Intro: Student Handout
Food
Example phrases:
| There is some milk. | There are some apples. |
| Is there any milk? | Are there any apples? |
| How much milk is there? | How many apples are there? |
| It tastes (good). | They taste (good). |
| There isn’t any milk. | There are no apples. |
| There is no milk. | There aren’t any apples. |
| What’s in it? | There are too many. |
| How did you make it? | There is too much. |
Additional vocabulary:
| sweet | salty | kilogram of | cup of |
| sour | bitter | package of | piece of |
| flour | refrigerator / fridge | liter of | slice of |
Example dialogue 1:
John: This pie is wonderful! What’s in it?
Mary: There is some butter, and some milk. There are some apples, and raisins.
John: How much milk is there?
Mary: There are two cups of milk.
Example dialogue 2:
John: I’m going to the store. Do we need anything?
Mary: Yes, we need some apples.
John: How many apples do we need?
Mary: We need 7 apples because some friends are going to come for dinner.
Example dialogue 3:
John: Let’s make a sweet potato pie for desert tonight!
Mary: We can’t. There aren’t any sweet potatoes.
Example dialogue 4:
John: This soup is terrible! It’s too salty!
Mary: I know. There is too much salt. I should put in more water.
John: And put in a few more potatoes. I like potatoes.