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Food and Drink: a, an, some
Students learn when to use a, an and some with food and drink words, then write about their favourite meal of the day.
Articles · Countable uncountable · Food · Food drink
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Plan at a glance
Aims
- Use countable/uncountable; how much / how many; some / any / a lot of accurately
- Use a / an / the accurately
- Learn and use 23 words and phrases in 3 sets: Food and meals, Fruit and vegetables, Drinks and containers
- Read for detail: Tom's shopping list
- Writing task: My favourite meal
Stages · 35 min
- 5 minLead-in: Pairs talk about food and share ideas with the class.
- 5 minVocabulary: Ex. 1–2
- 5 minLanguage focus: Go through the grammar notes together and check understanding.
- 5 minControlled practice: Ex. 3–4
- 5 minReading: Ex. 5
- 10 minWriting: Ex. 6
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Download all (ZIP, 4 PDFs)Grammar notes
a / an + one thing (countable)
- a + consonant sound → a bottle, a cup, a banana.
- an + vowel sound → an egg, an apple, an orange.
some + uncountable or plural
- Uncountable food has no plural and no a/an → some bread, some rice, some pasta, some fruit.
- Plural countable food → some eggs, some vegetables.
- Food is uncountable: I like Italian food (not foods).
Containers make uncountable food countable
- a piece of cake · a bottle of water · a cup of tea · a glass of milk
- Don't forget of: a cup of coffee (not a cup coffee).
Meals: no a/an
- have breakfast / have lunch / have dinner → I have lunch at one o'clock.
Study tips
- Ask: can I count it? One egg, two eggs → countable. One rice? No → uncountable, use some.
- Learn food words with a container: a piece of cake, a bottle of water.
Glossary
- Food and meals9 items
- Fruit and vegetables6 items
- Drinks and containers8 items
Complete the exercises, then check your answers.
1
Food words
Choose the correct word.
- a
Apples and bananas are ___.
- b
Carrots and potatoes are ___.
- c
Spaghetti is a kind of ___ from Italy.
- d
Cook the ___ in hot water for twelve minutes, then eat it with curry.
- e
I have two boiled ___ for breakfast.
2
Meals and containers
Choose the correct word.
- a
I have ___ at one o'clock, in the middle of the day.
- b
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are the three ___ of the day.
- c
It's cold today. Can I have a ___ of hot tea, please?
- d
I'd like a ___ of water for the train.
- e
Can I have a ___ of cake, please?
3
a, an or some?
Choose the correct word. Sometimes we need no word.
- a
I'd like ___ egg with my toast, please.
- b
There is ___ bottle of milk in the fridge.
- c
Would you like ___ rice with your chicken?
- d
Let's cook ___ pasta tonight.
- e
We need ___ vegetables for the soup.
- f
We always have ___ lunch together at school.
- g
Can I have ___ cup of coffee, please?
- h
I buy ___ fresh bread every morning.
4
Find the mistake
One sentence has a mistake. Choose the correct sentence.
- a
Choose the correct sentence.
- b
Choose the correct sentence.
- c
Choose the correct sentence.
- d
Choose the correct sentence.
- e
Choose the correct sentence.
- f
Choose the correct sentence.
- g
Choose the correct sentence.
- h
Choose the correct sentence.
- i
Choose the correct sentence.
- j
Choose the correct sentence.
5
Read: Tom's shopping list
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer.
Tom lives with his sister, Anna. On Saturday morning he goes to the shop near his flat. He buys some bread, some eggs and a bottle of milk. Anna wants some fruit, so he buys six apples and a banana. He also buys some rice and some vegetables for dinner. Tom and Anna have lunch at home at one o'clock. They have eggs and bread. In the evening Tom cooks rice with vegetables. Anna has a cup of tea after dinner. "This food is great!" she says.
- a
Where does Tom buy his food?
- b
What does Tom buy for Anna?
- c
What do they have for lunch?
- d
What does Anna drink after dinner?
6
Write: My favourite meal
Write about your favourite meal.
What is your favourite meal of the day? What do you eat and drink? Who do you eat with? Use a, an and some. Use at least five words from the box. Word box: bread · rice · pasta · egg · fruit · vegetables · lunch · dinner · meal · food · a cup of · a bottle of
Suggested minimum: 40 words
0 words · aim for at least 40
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Revise with a game
This lesson's own words and questions. Play on your own, or in teams on the classroom screen.
- Step UpAnswer the lesson's questions to climb to the top.
- Pair UpMatch the lesson's words to their meanings against the clock.
- SnapA word and a meaning: do they go together? Answer fast.
- Quiz BoardTeams choose questions worth 100 to 500 points.
- Retro arcadeWord Invaders, Word Snake, Word Maze and Word Crossing: classic arcade games with the lesson's words.
Glossary
The 23 words and phrases this lesson teaches, in 3 sets.
Food and meals
- food
- things that people eat
- bread
- a common food in many countries. You can buy it in a shop.
- rice
- small white or brown grains. People cook and eat them.
- pasta
- a popular Italian food
- egg
- food from a bird, usually a chicken
- chicken
- a farm bird. Its meat is a food too.
- breakfast
- the first meal of the day
- lunch
- the meal in the middle of the day
- dinner
- the main meal in the evening
Fruit and vegetables
- fruit
- food from a tree or plant, for example an apple
- vegetable
- a plant or part of a plant. People eat it.
- apple
- a round fruit. It is red or green.
- banana
- a long yellow fruit
- carrot
- a long orange vegetable
- potato
- a round vegetable. It grows under the ground.
Drinks and containers
- milk
- a white drink from cows
- water
- a clear drink with no colour
- coffee
- a hot brown drink
- tea
- a hot drink. You make it with leaves and hot water.
- bottle
- a tall glass or plastic thing for drinks
- cup
- a small thing for hot drinks, like tea
- glass
- a thing for cold drinks, like water
- box
- a square thing. You keep things in it.
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