FOOD

Food is what people and animals eat to survive.

Every day, we eat in specific hours. So, we give specific names to these meals.

LUNCH TIMES ⏰
breakfast Marcos wakes up and has his breakfast: toast and butter.
morning
brunch I have scrambled eggs for brunch.
lunch noon At lunch, I love eating mashed potatoes.
snack afternoon I want to eat an apple for snack.
dinner night Let’s eat a hamburger for dinner?
supper late at night I am hungry. I’ll make a supper: mexidão!

We can divide food into different categories.

CEREALS AND GRAINS 🍚

beans bread cereal

pasta rice toast

DAIRY 🐮

butter cheese egg

continuation of DAIRY 🐮
margarine milk yoghurt

FRUIT 🍑

apple banana coconut

grapes lemon lime

mango orange peach

pineapple strawberry tomato

MEAT 🥩
 beef chicken ham

lamb pork sausage

VEGETABLES 🌽

broccoli carrot lettuce

mushroom onion potato

ASKING IF YOU CAN GET SOMETHING

In most places, restaurant employees are paid mostly through tips, which are based on how well they
provide service.
This means that the employees will try hard to make you happy. Then, the best way to start an order is
saying a friendly greeting to start off the conversation.

Hello! How are you today? Hey there, how’s it going?

When most native speakers order something, instead of saying “I want...”, they ask:

Can I get a coffee? Can I order an Americano? May I have a Cappuccino?

This sounds less demanding and can help the flow of the conversation.

EXERCISES 🍔
1) Answer the questions below.
 a) What is your favorite fruit?

b) What is your least favorite vegetable?

c) Is there one thing on the list that you want to eat?

DO YOU REMEMBER? 💭
Countable nouns are individual people, animals, Uncountable nouns are not individual objects, so
places, things, or ideas which can be counted they cannot be counted with numbers

Regarding food, they generally are physical objects

Regarding food, they are generally objects that have
that are too small or too amorphous to be counted
a defined shape or form
(like liquids or powders)

2) Label the food and write their names in the chart below. For countable nouns, write their plural.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

COUNTABLE NOUNS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

1) Chocolates.

3) Look at the answer in brackets. Then complete the question with much or many.
Example: How many eggs do you eat a day?
I eat three yolks and five whites.
a) How _______________ oranges do we need?
There are twenty oranges.
 b) How _____________ sugar do we need?
We don’t need any sugar.
c) How _____________ potatoes did you buy?
About 10.
d) How _____________ rice is there?
Not much.
e) How _____________ apples are there in your basket?
Seven.
f) How _____________ bread do you eat?
Oh, I eat a lot of bread.
4) Circle the correct alternative.
Example: I don’t have (many // much) apples.
a) We don’t have that (many // much) potatoes.
b) I bought so (many // much) sugar yesterday.
c) How (many // much) tomatoes are there in the basket?
d) How (many // much) rice did you buy?
e) There is too (many // much) coffee in the cup.
f) How (many // much) water do you drink every day?
g) Are there (many // much) bananas?
h) There isn’t (many // much) tea.
5) Look up these words in a dictionary or with your teacher. They are adjectives used to describe
how food tastes. Then write a food that matches with the adjective.

ADJECTIVES OF FOOD
bland delicious horrible mouth-watering poor

salty sickly sweet sour tasty

6) Look up these words in a dictionary or with your teacher. They are verbs, used to describe how
we make food. Then write a food that matches with the verb.

VERBS OF FOOD
boil bake chop fry grill

peel roast slice steam stir

Dave is at the supermarket. He’s talking to his wife, Sally. She is on the phone. Listen to their
conversation. Then answer questions 7-8.
7) Complete the dialogue with the correct quantifier.
Dav I’ve got your list, but it just says ‘milk’. How (a) ___________________ milk do
e we need?
Sally Not much, just a liter.
Dav And how (b) ___________________ eggs? Listening x
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Sally A dozen.
Dav And how (c) ___________________ tomatoes?
e
Sally Not many, just four or five, ok?
Dav Is that all?
e
Sally Let me check. We have (d) ___________________ bananas, but there aren’t
(e) ___________________ oranges. And we have (f) ___________________ coffee, but there
isn’t (g) ___________________ sugar.
Dav Okay, oranges and sugar. What about orange juice? Is there (h) ___________________ orange
e juice? You know I orange juice every morning.
Sally There is just (i) ___________________ , please get some.
Dav Orange juice then. And vegetables? Do we need (j) ___________________?
e
Sally Well, we have (k) ___________________ potatoes, and (l) ___________________ onions, but
there aren’t (m) ___________________ carrots.
Dav Right, I’ll get some carrots and onions.
e
Sally Oh, and don’t forget your parents are coming tomorrow. We need something for dinner.
Dav Okay, I can get (n) ___________________ meat and beer. Check! Anything else?
e
Sally Please, don’t forget the ice cream, (o) ___________________ chocolate ice cream for me!
Dav Sure, I’ll get some. Anything else?
e
Sally No, I think that’s all, sweetheart.
Dav Okay, see you at home, sweetie.
e
Sally See you in a bit.
8) Read the sentences and tick true or false.
a) He needs to buy coffee. a) ( ) True ( ) False
b) He needs to buy much milk. b) ( ) True ( ) False
c) His wife loves chocolate ice cream. c) ( ) True ( ) False
d) His parents love meat and beer. d) ( ) True ( ) False
e) He needs to buy onions and carrots. e) ( ) True ( ) False
f) He needs to buy oranges and sugar. f) ( ) True ( ) False
g) He needs to buy a few tomatoes. g) ( ) True ( ) False
Read the text below for questions 9-12. Then choose the correct alternative for each answer.

GOING TO THE SUPERMARKET

Marta is at the grocery store, getting ready for She pushes her cart ahead. The next section is
a house party. She has a list of what she needs meat and dairy. She sees meat, fish, cheese, eggs,
with her as she goes along. The first section she and milk. She checks her list:
comes has produce. Marta sees apples, bananas, - 2 fish (salmon)
limes, grapes, and strawberries. She checks her - 1 block of cheese (cheddar)
list:
- 1 dozen eggs
 6 apples;
- 2 gallons of milk
 1 bag of limes;
She looks at the meat that is on sale and
 1 bag of grapes;
chooses a 5-pound roll of hamburger. She gets
 2 cartons of strawberries.
the rest of the items in that section. She still
Marta get her items and looks the bananas. needs rice, bread, salt, sugar, and flour. She gets:
They are on sale for much cheaper than they are
- 2 bags of rice
normally. She picks 3 bananas.
- 4 loaves of bread
Next are vegetables. She sees potatoes,
- a 2-pound bag of sugar
carrots, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, and salad
in bags. She checks her list: - a 2-pound bag of flour

 5 pounds of potatoes; Marta then realizes that she has forgotten

something. She runs back and gets 1 container of
 6 carrots;
salt and then rushes to the checkout. She puts
 4 tomatoes;
her groceries into her car and leaves.
 2 onions;
 4 mushrooms.
As she is putting her items into her cart, Marta
checks the many bags of salad and chooses 2 of
them.
9) What item did Marta pick up on sale in the fruits and vegetables section?
a) Three bananas;
b) Six apples;
c) Two bags of salad; 💡 Questions 7-10 are
d) Four mushrooms. multiple choice
questions!
10) Which item did Marta buy 5 pounds of in the meat and dairy section?
a) Five pounds of meat;
a)
b) Five pounds of milk; b)
c) Five pounds of fish; c)
d) Five pounds of cheese. d)
11) How much bread did Marta get while she was shopping at the grocery store?
a) One loaf of bread; Choose the correct
b) Two loaves of bread; option!
c) Four loaves of bread;
d) Three loaves of bread.
12) What item did Marta have to go back for at the end of her shopping trip?
a) A bag of cherries;
b) One container of salt;
c) One dozen eggs;
d) A block of cheese.
13) Read the following dialogue between a customer and a waitperson. Then complete the gaps.
Waitperso
Hi. _________________________ doing this afternoon?
n
Costumer Fine, _________________________. Can I see a menu, please?
Waitperso Certainly, here you are.
n
Costumer _________________________. What’s today’s special?
Waitperso
Grilled tuna and cheese on rye.
n
Costumer That sounds good. _________________________ have that.
Waitperso
_______________________________________________________________________?
n
Costumer Yes, _________________________. A coke.
Waitperso
Thank you.
n
(some time passes and the waitperson returns with the food)
Waitperso
Here you are. Enjoy _________________________!
n
Costumer Thanks.
Waitperso
Can I get you __________________________________________________?
n
Costumer No, thanks. I’d like the check, please.
Waitperso SAM’S RESTAURANT
That’ll be R$14,95.
n
Starters
Costumer Here you are. Keep the change! Chicken Soup $2.5
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14) Now it’s your turn! Use this table below and the menu on the
right to practice ordering food in a restaurant and create your Salad $3.2
5
own dialogue.
Sandwiches - Main Course

RESTAURANT KEY VOCABULARY Ham and cheese $3.5

0
Here are some phrases used to discuss food in a restaurant.
Tuna $3.0
Could I have 0
I’d like the check,
the menu, I’ll get it for you. Vegetarian $4.0
please.
please? 0
Here you are. Would you like...? The ... looks good! Grilled Cheese $2.5
0
Enjoy your Can I get you
How is the...? Slice of Pizza $2.5
meal! anything else?
0
Have a good What would you I'd like my steak Cheeseburger $4.5
day! recommend? rare/medium/well done. 0
Are there any Hamburger $5.0
nuts/peanuts? Do you have any 0
I’d like to have a...
My child has vegetarian dishes?
Spaghetti $5.5
allergies.
0
Drinks
Coffee $1.2
5
Tea $1.2
5
Soft Drinks $1.7
Coke, Sprite, Root Beer, Iced 5
Tea