2. 01
Expressing preferences
about food
02
Healthy and unhealthy
food
03
Healthy food habits in
your country
04
There is and there are,
quantifiers
05
How often…?
06
Fast food likes and
dislikes
UNIT CONTENT
SPEAKING ABOUT
FOOD LIKES
GIVING OPINION
ABOUT EATING
HABITS
SPEAKING ABOUT
HEALTHY FOOD
countable and
uncountable
nouns
frequency
adverbs
LISTENING TO
PEOPLE’S FOOD
PREFERENCES
5. INTRODUCTION
When we talk about food preferences we express likes and dislikes about healthy or
unhealthy food (junk food) and even express preferences about certain kind of
international food using its nationality as a noun. The most common verbs to express
these likes and dislikes are love, enjoy, like and hate.
They are used in simple present tense because they are routines or habitual actions.
6. VERBS TO EXPRESS PREFERENCES
These verbs are regularly
accompanied by two types of words:
nouns and verbs.
7. NOUN
USE
When you use a noun, it can be
substituted by a pronoun and it can
be with or without an adjective. The
sentence has only one action, the
feeling.
EXAMPLES
● Anna likes red apples.
● She likes chocolate.
● She doesn’t like bread.
● She likes eggs.
● She doesn’t like orange juice.
● Carlos likes fish.
● He likes hamburgers.
● He doesn’t like pizza.
● He likes milk.
● He doesn’t like bananas
● Ana and Carlos like
strawberries.
● You hate sea food.
8. verbs
A VERB IN
INFINITIVE FORM
It is used to refer to a particular
moment or situation.
● I like to eat this dish, it is
delicious.
● I love to visit La Parroquia
restaurant.
● I hate to eat Italian food.
A VERB IN GERUND
FORM
It is used to refer to situations in
general, routinely or habitually
events.
● I like eating.
● I enjoy cooking.
● I hate baking.
● I don’t like ordering food.
● I like eating fruit.
9. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
SUBJECT PREFERENCE VERB NOUN
The boys love apples.
I like pizza.
We like Thai food.
You hate onions.
Remember that he, she or it use the “s” form
Tom likes fish.
Susan loves
chocolate
cake.
The cat likes milk.
Grammar structure
AFFIRMATIVE
SUBJECT AUXILIARY PREFERENCE VERB NOUN
The boys don’t love apples.
I don’t like pizza.
We don’t like Thai food.
You don’t hate onions.
Remember that he, she or it use the “auxiliary does”
Tom doesn’t like fish.
Susan doesn’t love
chocolate
cake.
The cat doesn’t like milk.
NEGATIVE
10. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Grammar structure
INTERROGATIVE
YES/NO SUBJECT AUXILIARY
Yes, they do.
No, I don’t.
Yes, they do.
No, I don’t.
Remember that he, she or it use the “auxiliary does”
No, he doesn’t.
Yes, she does.
Yes, it does.
SHORT ANSWER
AUXLIARY SUBJECT PREFERENCE VERB NOUN + ?
Do the boys love apples?
Do you like pizza?
Do the girls like Thai food.?
Do you hate onions?
Remember that he, she or it use the “auxiliary does”
Does Tom like fish?
Does Susan love
chocolate
cake?
Does the cat like milk?
14. How to talk about what kind of
food you like.
FOOD LIKES
AND DISLIKES
15. LIKE
I’m crazy/mad about…
I (truly) adore…
I (really) enjoy…
I love… (very much)
I (quite) like…
I don’t mind… I (truly) detest/hate…
I (really) dislike…
… is/are not my thing
I’m not a huge fan of…
I don’t love/like/enjoy…
(very much)
LIKES AND DISLIKES + VERB –
ING OR NOUN
NEUTRAL DISLIKE
21. I bet that…
I dare to say that…
I’m sure that…
I ‘ve no doubt that…
I strongly believe that…
In my opinion…
As far as I’m concern…
I suppose that…
It seems to me that…
I’m not sure/certain, but…
In my experience…
To my mind…
As far as I’m concerned…
As far as I understand…
As for me / As to me, …
PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW
strong neutral subjective
80% 50% 30%
22. general point of view
● Some people say that…
● Many/Most people think/believe
that…
● It’s often said that…
● It’s generally accepted that…
● Everybody knows that…
● According to scientists…
● It’s thought that…
● Some people say that…
● It’s considered…
● The research seems to
suggest…
● Apparently…
● I’ve heard that…
24. Write 10 sentences about giving
your opinion on healthy and
unhealthy food.
e.g. Some people say that
drinking water everyday is
healthy.
HOMEWORK
01
26. HEALTHY EATING HABITS
Eat food you enjoy. Portion sizes are key. Pack your lunch.
Choose protein and
fiber.
Go Mediterranean. Don’t drink your
calories.
1 2 3
4 5 6
27. HEALTHY EATING HABITS (cont.)
Give yourself options. Don’t grocery shop hungry. Get a good night sleep.
Eat breakfast. Avoid diet drinks. Don’t snack after
dinner.
7 8 9
10 11 12
31. COUNTABLE NOUNS
WE CAN
COUNT
HAVE A
SINGULAR
AND PLURAL
FORM
a banana
two bananas
CAN USE A
SINGULAR
VERB OR
PLURAL
VERB
The apple is green.
The apples are red.
32. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
WE CAN’T
COUNT
HAVE ONLY
ONE FORM
(NO PLURAL)
butter
butters
ALWAYS USE
A SINGULAR
VERB
Sugar is sweet.
Milk is cold.
CANNOT USE
A, AN OR A
NUMBER
BEFORE
THEM
a rice
two rice
a bread
two bread
33. uncountable nouns are often…
love, freedom. education,
luck, help beauty, music,
thunder
sugar, rice, salt, sand,
flour, dirt, dust,
traffic, grass,
spaghetti
bread, fish, cheese,
chocolate, meat
bacon, food, ham
water, milk wine, oil,
coffee, rain, soup, air,
smoke, blood, juice,
fog
wood, glass, paper,
gold, silver, ice, iron,
cotton, wool, steel
furniture, advice,
work, news,
information, luggage,
money
ABSTRACT
IDEAS
(cannot touch)
MADE OF
SMALLER
PARTS
SOME FOOD
(cut into small
parts)
LIQUID &
GASES MATERIALS
BE CAREFUL!
(uncountable in
English)
35. Meaning: to say that something exists (or
doesn’t exist)
THERE IS &
THERE ARE
36. affirmative
There is a fish in the fridge.
There are eggs in the fridge
there is + singular
noun
there are + plural
noun
There is some milk in the fridge.
there is +
uncountable noun
there’s
there’re
there’s
37. negative
There isn’t a sundae in the fridge.
There aren’t any strawberries in
the fridge
there isn’t +
singular noun
there aren’t +
plural noun
There isn’t any soda in the fridge.
there isn’t +
uncountable noun
there
isn’t
there
aren’t
there
isn’t
38. QUESTIONS
+ Yes, there is.
- No, there isn’t.
+ Yes, there are.
- No there aren’t.
A FISH IN THE
FRIDGE?
EGGS IN THE
FRIDGE?
IS
THERE
ARE
THERE
How many bananas are
there in the fridge?
How many eggs are there
in the fridge?
+ PLURAL
NOUN + ARE
THERE…?
HOW
MANY
44. SUBJECT + ADVERB
+ MAIN VERB
Daniel always eats pancakes for
breakfast
subject + be +
adverb
He is always hungry.
SUBJECT + AUX. VERB +
ADVERB + MAIN VERB
Susan has always drank coffee for
breakfast.
45. How often? = I want to know the frequency
e.g. How often do you drink coffee?
HOW
OFTEN…?
47. NUMBER +
TIMES
A
TIME
PERIOD
Once*
one time
a day
Twice*
two times
a week
Three times a month
Four times a year
TIME
PERIOD
daily
weekly
monthly
annualy
EVERY NUMBER
TIME
PERIOD
Every two days
Every three weeks
Every four months
EVERY
TIME
PERIOD
Every day
Every week
Every month
48. examples
● She visits the dentist twice a year.
● He goes to the gym three times a week.
● I call her daily to make sure she is fine.
● There is a leap day every four years.
● We pay our mortgage every month.
55. example: breakfast
I like orange juice.
I love eating salmon
onigiri for snack.
drinks
CARBS
I always eat crashed
eggs for breakfast.
I sometimes drink a
glass of milk in the
morning.
PROTEIN
DAIRY
I like strawberries but I hate
celery.
FRUIT / VEGGIES
56. Make a description about your eating
habits for the weekend.
Design your healthy dish. Then
describe each food and drink using
simple present tense and frequency
adverbs to describe each meal from
your healthy dish:
• Breakfast
• Snack
• Lunch
• Dinner
PROJECT 01
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FCE RN 096MX0300322
UDEP San Luis Potosí
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