The document discusses vocabulary related to food and drink menus. It provides examples of countable and uncountable nouns as well as expressions used to describe quantities of food and drink items. It also discusses using some, any, and no with countable and uncountable nouns in different sentence structures.
3. examples
salads desserts drinks starters main
courses
Green
salad
Cake Water
Mushroom
soup
Fish with
vegetables
Tomato
salad
Ice-cream Soda
Vegetable
s soup
Steak with
chips
Caesar´s
salad
Fruit Pie Lemonade
Carrot
soup
Lasagne
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5. Speaking
In groups of 3 or 4 people, discuss the following questions
a. How often do you go to a restaurant?
b. What is your favourite restaurant? Why?
c. What is your favourite dish?
d. Do you think that an expensive restaurant is synonym of good
quality and service?
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6. A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or
idea. Whatever exists, we assume, can be named,
and that name is a noun.
EXAMPLES: lamp, dog, México, milk, money, love,
etc.
What is a noun?
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8. Countable nouns are all the things that we can count, for example, a pen. We
can have one, two, three, or more pens.
EXAMPLE: dog, box, bottle, litter, dollar, cup, table, etc.
Countable nouns can be singular or plural
EXAMPLE: My dog is playing. / My dogs are eating.
Countable nouns
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9. Uncountable nouns
Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts, etc. that we cannot divide into
separate elements. We are not able to "count" them.
EXAMPLE: milk, money, electricity, information, music, love, etc.
We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb.
EXAMPLE: This news is very important. / Your luggage looks heavy.
WE CAN´T SAY
THAT THERE ARE
THREE WATERS
10. Important Information
Some nouns, like chicken, pizza or cheese, can
be both, Countable and Uncountable.
Example
I always have some cheese with my lunch
I like all kinds of cheese
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13. some
We use some with uncountable and plural countable nouns,
in AFFIRMATIVE sentences and OFFERS
Would you like some water?
There are some tomatoes on the fridge.
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14. any
We use any with uncountable and plural countable nouns, in
NEGATIVE sentences and QUESTIONS
Is there any water on the fridge?
There aren´t any tomatoes on the fridge.
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15. no
We use any with uncountable and plural countable nouns, in
AFFIRMATIVE sentences. It is used instead of not any
There is no cheese in the sandwich!
There are no tomatoes on the fridge.
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16. SOME ANY NO
Uncountable and plural countable nouns
Affirmative
sentences and
Offers
Negative
sentences and
Questions
Affirmative
sentences, instead
of not any
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17. Complete with some/any/no
1. Are there __________ people at the bus stop?
2. There is _______ coffee left. I will have to prepare more
3. Could I have _________ tea, please?
4. You shouldn´t take _________ medicine without reading
information first.
5. ________ shops don’t accept credit cards.
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