English

Unit 4 food

4.1 Talking about mealtimes

Exercise 1: Talk about mealtimes
1. Use the words below to complete the
sentences.
morning           lunch         evening
a. I eat breakfast in the ____.
b. I have ____ in the afternoon.
c. I eat dinner in the ____.

2. At what time do you have lunch?

Unit 4 Food 314.2 Talk about meals
We have different types of food for our
meals. Look at the pictures. Talk about the

meals you eat.



Exercise 2: Match words and pictures
1. Match the words below with the
correct picture above.
2. Write down the word and the number
of the picture.
milk    chicken   bananas   rice

bread  cabbage   beans      eggs

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Learning box
Countable and uncountable foods
We can count apples and tomatoes.
Each apple and tomato is a separate
thing. We cannot count porridge or rice.
There are too many grains in a plate of

rice for us to count each one.

Exercise 3: Can you count it?
Copy the table below into your exercise
book. Copy the words below into the

table in the correct column.

Countable    Uncountable
apples   eggs   bananas    porridge

rice   honey    sugar    potatoes

Learning box
Saying how much there is
Some words show how much food you
have, or if you have no food. See examples

on the next page.

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Examples
I have a lot of beans. There are many
apples. There are only a few eggs. I have
no pumpkin.


Exercise 4: Indefinite or nothing
Choose words from the box and complete
the sentences below.
many   few    little    much    no
1. There is ____ food in the empty
cupboard.
2. I am hungry, so I will eat ____
potatoes.
3. I am not hungry. Don’t give me so ____
food.
4. The baby eats only a ____ bit of
porridge.

5. There are only a ____ nuts.

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4.3 Talking about food likes and dislikes
Talk about the foods you like and dislike.
Examples
What food do you like? I like porridge.
She does not like meat. My favourite food
is bananas.
Exercise 5: Whose plate is it?
1. Copy the picture of the
plate onto a sheet of paper.
2. Draw the different types of
your favourite food on the
plate.

3. Write the name of each type of food.
4. Your teacher mixes the sheets of paper
and gives them back to you.
5. Guess which learner each plate
belongs to.
6. Take turns to describe what food the
person likes. Start like this:
She likes…. or He likes….

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4.4 Describing food types
We can divide food into groups.
Learning box
Different types of food
• Fruits and vegetables keep us healthy.
• Dairy (milk) products make our bones
strong.
• Grains (or cereals) give us energy.

• Meat helps us grow and makes us strong.

Exercise 6: Draw, label and describe food
1. Draw a picture of one type of food
from each food group.
2. Let your friend say which group each
type of food belongs to.
3. Write the name of the food and the

food group under each picture.

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4.5 Describing diet
Your diet is the type of food you usually eat.
You need a good diet to be healthy.
4.6 Read about a healthy diet


Teacher: Eating the right food keeps us
healthy. Some foods are
unhealthy. Sweets and drinks
with a lot of sugar are bad for us.
Michael: I like to eat fruits and vegetables.
They keep my body healthy.
Mary: I like rice and beans. They give
me energy to do sports and help
me grow.
Teacher: Yes, Mary, rice and beans are
healthy. Do you drink lots of
water?
Mary: Yes, I drink lots of water. I get

very thirsty when I do sports

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Exercise 7: Talk about healthy food
1. Is the food in the
picture a good
meal? Explain
your answer.
2. Say whether
each of the
things below is
good or bad for you. Explain why



Exercise 8: Sounds and words
Fill in the missing letters. Say the words
out loud.
1. m__ngo
2. r__ce
3. p__ne__pple
4. b__n__na
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4.7 Using a questionnaire
You are going to find out which foods your
friends like. Your teacher will help you to
draw up a questionnaire.
Exercise 9: Ask questions
Ask the questions in your group and make
notes about your classmates’ eating

habits. Ask ten classmates

Exercise 10: Make a bar graph


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Exercise II: Talk about what you have
found out
1. What is the most liked food?

2. What is the least liked food?

Exercise 12: Classify foods
1. Make a list of all the foods shown on
the graph on page 39.
2. Draw up a table like the one below.
Write the name of each food in the
correct column.



3. Write a sentence about each food group.
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4.8 Review
1. Use the words in the boxes to complete
the sentences below.
lunch dinner breakfast
a. I eat ____ at six o’clock in the morning.
b. At half past twelve in the afternoon
I eat ____.
c. At six o’clock in the evening I eat
my ____.
2. Look at the names of foods below. Say
whether each one is countable or
uncountable.
a. tomatoes
b. tea leaves
c. potatoes
d. sugar
3. Copy the table below. Write two

examples of foods in each column

4. Draw a picture of a healthy lunch. Include
your favourite foods to have for lunch.
Write a sentence or sentences about

what makes this a healthy lunch.