Unit 4 Vocabulary
1 Towns and cities 2
bookstore
bank
bakery
candy store
butcher
drugstore grocery store
sports store
toy store hardware store
Excuse me, where can There’s a post office
I get some stamps? next to the bank.
deli
post office
stationery store
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Vocabulary
2 Numbers 30–100
30 31 32 33 34 35
thirty thirty-one thirty-two thirty-three thirty-four thirty-fi ve
36 37 38 39 40 50
thirty-six thirty-seven thirty-eight thirty-nine forty fi fty
60 70 80 90 100
sixty seventy eighty ninety (a / one) hundred
3 Food and drink
carrots
cheese
chicken
cake
green beans milk eggs peaches
rice spinach strawberries water
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Vocabulary
4 Food containers
a bag of rice a bottle of water a box of cereal
a can of tuna a carton of milk a packet of cookies
How much is a box
of brownies?
It’s six forty-five.
Ten, please!
1. Why do skeletons drink a lot of milk?
2. On what day do people drink more
soda?
3. Give me food and I live; give me water
and I die. What am I?
3. Fire.
2. On “Thirst-day.”
1. Because it is good for the bones.
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Grammar
1 Countable and uncountable nouns
We can count countable nouns. These nouns have a singular and a plural form. We cannot count
uncountable nouns. These nouns are used as singular nouns and they have no plural form.
Countable nouns Uncountable nouns
a sandwich sandwiches cheese milk cake
an apple apples rice water bread
We use there is before singular countable
nouns and uncountable nouns. We use
there are before plural countable nouns.
There is Circle the correct option.
There is / There’s a sandwich on the table. 1. There’s / There are an orange.
There is / There’s some rice in the kitchen. 2. There’s / There are some cake.
There are 3. There’s / There are some milk.
4. There’s / There are some bananas.
There are some carrots in the bag.
5. There’s / There are some peaches.
6. There’s / There are a pizza.
2 a, an, some, any
Notice how we use a, an, some and any with countable and uncountable nouns.
Countable nouns Complete the dialogue with the words in the box.
a hamburger / an orange aren’t an some there any
some donuts
There aren’t any carrots. CUSTOMER: I want (1) some fruit. Are there (2)
Are there any donuts? bananas?
Uncountable nouns ASSISTANT: No, I’m sorry. There (3) any bananas.
CUSTOMER: Are (4) any apples?
some spinach
There isn’t any soda. ASSISTANT: Yes, madam. There are some very nice apples.
Is there any water?
CUSTOMER: OK, I’ll take (5) apple.
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Grammar
3 How much and How many
We use how much to ask about the quantity of uncountable nouns. We use how many to ask about
the quantity of countable nouns.
How much Complete with how much or how many.
1. How much water is there?
How much sugar is there?
How much cheese do we need? 2. apples do we need?
3. chocolate is there?
How many
4. soda is there?
How many carrots are there? 5. cookies are there?
How many bananas do we need? 6. peaches do we need?
4 This, that, these, those
Singular Plural Look at the pictures and complete the
sentences with this, that, these or those.
Near This milk These apples
1. How much is this pizza?
is delicious. are cheap.
2. rice looks delicious.
Far That yogurt Those bananas 3. I want donuts.
is good. are from Veracruz. 4. fries are mine.
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Grammar
5 Whose and possessive ’s
To ask about possession we use whose. We use ’s to show possession.
Asking about possessions Answering
Whose sweater is this? It’s Bob’s (sweater).
Whose shoes are these? They’re Sara’s (shoes).
Look at the picture and complete the
sentences.
1. It’s Tom’s baseball cap.
2. Is it MP3 player? Yes, it is.
3. jacket is it? It’s .
4. T-shirt is this? It’s .
6 Possessive pronouns
Subject pronoun Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun
I my jacket It’s mine.
you your bat It’s yours.
he his T-shirts They’re his.
she her jeans They’re hers.
it its bed It’s its.
we our CDs They’re ours.
they their stereo It’s theirs.
Circle the correct option. Review exercise
1. Pick up that money. It’s your / yours.
Match.
2. That’s Joe’s sweater. This one isn’t his / hers.
1. There is salad is there?
3. These are her / hers boots. They aren’t 2. Is there mine. It’s yours.
mine / my. 3. How much some water.
4. This is a nice camera. Is it your / yours? 4. How many are great!
5. The house on the corner is their / theirs. 5. Those chips cups do we need?
6. This isn’t any cheese?
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