This document provides information about food preferences and needs. It includes an activity to write foods that begin each letter of the alphabet, a shopping list, and a conversation fill-in-the-blank activity using quantifiers like some, any, much and many. It also classifies nouns as countable or uncountable and provides examples. There are additional activities that involve choosing the correct quantifier and identifying differences between countable and uncountable nouns.

1. FOOD PREFERENCES
AND NEEDS

2. Write some food that begins with each letter at the whiteboard
Shopping List
4 oranges
3 1) _______
1 kilo 2) ________
10 eggs
½ kilo 3) _______
½ kilo tomatoes
4) _______ peppers
Complete the conversation with
some, any, much, many or ø.
Can you buy ____ oranges, please?
How _________?
We need _______ sugar
Don’t we need _______ eggs?
Get _________ cheese.
How ________?
Don't we need _____ peppers?
Sugar and cheese can/cannot be counted.
Oranges and eggs can/cannot be counted.
Sugar and cheese get/don't get plural form.
Oranges and eggs get/don't get plural form.

3. Countable
•You can combine them with numbers one,
two, three or a/an in front of them.
•One apple, an apple, a carrot.
•They can be singular or plural.
•Family- families
•They can have some or any in front of the
plural.
•Some families -any lentils
•You cannot use singular countable nouns
alone . (without a / the / my etc.):
•I want a banana. (not I want banana.)
Uncountable
•They don’t have a/an in front of them.
•They can’t be plural. Only use singular
verbs
•One reminder of home is food.
•They can have some or any in front of
them.
some salt- any sugar
•You can use uncountable nouns alone
(without the / my / some etc.):
•One reminder of home is food.
•One reminder of home is the food.

4. Some nouns are countable & uncountable
•A tomato
(countable)
•Some tomato
(uncountable)

5. bread soda sandwich strawberry oysters
salt sugar flour banana egg jam cheese
information knowledge apple engine
equipment machine machinery milk coffee mo
ney time scissors beans grapes butter lamb
food pea glass
Classify the following words under countable or uncountable
COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE

6. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the noun and the
verb in brackets.
1. ____________ is very important for babies (milk + to be)
2. A ____________ more vitamins than an orange. (red pepper + to have)
3. ____________ good for your health. (fruit + to be)
4. Some ____________ vitamin C. (vegetable + to have)
5. Some ____________ bad for your health. (food + to be)
6. ____________ any vitamins. (water + not to have)
https://wordwall.net/play/11485/923/56390
Classify words into countable or uncountable
https://wordwall.net/es/resource/4102622
Choose the correct container

7. We usually use quantifiers with nouns
to tell how much do we have.
One Not exact quantity Large quantity
+ - + - ¿? + - ¿?
countable a/an a/an a/an some any some
(requests)
any
many
( too formal)
A lot of
many
A lot of
many
a lot of
Except
How a lot of
some any
uncountable A lot of Much
A lot of

8. Use the correct quantifier a/ an, some, many, a lot of

9. IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENCES,
USE A, AN, SOME AND ANY.

10. 1. How much/ How many cars are there?
There are
six cars!

11. 2. How much/ How many Sugar is there?
There are
three
spoons of
sugar

12. 3. How much/ How
many pictures are
there?
There are
six
pictures.

13. Read this interview and choose the correct
words.
A: Hi, Irina. Tell me about your city of St Petersburg. in
Russia.B: It’s a beautiful city. It has a lot of/much old
buildings, like the castle. Much/many tourists visit it.A: Do
you often go there?B: No, I’m a student at the university and
so I don’t have many/much free time.A: What do people do
in the evening?B: Much/A lot of people go to cafès and
restaurants. A: How many/much cafés are there in St
Petersburg?B: I don’t know how exactly. but there are a lot
of/much of them.

14. MATCH DIET TO PERSON AND DOCTOR’S COMMENT TO DIET.
Ron, retired, age 73
Melanie, a nurse, age 21

15. Lee, a student, age
20
Helen, a model, age
25
Terry, a farmer, age
50

16. Morning 1
2 cups of tea with sugar
4 slices of toast
Afternoon
1 cup of tea with sugar
1 sandwich
Evening
1 hamburger with chips
2 chocolate bars
2 cans of soda
2 cups of coffee with sugar
1 packet of crisps
1 cup of tea with sugar
Morning 2
3 glasses of mineral water
1 glass of carrots juice
1 glass of apple juice
1 banana
1 peach
half a cup of white coffee
1 thin slice of brown bread
1 cup of tea
Some grapes
Evening
1 piece of white fish
Some brown rice and cabbage
1 tomato
1 small packet of nuts
12 olives

17. Morning
1 large cup of white coffee with little honey
2 small slices of toast with margarine and honey
1 large cup of tea with no sugar
Afternoon
chips and peas
a slice of cake 3
2 large cups of tea
Evening
a salad of peas, celery, carrots and cabbage.
4 slices of brown bread with margarine
some milk pudding
2 small apple pies
1 large cup of coffee
Morning
2 cups of tea
1 cup of coffee
1 glass of grape juice
2 slices of bacon with beans on toast
Afternoon
1 meat pie
1 egg alad sandwich
1 pear
1 glass of orange squash
2 cups of tea
a slice of cake
Evening
5 slices of meat
some potatoes
cauliflower cheese
green beans
some grapes
2 pints of beer
4

18. Morning
1 cup of coffee with milk
2 slices of brown bread with margarine and
marmalade
Afternoon
1 jacket potato with margarine
a large salad of lettuce, cucumber, spring onion
some apple pie and custard
1 glass of water
10 pieces of chocolate
2 biscuits
Evening
1 glass of orange juice
1 piece of fried fish
1 small tomato omelette
2 slices of white bread with margarine
1 large cup of coffee
1 chocolate biscuit
2 glasses of wine
5

19. A. There is a lot of fat in
meat. You should replace
it with fish sometimes.
B. You hardly eat any fruit
or meat..
C. You eat a lot of sweets
but no much fruit. Try some
fruit for dessert.
D. Change your diet now!
Eat some fruit, vegetables
and eat less sugar!
E. You need some dairy
produce in your diet.