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Food and Drink

Eating Habits

Sample Paragraph

I eat bread with olive oil or jam and I drink some powdered milk or tea with mint for breakfast. For lunch, I eat cucumber salad and beef tajine and I drink a cup of banana juice. I eat fried eggs or a bowl of rice and I drink a milkshake for dinner

I like fresh fish and green tea very much. I dislike sausages and black coffee

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Some useful expressions

I’m hungry

I’m thirsty

Let’s go and have some drink

Can you recommend a good restaurant

What would you like to eat / drink

Would you like some orange juice

What about some cakes

May I have the menu, please

I’d like the bill, please

Keep the change

That’s not what I ordered

May I change this

What kind of seafood do you have

What kind of meat do you have

What kind of poultry dishes do you serve

Can I get you a drink

Are you hungry/thirsty

Boiled

Grilled

Toasted


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Containers + uncountable nouns

We can add some words to make uncountable nouns countable. These words are called containers



For example we can say


A jar of jam

A can of coke.

A slice of cheese.

A bottle / a glass of water.

A loaf of bread.

A bar of chocolate.

A carton of milk.

A bag of flour.

A box of cereal

A bowl of sugar.

A pack of gum

A tub of margarine

A tube of ketchup.

A cup of coffee.

A pocket of butter.

etc
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