Ice-breakers
1. What 'new' food products have you eaten for the first time in the last three years?
2. When you go shopping for food, do you know what you want to buy - or do you choose things because you see them in the shop?
3. Do you buy ready-made or processed foods? Why or why not?4. Are you a healthy eater?
5. Do you read the nutritional information on the packaging?
6. `Preservatives in food, chemicals in food, genetic modification - no problem!' Do you agree?
7. What is organic food? Do you eat? Why or why not?
8. 'We are what we eat' - what do you think this means? Are you what you eat?
MATCH!
1. What 'new' food products have you eaten for the first time in the last three years?
2. When you go shopping for food, do you know what you want to buy - or do you choose things because you see them in the shop?
3. Do you buy ready-made or processed foods? Why or why not?4. Are you a healthy eater?
5. Do you read the nutritional information on the packaging?
6. `Preservatives in food, chemicals in food, genetic modification - no problem!' Do you agree?
7. What is organic food? Do you eat? Why or why not?
8. 'We are what we eat' - what do you think this means? Are you what you eat?
MATCH!
More vocabulary available in the following links:
Language notes: containers
Liquid
- A bottle usually contains liquid.
- A carton is an alternative to a bottle. It's a small cardboard or plastic box for liquid. This term also refers to larger boxes used for storage.
- A can is a metal container for drinks -especially cola and other fizzy drinks or beer. People sometimes say tin instead of can.
Food
- A jar is a wide glass container, often used for preserved fruit and vegetables, powders, jams, etc. It can be closed with a screw lid.
- A packet (US pack / packages) is
- a small cardboard box used for small items, eg biscuits, powders, etc. or
- a soft plastic or paper bag of small items, eg crisps, frozen vegetables, etc.
- A box is a cardboard or plastic container that usually has a lid so it can be closed.
- A tub is a short, round, plastic container for soft food products, such as butter, margarine and ice cream.
Countable and uncountable nouns
The vocabulary of containers is important as it gives us a way to count uncountable things: 3 cans of carrot soup.
Sometimes it sounds as if a speaker is counting an uncountable noun, eg I bought three waters and two butters. But in sentences like this the container is understood even though it isn't said, eg I bought three (bottles of) water and two (packets of) butter.
Cultural notes: food
- A Mediterranean diet
- In recent years, British food has changed quite a lot. More and more people have been on foreign holidays and been influenced by foods eaten in Italy, Spain, Greece, etc. Television cookery programmes have also promoted a healthier way of eating. In comparison with the traditionally high fat, high carbohydrate British diet a Mediterranean diet may have:
- more fresh fruit and vegetables:
- olive oil;
- fresh fish and poultry (very little red meat);
- wine with meals - but little alcohol drinking outside meal times.
- Organic food
- This is food that is grown and prepared without use of artificial pesticides, chemical fertilisers, antibiotics, drugs, genetically modified ingredients, etc .
- Although organic food is still more expensive than normal food, it has been growing in popularity over recent years because many consumers are concerned about the unknown effects of chemicals on the human body. British supermarkets no have large areas of organic fruit, vegetables, meat and other products.
Further food related material:
- Have you heard of Jamie Oliver? What do you know about him? Following are some links of things he has done or continues to do:
Grammar: articles & determiners
Basic grammar:
- We can use the with all nouns, countable and uncountable.
- We use a or an only with singular countable nouns.
- A singular countable noun must have an article unless it has another determiner (eg his, her, some, this, any, etc.) in front of it.
- Plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns can be used without any article.
Click on the following link for a more detailed grammatical explanation on the topic: Use of articles
If you want further practice on the use of articles, you have many exercises available with online correction in the following link: articles
You can choose the level of difficulty at the top of the page. Each color corresponds with a different level of difficulty.
If you want further practice on the use of articles, you have many exercises available with online correction in the following link: articles
You can choose the level of difficulty at the top of the page. Each color corresponds with a different level of difficulty.
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