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Listening skills practice: Eating out – exercises Listen to the conversation in a restaurant and do the exercises to improve your listening skills.

Preparation Do this exercise before you listen. Draw a line to match the pictures with the words below.

Chips

Omelette

grilled fish

tomato soup

pasta

ice cream

vegetables

roast chicken

sausages

cheese and biscuits

fruit salad

cheese burger

fruit salad

cheeseburger

vegetables

cheese and biscuits

ice cream

pasta

chips

roast chicken

sausages

tomato soup

omelette

grilled fish

1. Check your understanding: true or false Do this exercise while you listen. Circle True or False for these sentences. 1.

The customers want two tables.

True

False

2.

There are two customers eating together.

True

False

3.

The two customers order the same starter.

True

False

4.

Both customers order the Thai chicken for their main course.

True

False

5.

The customers order cold drinks.

True

False

6.

Both customers order a dessert.

True

False

2. Check your understanding: gap fill Do this exercise while you listen. Complete the gaps with a word from the box. would

ready

for

have

like

like

1.

A table ___FOR____ two, please.

2.

Are you ___READY___ to order?

3.

What would you ____LIKE____ for your starter?

4.

I’d ___LIKE___ French onion soup, please.

5.

What ___WOULD___ you like to drink?

6.

I’ll ___HAVE___ a fresh orange juice.

Discussion What food and drink from this menu would you order?

1. What does Coca-Cola come in? The answer is in the puzzle. Cross out ten words for containers and measurements and use them to fill the gaps in the sentences.

P B O N F L

A C K M A R T R A I T J A O L E N X

E G B A G O

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

T U B E T B

A packet of biscuits A carton of orange juice. A bag of tomatoes. A loaft of bread. A bar of soap. A tin of sardines. A tube of toothpaste. A jar of marmalade. A kilo gram of sugar. A box of tissues.

Coca-Cola Classic comes in a bottle 2. Fill in “much” or “many”. a) b) c) d)

How How How How

MUCH wine? MANY children? MANY. shops? MANY pencils?

e) f) g) h)

How How How How

MUCH water? MANY glasses? MUCH bread? MUCH tea?

3. Fill in “few” (countable nouns) or “little” (uncountable nouns). a. b. c. d. e.

There’s LITTLE bread. There are FEW grapes. There are A FEW pears. There’s LITTLE money. There are FEW biscuits.

4. Fill in “some” or “any”. Stephanie is packing her suitcase. She needs some shoes. She doesn’t need to take any boots. She needs some dresses and some blouses. She doesn’t need any jumpers or gloves. She doesn’t need any warm clothes at all. She needs some jeans and she needs some money of course.

FOOD – COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS Student’s name KATHERINN ALARCON Date oranje

cheese

coffee

Grade

potatos COUNTABLE NOUS

bar of chocolate

lemon

banana

carrot

milk

meat

pasta

soda

Nouns you can count You can use a / an in front of countable nouns. Nouns that have a plural form. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS Nouns you can´t count Nouns that normally don´t have a plural form

apple

fish

Ice cream

eggs

a) Color and give the name of each picture, then number them from the one you like the most a last one.

We can make uncountable nouns countable to express quantity. We add a unit or a quantity with “OF” e.g. a bar of chocolate

c) Use a / an or some and write C for countable or U for uncountable.

some money U some ponds C a cup of tea C some sugar U a bar of chocolate C a ice-cream C some rice U a glass of water C some coffee U some cake U some eggs C an orange C a bunch of grapes C some coins C an apple C some salt U

b) Look at the words and select them into the right category water – bread – lemons – chocolate – sugar – tea – milk – oranges- cheese – coffee – eggs –grapes – a bar of chocolate - chicken – butter – a loaf of bread – peach – a cup of tea – honey Countable

Bar of chocolate A loaf of bread A cup of tea Lemons Eggs Oranges grapes

Uncountable

Wáter butter Bread Chocolate Sugar Tea Milk Cheese Coffe Honey chicken

HOW MUCH…? / HOW MANY…? Student’s name

Date

Grade

How many + countable noun E.g.: How many rashers and sausages

How much + uncountable noun E.g. How much ham?

d) Ask questions using how much or how many

(eggs ) how many eggs are there in the bucket

?

(meat) how much meat is there in the fridge

?

(jam) how much jam is there on the table

?

(people) how many people are there in the mall

?

(flour) how much flour is the on the plate

?

(votes) how many votes are there in the box

?

(parties) how many parties are there in the city

?

(oil) how much oil is there in the bottle

?

d) Choose the correct word / expression and complete the sentences.

– how much – how many – How many

sandwiches have you got?

How much

milk is there in the fridge?

How much

time do you need?

How much

fruit can you see on the table?

How many

friends have you got?

How many

states are there in Mexico?

How much

love do you give to your mom?

How many

gobernators are there in Mexico?

How many

bananas do you eat a day?