg hot dog soup soup cheese cheese orange juice orange juice

  Uncountable food and drinks We use phrases before them to show the quantity.   two milks eight breads two bottles of milk eight slices of bread

Countable food and drinks We 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 is a hamburger? a bottle of water? It’s thirty sixty dollars.

Practice $5 How much is a can of cola? It’s five dollars.

How much is a packet of potato chips? It’s eight dollars. $8 How much is a packet of potato chips? It’s eight dollars.

How much is a bottle of milk? It’s ten 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.

How much is a slice of cake? It’s twenty-four dollars. $24 How much is a slice of cake? It’s twenty-four dollars.

That’s one hundred dollars, Ordering food May I have four slices of pizza and two apple pies, three hot dogs and two hamburgers, please? That’s one hundred dollars, please.

Practice Role-play ordering the food. Price list: hot dog $20 slice of pizza $25 hamburger $22 French fries $14 chicken wings $32 cola $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.

B: That’s ninety-two dollars, please. Price list: hot dog $20 slice of pizza $25 hamburger $22 French fries $14 chicken wings $32 cola $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.

A: May I have two boxes of chicken wings and a hamburger, please? Price list: hot dog $20 slice of pizza $25 hamburger $22 French fries $14 chicken wings $32 cola $12 water $10 A: May I have two boxes of chicken wings and a hamburger, please? B: That’s eighty-six dollars, please.

A: May I have four slices of pizza, please? Price list: hot dog $20 slice of pizza $25 hamburger $22 French fries $14 chicken wings $32 cola $12 water $10 A: May I have four slices of pizza, please? B: That’s one hundred dollars, please.

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