1. Primary Longman Elect
3A Chapter 3
Quantifiers
for food and drinks

2. Let’s revise what we have learnt!

3. Food and drinks 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

4.  Food and drinks 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 

5. Practice Countable or uncountable? Countable Uncountable e.g. rice
orange
orange
cola
cola
apple
apple
water
water
bread
bread
mango
mango
tomato
tomato

6. Practice Countable or uncountable? Countable Uncountable pear pear tea
egg
egg
hot dog
hot dog
soup
soup
cheese
cheese
orange juice
orange juice

7.   Quantifiers for food and drinks
We use quantifiers before uncountable food and drinks to show the quantity.
e.g.  
two milks
eight breads
two bottles of milk
eight slices of bread

8. Quantifiers for food and drinks
We can also use quantifiers before countable food and drinks to show the quantity.
e.g.
a packet of potato chips
two packets of peanuts

9. Quantifiers for food and drinks
We can also use quantifiers before countable food and drinks to show the quantity.
e.g.
a slice of pizza
a pizza

10. Quantifiers for food and drinks
a bottle of
water
milk
orange juice
cola

11. Quantifiers for food and drinks
a cup of
lemon tea
hot chocolate
cola
coffee

12. Quantifiers for food and drinks
a can of
lemon tea
cola
juice

13. Quantifiers for food and drinks
a box of
chicken wings
cereal

14. Quantifiers for food and drinks
a packet of
French fries
potato chips
peanuts
biscuits

15. Quantifiers for food and drinks
a slice of
pizza
cake
cheese
bread

16. + 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 water
a can of eight cans of cola
a packet of nine packets of potato chips
a slice of ten slices of pizza

17. Practice
Name the food and drinks. 1
a can of cola

18. Practice
Name the food and drinks. 2
three cans of cola

19. Practice
Name the food and drinks. 3
two slices of bread

20. Practice
Name the food and drinks. 4
six bottles of milk

21. a packet of potato chips
Practice
Name the food and drinks. 5
a packet of potato chips

22. two boxes of chicken wings
Practice
Name the food and drinks. 6
two boxes of chicken wings

23. Practice
Name the food and drinks. 7
four cups of lemon tea

24. The End