MAKING UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS COUNTABLES
MEAT: A SLICE
A STEAK
A CHOP
A ROAST
A FILLET
RICE: A GRAIN
A BOWL
A SACK
A BOX
CHOCOLATE: A
PIECE,
A SQUARE,
A BAR
BEEF/VEAL: A ROAST
A LEG
A RIB
A FLANK
A
STEAK
A
SLICE
CHICKEN/ TURKEY: A
ROAST
A
LEG
A
WING
A
BREAST
MILK: A GLASS
A BOTTLE
A CARTON
A GALLON
A PINT
FISH: A
STEAK
A
FILLET
A
TAIL
A
WHOLE…
BREAD: A LOAF
A SLICE,
A PIECE
PASTA: A PACKAGE
A BAG
A BOX
A DISH
COFFEE: A CUP
A POT
HONEY: A SPOONFUL
BEER: A MUG,
A GLASS,
A BOTTLE,
A KEG (BARRIL)
BUTTER: A SLICE
A PIECE
A STICK
A POUND
COOKING VERBS
1. Bake a lasagna, a cake
2. Roast a chicken
3. Boil carrots, rice
4. Fry bacon, hamburgers
5. Peel potatoes and carrots
6. Pour the sauce, ketchup
7. Slice the ham, the bread
8. Stir the soup, the stew
9. Chop the meat, vegetables
10. Squeeze a lemon, an
orange
The shops with the food they sell.
1. Bakery: bread, rolls, pies, cakes
2. Butcher’s: ham, lamb, pork, veal, beef
3. Confectionery: chocolate, cocoa, biscuits,
sweets
4. Dairy: milk, cheese, sour cream, cottage
cheese
5. Greengrocer’s: broccoli, Brussels sprouts, courgettes, aubergines
6. Fishmonger’s: mussels, caviar, salmon, prawns, haddock
7. Fruiterer’s: pomegranate, melon, pineapple cherries, blueberry
8. Sweet shop: candy, nuts, dried fruit
9. Wine and spirit merchant’s: house table wine, cognac, brandy, whisky
10.
Tobacconist’s: cigarettes, lighters, cigar
cases
UTENSILS
1. You scramble eggs with a whisk.
2. You get juice of fruits with a juice extractor
3. You put the soup in a plate with a ladle.
4. You weigh sugar with the scales.
5. You fry vegetables in a frying pan.
6. You serve the salad in a bowl.
7. Grilled meat is done in a grill pan.
8. Cakes and pastry are done in a cake
tin.
9. You cook pasta in a saucepan.
10. You open the wine with a corkscrew.
