Unit 5 - Food

Oct 1, 2026

Unit 5: Food focuses on learning food vocabulary, describing dishes from different countries, and practicing speaking and listening tasks. It includes activities such as matching foods to pictures, discussing favorite dishes, and listening to people describing meals. Grammar coverage centers on countable and uncountable nouns and the use of some/any, plus practice through a conversation about making Thai satay. The unit also introduces reading about food markets and supports planning a special meal with a shopping list.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages12

Reading Time30 min

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Famous for food

Vocabulary: food

Pronunciation: /tʃ/ or /dʒ/

Speaking and listening: famous for food

Countable and uncountable nouns (a, some and any)

Food markets

unit 5 Food A noodle chef at a street café in Chinatown, Thailand Photo by Dean McCartney FEATURES 58 Famous for food We look at famous dishes from around the world 60 Food markets Why food markets are much more than your local supermarket 62 the seed vault How a place in Norway can save our food in the future 66 Gelato university Learn how to make icecream in Italy 1 Look at the photo and caption. What is the man’s job? What food does he cook? Where does he work? 2 1.33 Listen to a travel writer for National Geographic magazine. Answer the questions. 1 Why does he say he has a great job? 2 Why does he really love travelling? 3 Where does he always go when he arrives in a new city? 4 His favourite place in Bangkok is Chinatown. Why? 5 What is his favourite dish? 3 1.33 Complete the sentences with these food verbs. Then listen again and check. cook eat ~~ make~~ serve smell taste 1 All the street chefs make the food by hand. 2 Then they it on a real fire. 3 So when you walk up the street, you can the food in the distance. 4 The chefs the noodles with a hot sauce. 5 They delicious. 6 I can them at any time of day – for breakfast, lunch or dinner! 4 Work in pairs. Tell your partner about your favourite dish. talk about 􀁘 a SPECIal MEal 􀁘 at a MaRkEt 􀁘 SuMMaRISING aN aRtIClE 􀁘 oRDERING a MEal WRItE 􀁘 INStRuCtIoNS 57 vocabulary food • pronunciation /tʃ/ or /dʒ/ • speaking and listening famous for food • grammar countable and uncountable nouns (a, some and any) • speaking a special meal 5a Famous for food Vocabulary food 1 Match the words to the pictures 1–20. cheese chicken chips eggs fish juice lamb lemons lentils nuts onions oranges pasta pepper peppers potatoes prawns raisins rice salt 2 Work in pairs. Complete these sentences about you with the food in Exercise 1. Compare your sentences with your partner. 1 I eat , but I never eat . 2 I cook . I never cook . 3 I grow at home, but I buy from a shop. 4 I know what tastes like, but I don’t know what tastes like. 3 Pronunciation /tʃ/ or /dʒ/ 1.34 Listen to these words. Do you hear /tʃ/ or /dʒ/? Listen again and repeat. 1 chicken / / 2 juice / / 3 cheese / / 4 orange / / Speaking and listening famous for food 4 Many countries are famous for a typeof food or a special dish. Work in pairs and match the dishes (1–6) with the countries (a–f). Then check your answers on page 153. 1 pizza a Italy 2 ceviche b Indonesia 3 satay c Peru 4 kabsa d Poland 5 pierogi e India 6 curry f Saudi Arabia 5 Are you from one of the countries in Exercise 4? Do you eat this dish? Is your country famous for other dishes? What is a popular dish in your country? Tell the class. 6 1.35 Listen to three people describing a dish from their country. Match each person to a photo (A–C) on page 59. 1: 2: 3: 7 1.35 Listen again. Match the dishes with the sentences. Write B, K or C. More than one answer is possible. 1 It’s popular in other countries. B, K, C 2 You make it with meat. 3 You make it with fish. 4 You can also add different vegetables. 5 You cook it. 6 You serve it with rice. 7 You serve it with salad. 8 You eat it hot. Grammar countable and uncountable nouns (a, some and any) 8 Look at the highlighted words in these sentences from Exercise 6. Which nouns can you count? Which nouns can’t you count? Cook the chicken with an onion. You put some juicefrom a lemon on the fish. I don’t use any carrots. You always need some meat, onions and tomatoes. 58 unit 5 Food 10 1.36 Choose the correct options to complete the conversation about a Thai dish called satay. Then listen and check. A: I’d like to make satay this evening. What do you think? B: Sounds good. A: OK, well, we need 1 any / some chicken. Can you buy 2 a / some kilo when you goto the supermarket? B: Sure. 9 Look at the grammar box and check your answers in Exercise 8

FAQs

What food-related vocabulary and verbs does Unit 5 cover?

The unit presents food vocabulary (e.g., cheese, noodles, vegetables) and food verbs used to describe actions like cook, make, serve, smell, and taste.

How is grammar on countable and uncountable nouns taught?

It explains which nouns can be counted and used with numbers or a/an, which nouns cannot, and how to use some and any with both types of nouns.

What do learners do in the satay conversation activity?

Learners choose correct forms of a/some/any to complete a dialogue about making Thai satay, including quantities of chicken, onions, tomatoes, and olive oil.

Oct 1, 2026

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