reading food markets • grammar a lot of and much/many •

listening and vocabulary quantities and containers • grammar how many/how much • speaking at a market

5b Top five food markets

Reading Grammar a lot of and
1 Where do you like shopping for food? Choose an much/many
answer (a–d).
A LOT OF and MUCH/MANY
a at a supermarket
There’s a lot of different food.
b at a market There are a lot of shops here.
c from lots of different shops on the high street There aren’t many markets.
d I don’t like shopping! There isn’t much food.
Do you eat a lot of / many apples?
2 Read the article about markets around the world. No, not a lot / not many.
Answer the questions. Do you eat a lot of / much cheese?
1 How old is St Lawrence market? No, not a lot / not much.
2 What food can you buy in St Lawrence market? For further information and practice, see page 166.
3 What is hot in Castries Market?
4 What is upstairs at Kreta Ayer Wet Market?
5 What can you hear in La Vucciria? 4 Look at the grammar box. Complete the rules
6 What days is Borough Market open? with a lot of, much and many.
1 We use with countable or
3 Discuss these questions as a class.
uncountable nouns.
1 Do you have a food market in your town or city? 2 We use with countable nouns.
What days is it open? 3 We use with uncountable nouns.
2 Can you buy fresh food and local dishes there? 4 We use and with
What kind? questions and negative sentences.
3 What other street markets are in your town or
city? What do they sell?

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Top 5 | Food markets

Food markets are great places to find interesting local food.
Here are our top five markets from around the world.

1 St Lawrence, Toronto, Canada 4 La Vucciria, Palermo, Italy

St Lawrence food market, in Toronto, is There aren’t many markets
200 years old. There are a lot of shops in the world with live music.
with every kind of meat and seafood. But in Palermo, musicians play
and sing as shoppers buy their
2 Castries Market, St Lucia sausages and fresh pasta.
Naturally, this island in the Caribbean has
a market famous for fish and fruit. Try the
5 Borough Market, London, England
local sauce – it’s very hot and spicy! Borough Market is 1,000 years
old and famous with food lovers.
3 Kreta Ayer Wet Market, Singapore It’s open every day, but try to go
There’s a lot of different food here and early – it’s very popular, so there
there’s also a great restaurant upstairs. isn’t much food left by the end of
Go at around 6 a.m. and have some tasty the day!
noodles for breakfast.

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 Unit 5 Food

5 Rewrite the sentences with much or many where 9 Look at the pictures and complete the descriptions
possible. (1–8) with these words.
1 I don’t eat a lot of fast food. bag   ​ bottle   ​
glass   ​kilo   ​packet   ​
piece   ​
I don’t eat much fast food. slice   ​tin
2 He eats a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables.
3 There aren’t a lot of local markets in my region.
4 Do you buy a lot of sweets for the children? 1 2 3 4
5 There isn’t a lot of milk in the fridge.
6 My family buys a lot of food from the
supermarket.
7 She doesn’t put a lot of salt on her food.
8 Do you eat a lot of strawberries in the summer?
5 6 7 8
6 Work in pairs. Complete these sentences in your
own words and tell your partner.
I eat a lot of … I don’t eat much …
I don’t eat many …

Listening and vocabulary 1 a of sauce 5 a of pasta

2 a of chocolate 6 a of tuna
quantities and containers 3 a of pizza 7 a of flour
7 52 Listen to a shopper at one of the markets 4 a of water 8 a of rice
from the article. Which market is it?

8 52 Listen again. Answer the questions.

Grammar how many/much
1 How many bananas does he buy? HOW MANY / HOW MUCH
2 How many kilos of rice does he buy? A: How many bananas do you want?   B: Six, please.
3 How many bottles of sauce does he buy? A: How much rice do you want? B: A kilo.

For further information and practice, see page 166.

10 Look at the grammar box. Which question

asks about countable nouns? Which asks about
uncountable nouns?

11 Complete these questions with much or many.

1 ‘How apples would you like?’
‘Six, please.’
2 ‘How sugar do you want?’
‘Two kilos.’
3 ‘How tins of tuna do you need?’
‘Four tins.’
4 ‘How packets of pasta do you want?’
‘Just one.’
5 ‘How cheese would you like?’
‘Half a kilo, please.’

Speaking my life

12 Work in pairs. Practise conversations at a food

market. Take turns to ask for these things.
Conversation 1: five apples and some cheese
Conversation 2: some bread and a bottle of sauce
Conversation 3: four tins of tuna and six slices of cake
Conversation 4: a packet of pasta and six eggs

St Lawrence food market 13 Have a new conversation at a food market. Ask for
the foods you like to eat.

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my life INSTRUCTIONS

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