Bahasa Inggeris notes, module 5

Eating right

Textbook Get Smart Plus 4 (Student's Book), pages 49–58 (Get Smart Plus 4 Student's Book); Phonics 5 on p. 123; Grammar Reference p. 164

What this chapter covers

I can name foods and say what we need and want, like "We need some eggs." (5.1)
I can tell countable foods (an egg, two eggs) from uncountable foods (some sugar, some milk) (5.1)
I can name containers, like a carton of milk, a box of cereal and a bottle of water (5.2)
I can use some and any, like "There isn't any milk, but there are some biscuits." (5.2)
I can ask and answer with How much...? and How many...?, like "How much water do you drink every day?" (5.3)
I can name cutlery and crockery, and ask what I need to eat or cook something (5.4)
I can say what I had yesterday using had and write a short health log (5.5)
I can read about a food festival and use polite phrases in a restaurant (5.6)
I can say and spell words with the sounds ow / ou /au/ (5.7)

Welcome to Module 5, Eating right! You will talk about food and drink, learn when to use some and any, ask How much...? and How many...?, and write about a healthy day.

5.1Sing a song: Let's go to the market

A pear, a peach and a kiwi, with a shopping basket and a block of butter — pear, peach, kiwi, basket, butter

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 49.

Useful questions (p. 49)

What do you want to eat? I want an apple.
What do we need? We need some eggs.

In the song, the children shop for a cake and for a fruit salad.

Countable nouns can be counted: an egg, two eggs, three peaches. Uncountable nouns cannot be counted: some sugar, some flour, some milk, some butter.

Countable (I can count them)	Uncountable (I can't count them)
an egg, an apple, an orange, a pear, two peaches, some kiwis, a pineapple	sugar, flour, butter, milk, chocolate

Make it (p. 49)

An omelette = eggs + milk + cheese. So: "We need some eggs, some milk and some cheese."

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 49.

Use a before a consonant sound (a pear) and an before a vowel sound (an apple, an orange, an egg). Add -es to many words ending in -ch: peach, peaches.

Uncountable nouns have no plural. Say "some milk", not "two milks" or "a milk". Use a container to count them: two cartons of milk.

Write a or an: ___ pear, ___ egg, ___ pineapple, ___ orange.

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a pear, an egg, a pineapple, an orange.

5.2Smart kids: containers, some and any

Six pictures: a bag of crisps, a carton of milk, a piece of cake, a box of cereal, a can of lemonade, a bottle of water — a bag of crisps, a carton of milk, a piece of cake, a box of cereal, a can of lemonade, a bottle of water

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 50.

Container	Used for
a bag of	crisps
a carton of	milk, juice
a piece of	cake, cheese
a box of	cereal, biscuits
a can of	lemonade
a bottle of	water
a cup / glass of; a bar of	tea; milk; chocolate (p. 52)

The story (p. 50)

Four comic pictures: Greg and Anna are hungry and look for food; the cereal box has biscuits only; the juice carton is empty; Greg's mum comes home with bags — Greg and Anna are hungry. There is not much to eat until Greg's mum comes home.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 50.

Summary: Greg and Anna are hungry. There is no cereal in the cupboard, only a box of biscuits. There is no milk in the fridge, only a carton of orange juice. Then the biscuit box and the juice carton turn out to be empty. At last, Greg's mum comes home with bags of food and the children are happy.

Value: Be thankful for what you have. (Also p. 49: Be aware of what's in your food.)

Pattern: some and any

Sentence	Use	Example
Positive (+)	some	There are some biscuits. There's some milk.
Negative (-)	any	There isn't any juice. There aren't any biscuits.
Question (?)	any	Have you got any cereal? Is there any milk?

Noun	Is / are	Example
Singular or uncountable	there is / there isn't	There isn't any cereal in the cupboard, but there is a box of biscuits.
Plural	there are / there aren't	There aren't any biscuits in the box.

Grammar Reference, p. 164.

After isn't and aren't use any, not some: "There isn't any juice." Use a / an with one countable thing: "There's a carton of juice."

Fill in a, some or any: "There isn't ___ juice, but there is ___ bottle of water and there are ___ apples."

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any, a, some.

5.3Our world: How healthy are you?

This page is about health. The quiz asks about meals, vegetables, water, chocolate, exercise and sleep. Healthy habits (value, p. 52): be aware of healthy habits.

Question	Healthy answer in the quiz
How many meals do you eat every day?	3 meals
Do you eat vegetables with your lunch?	always
How much water do you drink every day?	over 5 glasses
How many bars of chocolate do you eat every week?	0-2 bars
Do you exercise?	yes, every day
How many hours do you sleep?	8-10 hours

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 52.

Pattern: How much...? and How many...?

Question word	Use with	Example	Answer
How many	countable nouns (plural)	How many meals do you eat every day?	Three meals.
How much	uncountable nouns	How much milk do you drink every day?	I drink two glasses of milk every day.

Talk to your friend (p. 53)

A: How much milk do you drink every day?
B: I drink two glasses of milk every day.

Words for how often: every day, once a day, twice a week, three times a week, sometimes, always, never.

Ask "How many hours...?" for time because hours can be counted: How many hours do you sleep? I sleep ten hours.

Choose How much or How many: "___ bars of chocolate do you eat?" and "___ water do you drink?"

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How many bars of chocolate (bars can be counted). How much water (water is uncountable).

5.4Let's play: At the table

Things on the table: bowl, plate, spoon, fork, knife.

Situation	You need
to eat soup	a bowl and a spoon
to cut a piece of cheese	a knife
to eat pasta	a plate and a fork

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 54 (board game: What's this? What are these? What's in the basket? How many plates are there?).

Use this / is for one thing (What's this?) and these / are for many (What are these?).

Answer: "What do you need to eat the soup?"

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I need a bowl and a spoon.

5.5Project: A healthy day

What did Tony eat yesterday? (p. 55)

Yesterday I had a bowl of cereal with milk for breakfast. For lunch I had meat and salad. After school, I played football for one hour. In the afternoon, I had a bowl of fruit salad. For dinner, I had a plate of pasta with vegetables. I had some ice cream for dessert. At night I slept for 10 hours. Yesterday was a healthy day!

Table of food groups with how much Tony needs and how much he had: grains, vegetables, fruit, milk, meat and beans, exercise, sleep — Tony's table: what he needs and what he had.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 55.

Food group	Needs	Tony had
Grains	6 slices of bread or 6 cups of cereal or 3 cups of rice or 3 cups of pasta	2 cups of cereal, 2 cups of pasta
Vegetables	2-3 cups	1 cup of salad, 1 cup of vegetables
Fruit	1-2 cups	2 cups of fruit
Milk	3 cups of yoghurt or milk, or 3 pieces of cheese	2 cups of milk, 1 cup of ice cream
Meat and beans	a piece of meat, chicken or fish, or two cups of beans	a piece of meat
Exercise / sleep	60 minutes a day / 10 hours a night	1 hour of football / 10 hours

Past simple of have: I had (not "I haved"). Use yesterday and the past tense for things that are finished: I had cereal. I played football. I slept for 10 hours.

Writing tip (p. 55): use or to show another possibility: "chicken or fish". For a health log answer: what you had for each meal, how much from each food group, how much you exercised and slept, and whether yesterday was healthy.

Write one sentence: what did you have for breakfast yesterday? Start with "Yesterday I had".

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Any true sentence, like "Yesterday I had a bowl of cereal and a glass of milk for breakfast." (capital letter, full stop, had)

5.6Reading time: A food festival

The Malaysia International Gastronomy Festival (MIGF) is in Kuala Lumpur every year. It lasts one month. Visitors can:

eat different kinds of food from more than 25 of Malaysia's best restaurants (food from all over Malaysia and the world);
watch and learn how famous chefs cook their favourite food;
join classes to learn how to choose the best ingredients;
buy coffee, cheese, nuts and much more from shops that sell only the best.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 56.

Value: Learn about important festivals in your country.

At a restaurant (p. 57)

The waiter says
Ready to order?
Would you like anything to drink?
What would you like to eat?
Would you like some dessert?

The customer says
A table for two, please.
I'd like a pizza, please.
Can I have a knife, please?
I'd like to pay, please.

I'd like = I would like. It is more polite than "I want". Add please.

Who says "Would you like some dessert?", the waiter or the customer?

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The waiter.

5.7Phonics: ow and ou

The letters ow and ou can both say /au/, the sound in "now".

Spelling	Words
ow	town, brown, cow, down
ou	mouse, house

The chant "The brown house": "In a small town / There is a brown house. / A cow is on the house, / And it can't get down!"

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 123 (Phonics 5).

Which word has the /au/ sound: rice, house, play?

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house (ou).

Revision (p. 58)

Write a / an / some / any

A: Have you got any milk? B: No, I haven't. But I've got a bottle of apple juice.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 58.

Talk about what is in your bag, room or fridge: "There are some books, a pencil, a rubber and a bottle of water." "Have you got any pens?" "No, I haven't."

Summary

Topic	Remember
Wanting and needing	What do you want to eat? I want an apple. What do we need? We need some eggs.
Countable / uncountable	an egg, two eggs; some sugar, some milk (no plural).
Containers	a bag of crisps, a carton of milk, a piece of cake, a box of cereal, a can of lemonade, a bottle of water.
some / any	some in positive sentences; any in negatives and questions.
How much / How many	How much + uncountable; How many + countable plural.
Past simple	Yesterday I had cereal. I slept for ten hours.
Restaurant	Ready to order? I'd like a pizza, please.
Phonics	ow / ou /au/: brown, town, house, mouse.
Values	Be aware of what's in your food. Be thankful for what you have. Be aware of healthy habits.