6. Food and holidays
Talk about food and quantities, and order a meal in a restaurant.
AaRésumé du cours
Vocabulary
Couscous, tagine, harira, pastilla, mint tea, bread, vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, a recipe, ingredients, to boil, to fry, to bake, menu, waiter, bill, starter, main course, dessert.
Grammar: countable and uncountable nouns
- Countable (can be counted, have a plural): an apple, two tomatoes, some eggs.
- Uncountable (no plural): water, bread, sugar, rice, milk, advice, information.
- some in affirmative sentences and offers; any in negatives and questions.
- How many + countable; How much + uncountable. a few / a little; a lot of with both.
- Containers: a bottle of water, a loaf of bread, a cup of tea, a kilo of oranges.
Function: ordering food
Waiter: Are you ready to order? Customer: I’d like a chicken tagine, please. — Could I have the bill, please?
Writing tip: a recipe
Ingredients list, then steps in the imperative with sequencers: First, … Then, … After that, … Finally, …
✎Exemples corrigés
Exemple 1
Complete with “much” or “many”: How ___ sugar do you put in your tea? How ___ glasses do you drink?
Voir la correction
Exemple 2
Complete with “some” or “any”: We don’t have ___ bread, but there are ___ eggs.
Voir la correction
?Teste-toi
Clique sur la bonne réponse.
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Which noun is uncountable?
Réponse
b) rice — We don’t say “two rices”. -
Is there ___ milk in the fridge?
Réponse
b) any — Questions → any. -
A polite way to order is…
Réponse
b) I’d like a tagine, please. — Use I’d like… please.
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