Module 9. Food and refreshments
9 A. Food and Drink

1. Odd one out. Circle out the odd word and explain your choice.
• milk juice water oil
• onion banana garlic tomato
• fish yoghurt milk sour-cream
• meat lamb beef pork
• apple orange carrot grape

2. Put the words into the correct column.
Sugar, tomato, coffee, cup, oil, biscuit, bread, cottage cheese, strawberry, apricot.

countable Uncountable

3. Match the words in two columns to get expressions with containers and quantities.
A bottle of cereal
A carton of olive oil
A box of potato
A packet of milk
A piece of chocolate
A kilo of crisps
A jar of bread
A bag of jam
A loaf of cheese
A bar of rice

What did you buy from this list last time you went shopping?
4. Use much or many.
• Did you buy food yesterday?
• There aren’t oranges left in the fridge.
• Nick hasn’t got money.
• We haven’t got olive oil.
• How milk do you want in your coffee?
• How chocolate bars are there on the table?
• How bread did you buy?

5. Let’s arrange the menu in the form of a spidergram. Use the words below to complete it.
• Main course, Starters, Desserts, Drinks.
• Fruit, banana, grape, kiwi, peach, strawberry, vanilla, choc-ice, sorbet, tea, white coffee, black coffee, fruit juice, noodle soup, chicken soup, tomato soup, chef’s salad, Caesar salad, mashed potatoes, chips, cabbage, trout, tuna, salmon, lamb, roast beef, chicken curry, roast turkey.

6. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false.
• Sandwich bars are very popular in Britain because they save people’s time.
• Sandwich bars serve only a takeaway meal.
• Every Sunday British people go to a restaurant.
• Although British food is popular, other cuisines are popular as well.
• People like to add some spice to fish and chips because they are usually underdone.
• Pie and mash shops sell traditional British dish – fish and chips.

English in Use

1. Match the English and Russian sentences.
I’d like to book a table, please. Конечно, пятьсот шестьдесят девять восемьдесят четыре семьдесят семь.
When would you like it for? Конечно. На чье имя мне зарезервировать столик?
Could I also have a contact number? Я бы хотел зарезервировать столик.
Certainly, sir. What name should I book it under? На какое число вы бы хотели зарезервировать?
Sure, it’s five six nine eight four double seven. Вы могли бы оставить номер телефона для связи?