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• Count / Noncount
• Group Nouns
• NonCnt/Cnt Prac 1
• NonCnt/Cnt Prac 2
• Quantity Phrases
• Some / Any
• Much / Many
• Little / Few
• Food Quantifiers
• Complex Agrmnt
• There Agreement
• Pronouns
• Indefinite Pronouns
• Reflexive Pronouns
• Possessive Nouns
• Possess Pronouns
• Common Mistakes
• Gender Agrmnt
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Food Quantifiers

Referring to specific amounts or units

 

Food substances are not usually countable unless they have quantifiers!

 

 

Mass Noun vs. Quantifier + Noun

NONCOUNT FOOD NOUN	QUANTIFIER / UNIT
milk	a glass, a bottle, a carton, a gallon, a pitcher

 

 

 

Quantifiers or Units for Food

Any container, weight or measurement device can be used as a quantifier.  In addition, there are shape quantifiers that are specific to the item.

 

RICE a grain, a bowl, a sack, a box	PASTA a piece, a package, a bag	BREAD a loaf,  a slice, a piece
CHOCOLATE a piece, a square, a bar	BEER a mug, a glass, a bottle, a keg	HONEY a spoonful, a jar,
MEAT a slice, a steak, a chop, a roast, a fillet	BUTTER a piece, a slice, a pat, a stick, a pound, a cup	COFFEE a cup, a pot

 

 

 

NON-COUNT NOUNS  (just a few!)
fluids	water, coffee, tea, milk, oil, wine, beer, soda, etc.
solids	ice, bread, butter, cheese, meat, etc.
particles	rice, corn, flour, sugar, popcorn, pepper, salt, cinnamon, oregano (spice names), tea, coffee, etc.
groups	food, fruit. meat,

list of noncount nouns

 

 

Quantifier Unit

Negative

 

 

NOT QUANTITY OF THE	NOT A UNIT OF (THE)
Use a negative word before a quantity of expression to indicate little or none.	Use not a before a unit amount to indicate few or none.  Optionally, use the before the noun.
There's not much of the bread left. / Little of the bread is left.  (some)	There's not a lot of bread left.  (some)
Not any of the bread is left.  (no amount)	Not a slice of bread is left.  (0 pieces)
None of the bread is left.	Not a one/ a bit/ a piece is left.   one (pronoun) – refers to slice

Also see  Quantity Phrases – negative 

– "Not a…one"

 

 

 

Practice

Animals and Meat   

 

 

 

The names for meat is often different from the animal from which it comes.

1. Select the meat name for each animal source.
2. Compare your response to the answer by clicking the "check" button to the right. 

 

#	ANIMAL SOURCE	FOOD NAME - YOUR RESPONSE	CHECK ANSWER
1.	a calf (the baby)	Would you like some -- beef calf chicken pork veal lamb venison ?
2.	a pig	Would you like some -- beef calf chicken pork veal lamb venison ?
3.	a bull or steer	Would you like some -- beef calf chicken pork veal lamb venison ?
4.	a sheep	Would you like some -- beef calf chicken pork veal lamb venison ?
5.	a rooster	Would you like some -- beef calf chicken pork veal lamb venison ?
6.	a deer	Would you like some -- beef calf chicken pork veal lamb venison ?

 

 

Select the cut of meat or quantifier for each kind of meat.

#	ANIMAL SOURCE	CUT OF MEAN - YOUR RESPONSE	CHECK ANSWER
7.	beef / veal	I would like -- a chop a steak a slice a leg a ham a filet a roast a burger .
8.	beef / lamb/ pork / veal turkey / chicken / any meat	I would like -- a chop a steak a slice a leg a ham a filet a roast a burger .
9.	lamb or pork	I would like -- a chop a steak a slice a leg a ham a filet a roast a burger .
10.	pork leg (ham)	I would like  -- a chop a steak a slice a leg a ham a filet a roast a burger .
11.	turkey / chicken / beef lamb / pork / any meat	I would like  -- a chop a steak a slice a leg a ham a filet a roast a burger .
12.	turkey / chicken / beef lamb / pork / any meat bread / pizza / cheese	I would like  -- a chop a steak a slice a leg a ham a filet a roast a burger .
13.	chicken / turkey / lamb	I would like  ? a chop a steak a slice a leg a ham a filet a roast a burger . *
14.	fish / beef	I would like  ? a chop a steak a slice a leg a ham a filet a roast a burger . **

 

 

In a restaurant, people usually refer to a menu item or dish using the:

• " I would like the lamb (dish)."
  " I will try the fresh fish of the day."

* Other parts of turkey and chicken: wing, breast, thigh, back, neck, feet
** Also, spelled fillet.