chapter 5, book 3a primary longman express buying food
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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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