Quantifiers and containers

1. English file
Elementary
Unit 9B – Quantifiers

2. • Lead in food pictures different situations (5 mins)
• Discussion questions talking about food (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – food containers (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – listening (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – making phrases about containers (5 mins)
• Grammar – quantifiers – highlighting (10 mins)
• Grammar – quantifiers – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – quantifiers – exercises (10 mins)
• Game / filler (10 mins) 65
• Speaking practice – sentence using quantifiers (5 mins)
• Pronunciation practice – different “s” pronunciations (10 mins)
• Reading facts about sugar and salt – vocabulary (5 mins)
• Reading facts about sugar and salt – comprehension (5 mins)
• Grammar gambling – quantifiers revision (15 mins)
• Speaking practice – questionnaire – interview (10 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

4. • How often do you go food shopping?
• I go shopping ....................................................
• What things do you buy every week / monthly?
• I buy ....................................................every week.
• Do you buy healthy or unhealthy food?
• I buy .................... food for example ...............................
• What are the different containers that your food comes in?
Such as bottles etc
• .......comes in bottles / cans ....... comes in boxes / packets
• How often do you buy / eat sweet things? (once a / every)
• I buy sweet things ................ I eat sweet things ........

5. 3
5
6
2
7 1 4

6. 1. a bottle of olive oil
2. a packet of (basmati) rice
3. a tin of tomatoes
4. a box of chocolates
5. a carton of orange juice

7. a box of biscuits
a packet of cereal / a box of
cereal
a bottle of Coke / a can of Coke
a packet of crisps
a jar of jam
a bottle of milk / a carton of
milk
a packet of salt / a box of salt
a packet of sugar
a tin of tuna

13. Sugar
a can of Coke: a lot
an apple: quite a lot
a small bar of dark
chocolate: a little
an egg: none
Salt
a large packet of crisps: a
lot
a slice of white bread:
quite a lot
a bottle of mineral water: a
little
a bottle of olive oil: none

14. olive oil
dark chocolate
white bread
(a can of ) Coke

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18. How much
How many
How much
How many
How much
How much
How many
How many
How much
How many

21. Paper packaging for food has existed in China since
as early as the ____ century BCE. Back then, food
was wrapped in thin, treated sheets of tree bark;
the idea later spread around the world.
2nd
A) 2nd B) 3rd C) 4th

22. A) 56 B) 64 C) 72
Cardboard boxes are have fewer germs than plastic.
Researchers found that fruit stayed fresh for 48 to
___ hours longer when stored in cardboard trays.
72

23. A) bottle B) water C) bottle top
The expiry date on bottles of water refers
to the use by date of the __________.
bottle

24. ___% of the average dustbin’s weight
comes from paper and cardboard.
A) 15% B) 25% C) 35%
25

25. The Joseph Company has finally made a way to instantly
cool up your drinks through a self-chilling can. Just turn
the can upside down, twist the base off to release the
CO2, and wait for __ to __ seconds for it to get cold.
A) 30 to 50 B) 55 to 65 C)75 to 90
75 90

26. Baked goods don’t last very long. They need a package with
special air that allows the bread to last for more than __ days.
This type of protects the food.
A) 20 B) 30 C) 40
40

32. Salt
Sugar
sugar
sugar
salt
sugar

33. salt
salt
sugar
sugar
Salt
salt

36. How many
How many
How much
How many
How much
How much
How many

39. fish, delicious, fresh, information,
reception, shopping, special, sure
salt, sweets, centre, cereal, cinema,
crisps, rice, salad, science

42. • You are going to read sentences, some of which contain errors in the
use of quantifiers.
• Read the sentences on your sheet.
• if you think a sentence is right, put a tick in the first column of the
worksheet.
• If you think a sentence is wrong, put a cross and correct the
mistake.
• When you have finished, place a bet on your answers, depending on
how confident you are about your decisions.
• You can bet between 10 and 100 points for each item. Write the bet
in the 'Bet' column.
• When you have placed a bet for each sentence, we will check the
answers together.
• The student with the highest grand total is the winner.

43. 1. Correct
2. Incorrect: much money
3. Incorrect: aren’t many oranges
4. Incorrect: a lot of people
5. Incorrect: any brothers or sisters
6. Correct
7. Incorrect: some information

44. 8. Incorrect: only a few students
9. Correct
10. Correct
11. Incorrect: are a few sentences
12. Incorrect: aren’t many apples
13. Correct
14. Incorrect: some water

46. introduce /ˌɪntrə'djuːs/ = to bring
in something new
float /fləʊt/ = to stay on top of
water
collect /kə'lekt/ = to bring
together things that are the
same in some way, to study or
enjoy them
order /'ɔːdə/ = to ask for food or
drink in a restaurant, bar, etc.
de-ice /ˌdiː 'aɪs/ = to take the ice
away from something
remove /rɪ'muːv/ = to take
something away