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Food & Drink

Learn food vocabulary and how to use some, any and countable/uncountable nouns — Cambridge A1 style.

🍕 Food vocabulary🥤 Drinks✅ some / any🔢 Countable nouns♾️ Uncountable nouns

Food & Drink

A1 Beginner · some/any · Countable & Uncountable Nouns

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Grammar: some, any & Countable / Uncountable
A key Cambridge A1 grammar point
RuleExampleNotes
Use some in positive sentencesI have got some bread.With uncountable or plural nouns
Use any in negatives & questionsHave you got any milk?With uncountable or plural nouns
Countable nounsan apple, two eggs, a bananaCan be counted → use a/an/numbers
Uncountable nounswater, rice, breadCannot be counted → no a/an

💡 Tip: Say “some rice” or “a bowl of rice” — never “a rice”!

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Warm-Up – Countable or Uncountable?
Sort these foods into the correct category
Food / DrinkCountable or Uncountable?
🍎 apple
🥛 milk
🥚 egg
🍞 bread
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Vocabulary – Food & Drink
6 key words to know at A1
🥦 vegetable
a plant food like broccoli, carrot or onion
“I eat vegetables every day.”
🍗 meat
food from animals (chicken, beef, pork)
“He doesn’t eat meat — he is vegetarian.”
🥛 dairy
milk, cheese, yoghurt products
“I have some dairy products every morning.”
🍰 dessert
sweet food eaten after a meal
“We had ice cream for dessert.”
🥤 fizzy
a drink with bubbles (like cola or lemonade)
“He likes fizzy drinks.”
🍽️ meal
breakfast, lunch or dinner
“My favourite meal is dinner.”
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Reading – At the Supermarket
Read the text carefully

Tom is at the supermarket. He has got a shopping list. He needs some bread, some milk and some eggs. He also wants some apples and some orange juice.


Tom looks in his basket. He has got some cheese and some pasta. He hasn’t got any vegetables. He picks up some tomatoes and some carrots.


“Have you got any chicken?” he asks a shop assistant. “No, I’m sorry, we haven’t got any chicken today,” says the assistant. “But we have got some fish.”


Tom buys the fish. At the checkout, he pays for everything. He is happy — he has got everything for his dinner!

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Reading Comprehension
Choose the correct answer
1. What does Tom need from his shopping list?
2. What vegetables does Tom pick up?
3. Why can’t Tom buy chicken?
4. What does Tom buy instead of chicken?
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Matching – some or any?
Match each sentence to the correct word
Sentencesome or any?
I’ve got ___ apples in my bag.
Have you got ___ sugar?
She hasn’t got ___ milk.
We need ___ bread for dinner.
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Use of English
Choose the correct option
1. There is ___ water in the bottle. It’s empty.
2. Can I have ___ orange, please?
3. We haven’t got ___ eggs. Can you buy some?
4. “Would you like ___ cake?” — “Yes, please!”
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Gap Fill
Complete the conversation at a café

Waiter: Good morning! Would you like breakfast?

Customer: Yes, please. I’d like toast and orange juice.

Waiter: Have you got allergies?

Customer: No, I haven’t got any.

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Speaking Practice
Discuss these topics with your partner
Topic 1
🛒 In the fridge
What food have you got at home? Use: “I’ve got some… / I haven’t got any…”
Topic 2
🍽️ Favourite meal
What is your favourite meal? Describe it. When do you usually eat it?
Topic 3
🥗 Food you like / don’t like
What food do you love? What food do you hate? Why?
Topic 4
☕ At a café
Role-play: one person is a waiter, one is a customer. Order food and drink!
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Writing Task
Write about your eating habits
✏️ Write 4–5 sentences about what you eat and drink every day. Use some and any and at least 4 food/drink words from this lesson.

Example: Every morning I have some toast and some orange juice for breakfast. I don’t eat any meat because I am vegetarian. For lunch I have some rice and some vegetables. In the evening I usually have some pasta or some soup. I love desserts — especially ice cream!
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