What´s on the menu? Lesson 4a vocabulary salads Luis Roberto Ortiz desserts starters drinks main courses examples salads desserts drinks starters main courses Green salad Cake Water Mushroom soup Fish with vegetables Tomato salad Ice-cream Soda Vegetable s soup Steak with chips Caesar´s salad Fruit Pie Lemonade Carrot soup Lasagne Luis Roberto Ortiz Expressions of quantity A bottle of … A can of … A glass of … A bowl of … A cup of … A slice of … Speaking In groups of 3 or 4 people, discuss the following questions a. How often do you go to a restaurant? b. What is your favourite restaurant? Why? c. What is your favourite dish? d. Do you think that an expensive restaurant is synonym of good quality and service? Luis Roberto Ortiz What is a noun? A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. Whatever exists, we assume, can be named, and that name is a noun. EXAMPLES: lamp, dog, México, milk, money, love, etc. Luis Roberto Ortiz nouns countable Luis Roberto Ortiz uncountable Countable nouns Countable nouns are all the things that we can count, for example, a pen. We can have one, two, three, or more pens. EXAMPLE: dog, box, bottle, litter, dollar, cup, table, etc. Countable nouns can be singular or plural EXAMPLE: My dog is playing. / My dogs are eating. Luis Roberto Ortiz Uncountable nouns Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts, etc. that we cannot divide into separate elements. We are not able to "count" them. EXAMPLE: milk, money, electricity, information, music, love, etc. We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. EXAMPLE: This news is very important. / Your luggage looks heavy. WE CAN´T SAY THAT THERE ARE THREE WATERS Important Information Some nouns, like chicken, pizza or cheese, can be both, Countable and Uncountable. Example I always have some cheese with my lunch I like all kinds of cheese Luis Roberto Ortiz Countable Uncountable Milk Tomato Salad Money Love Cheese Orange Luis Roberto Ortiz Pizza Using some/any/no Luis Roberto Ortiz some We use some with uncountable and plural countable nouns, in AFFIRMATIVE sentences and OFFERS Would you like some water? There are some tomatoes on the fridge. Luis Roberto Ortiz any We use any with uncountable and plural countable nouns, in NEGATIVE sentences and QUESTIONS Is there any water on the fridge? There aren´t any tomatoes on the fridge. Luis Roberto Ortiz no We use any with uncountable and plural countable nouns, in AFFIRMATIVE sentences. It is used instead of not any There is no cheese in the sandwich! There are no tomatoes on the fridge. Luis Roberto Ortiz SOME ANY NO Uncountable and plural countable nouns Affirmative sentences and Offers Luis Roberto Ortiz Negative sentences and Questions Affirmative sentences, instead of not any Complete with some/any/no 1. Are there __________ people at the bus stop? 2. There is _______ coffee left. I will have to prepare more 3. Could I have _________ tea, please? 4. You shouldn´t take _________ medicine without reading information first. 5. ________ shops don’t accept credit cards. Luis Roberto Ortiz
