Module 9. Food and refreshments
9 A. Food and Drink
1. Odd one out. Circle out the odd word and explain your choice.
milk juice water oil
onion banana garlic tomato
fish yoghurt milk sour-cream
meat lamb beef pork
apple orange carrot grape
2. Put the words into the correct column.
Sugar, tomato, coffee, cup, oil, biscuit, bread, cottage cheese, strawberry, apricot.
countable
uncountable
3. Match the words in two columns to get expressions with containers and quantities.
A bottle of
cereal
A carton of
olive oil
A box of
potato
A packet of
milk
A piece of
chocolate
A kilo of
crisps
A jar of
bread
A bag of
jam
A loaf of
cheese
A bar of
rice
What did you buy from this list last time you went shopping?
4. Use much or many.
Did you buy food yesterday?
There aren’t oranges left in the fridge.
Nick hasn’t got money.
We haven’t got olive oil.
How milk do you want in your coffee?
How chocolate bars are there on the table?
How bread did you buy?
5. Use little/a little/few/a few.
There was food in the fridge. It was nearly empty.
Do you want sugar in your cocoa? – Yes, , please.
There’s very rice left for pilaw (плов).
Would you like some soup? – Yes, , please.
You don’t need to buy bread. We’ve got loafs of bread.
There’re carrots in the fridge. We need to buy some.
9 B. On the menu
6. Let’s arrange the menu in the form of a spidergram. Use the words below to complete it.
Main course, Starters, Desserts, Drinks.
Fruit, banana, grape, kiwi, peach, strawberry, vanilla, choc-ice, sorbet, tea, white coffee, black coffee, fruit juice, noodle soup, chicken soup, tomato soup, chef’s salad, Caesar salad, mashed potatoes, chips, cabbage, trout, tuna, salmon, lamb, roast beef, chicken curry, roast turkey.
7. Put the words in the correct order.
still/fizzy/water/or/mineral?
I/ like/would/the/pate.
ready/you/are/order/to?
I’d/chicken/for/like/main/the/course.
What/would/you/vegetables/like?
8. Use the sentences in exercise 4 to complete the dialogue. Role-play it.
A:
B: Yes.
A: Yes, sir.
B: And then,
A: Certainly.
B: Potatoes and peas, please.
A: How about drinks? Would you like some juice?
B: No, thanks. Some mineral water, please.
A:
B: Still, please.
He said to stay in bed for a few days. Marry said she'd gone to London with her sister. My friend said she/he watched a lot of soap operas. He asked if Tom would be there the following day. My mother asked if I had cleaned my room the previous day. Her teacher said she/he was not going to ask her. The teacher asked how the accident had happened. My cousin said they weren't interested in politics. I asked if you had heard the bell. He asked what I had told the police. Tom said New York was more lovely than London. She said he had turned out a good pianist. She asked if I was kidding. She wrote to put up at that hotel. I asked where you were living at the moment.
2 Marry said that she had gone to London with her sister.
3 My friend said that she watched a lot of soap operas.
4 He asked if Tom would be there the next day.
5 My mother asked me if I had cleaned the room the previous day.
6 Her teacher said that he was not going to ask her.
7 The teacher asked them how the accident had happened.
8 My cousin said that they were not interested in politics.
9 I asked him if he hadn't heard the bell.
10 He asked me what I had told the police.
11 Tom said that New York was more lovely than London.
12 She said that he had turned out a good pianist.
13 She wondered if I was kidding.
14 She wrote to put up at this hotel
15 I wondered where you were living then.