Four Corners Student's Book

Page 1

A

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Grammar

Count

Vocabulary  Things to eat A

an apple

Complete the chart with the correct words below. Then listen and check

your answers. apples eggs

bananas fish

beans milk

beef noodles

carrots pasta

cereal potatoes

cheese rice

chicken tomatoes

unit

Count and noncount nouns; some and any

apples

7

Noncount a tomato

milk

tomatoes

Do you have any apples? Yes, I have some (apples). No, I don’t have any (apples).

cereal

Do you have any milk? Yes, I have some (milk). No, I don’t have any (milk).

A Complete the chart with the food items from Exercise 1. Then compare with a partner. Count nouns

Noncount Noncountnouns nouns

milk milk cereal cereal

apples tomatoes B Circle the correct words. Then practice with a partner. A B A B A B A

B Pair work  Do you ever eat the food in Part A? Tell your partner. “I often eat apples. I sometimes eat eggs. I never eat noodles.”

Language in context  Favorite meals A

Listen to three people talk about their favorite meals.

What do you want for lunch, Amy? Let’s just eat some / any pasta. Good idea. We have some / any pasta. Let’s see. We have some / any carrots. We don’t have some / any tomatoes. OK, I can get some / any at the store. What else? Do we have some / any cheese? No, we don’t have some / any. I can get some / any.

C Pair work  Practice the conversation again. Use other words from Exercise 1.

Speaking  What do you eat? A Write your answers to the questions in the chart. B Group work  Interview three classmates. Complete the chart with their answers. What do you often eat for . . . ?

I love breakfast. I usually eat some cereal, but I don’t have any milk with it. I also eat an apple.

breakfast

Posted at 7:30 a.m. by Dana, England

lunch

My favorite meal is lunch. I don’t have a lot of time, so I often just get some noodles.

dinner

Posted at 1:00 p.m. by Hideo, Japan

I love breakfast. I usually favorite meal isdinner lunch.forI don’t My favorite mealsome of the day is My favorite mealeat of the day isMy dinner. A typical me is rice and beans with beef. some cereal, but I don’t have any have a lot of time, so I often just dinner. A typical dinner for me is Posted at 8:00 p.m. by Pablo, Mexico milk with it. I also eat an apple. get some noodles rice and beans with some beef.

B What’s your favorite meal of the day? What do you eat? 66 3283_4C_SB1_U07_prototype_P06.04.indd 66-67

Me Me

Name: Name:

Name: Name:

Name: Name:

C Pair work  Compare with a partner. Who eats a big breakfast? a small lunch?

a healthy dinner?

Keep talking!

Go to page 139 for more practice.

say what meals I eat.

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B

I like Chinese food!

unit

Pronunciation  Silent e

7

A

Listen and repeat. Notice the silent e at the end of the words.

Interactions

rice

Likesand andDislikes Dislikes Likes

apple

vegetable

B Listen. Cross out the silent e at the end of the words. Then practice with a partner.

A A Look Look at at the the pictures. pictures. Where Where are are the the Sarah Sarah and and Brandon? Brandon? B B    Listen Listen and and practice. practice.

1. I love Chinese food, and Brandon loves Japanese. 2. My favorite lunch is pasta and cheese. 3. We don’t have any milk. I can get some at the store.

Listening  I love it! A Listen to the conversations. What words do you hear? A Listen to the conversations. What words do you Check (3) the correct answers. hear? beans cheese bananas answers. noodles Check (3) the correct 3 beef chicken potatoes carrots beans cheese noodles bananas

Sarah Do Doyou youlike likepasta? pasta? Sarah randon No, No,I Idon’t don’tlike likeItalian Italianfood. food. B Brandon

Sarah How How about Chinese food? Sarah about Chinese food? Brandon Good Good idea. I like Chinese food! Brandon idea. I like Chinese food!

C

Listen Listen to to the the expressions. expressions. Then Then practice practice the the conversation conversation again again with with the new the expressions new expressions Expressing dislikes Expressing likes Expressing dislikes Expressing likes I don’t like Italian food. I like Chinese food. I don’t like Italian food. I like Chinese food. I don’t like Italian food at all. I really like Chinese food. I don’t like Italian food at all. I really like Chinese food. I hate Italian food! I love Chinese food! I hate Italian food! I love Chinese food!

3 pasta eggs tomatoes cereal beef chicken potatoes carrots 3 pasta eggs tomatoes cereal B Listen again. Do the two speakers like the same things? Check (3) the correct answers. B Listen again. Do the two speakers like the same

1. yes 2. yes 3. things? 3 n(3 o ) the correctnoanswers. Check 1. yes 2. yes 3.

3 no

no

yes

4.

yes

no yes

4.

no yes

no

no

Speaking  Same or different? A Make a list of three foods you like and three foods you don’t like. Three foods I like

Three foods I don’t like

D Pair work  Look at Sarah and Brandon’s likes and dislikes. Are they the same D yours? Pair work   Look at Sarah and Brandon’s likes and dislikes. Are they the same as Tell your partner. as yours? Tell your partner. Sarah Sarah Brandon Brandon

fish fish cheese cheese

Mexican Mexican food food Italian Italian food food

“Sarah loves loves fish, fish, but but II don’t don’t like like fish fish at at all.” all.” “Sarah

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Japanese Japanese food food Chinese Chinese food food

milk milk

beans beans

carrots carrots

French French Food Food

beef beef

B Pair work  Tell your partner about the foods you like and you don’t like. Ask and answer questions for more information

eggs eggs

A I really like fish. B Do you cook fish at home. C No, I don’t. I eat fish at restaurants.

say what I like and dislike.

yes

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C

Meals

Grammar

Label the pictures with the correct words. Then listen and check your answers.

dumplings hamburgers

hot dogs pancakes

pizza salad

7

How often do you eat pizza?

Vocabulary  More food A

unit

How often; time expressions

soup spaghetti

I eat pizza

sushi tacos

every day. once a week. twice a month. three times a month. once in a while.

I don’t eat pizza very often. / I don’t eat pizza very much. I don’t ever eat pizza. / I never eat pizza.

A Unscramble the questions. Then compare with a partner. 1. often / pizza / do / how / you / eat

How often do you eat pizza?

2. how / eat / often / dumplings / you / do

hotdogs dogs hot

3. eat / often / you / do / how / soup 4. hamburgers / you / do / how / eat / often

B Pair work  Ask and answer the questions in Part A. Answer with your own information.

A How often do you eat pizza? B I eat pizza once in a while.

C Pair work  Make true sentences about your eating habits B Pair work What foods do you and your partner like? What do you and your partner dislike? Discuss your ideas.

A I really like dumplings. Do you? B Yes, I like dumplings, too. Do you like . . . ?

Conversation  I eat pizza every day. Listen and practice. egan M David Megan David Megan David Megan David Megan

What is that? Pizza. My father is a pizza chef. Really? So how often do you eat pizza? I eat pizza every day. It’s my favorite food! I don’t eat pizza very often, but it looks delicious. What’s on it? Cheese, tomatoes, black beans, and fish. Black beans and fish on pizza. Yuck! . . . Have some. It’s really good. No, thanks. I’m not very hungry.

with the time expressions. Tell your partner. once a month three times a week

every day once in a while

“I eat spaghetti once a month.”

Speaking  Eating habits A Pair work  Add three foods to the chart. Then interview your partner. Take notes. How often do you eat . . . ?

hot dogs

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tacos

salad B Pair work  Tell another classmate about your partner’s eating habits. Does your partner have any unusual eating habits? A My partner eats hot dogs once a week. B Really? My partner never eats hot dogs.

Keep talking! Go to page 140 for more practice.

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not very often never

describe my eating habits.

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D

Favorite foods

Listening  A meal in Sweden

A Look at the pictures of food in the blog. What foods can you name?

lunch dinner breakfast 2. the 3. hear. Listen again. What foods you Check (3) the correct answers. B Listen again. What the foods you hear. Check (3) the correct 1. bread 4. answers. beans 7. eggs 1. B

B Read the blog. What’s the title? Check (3) the correct answer. My Favorite Food

Dinner Around the World

cheese bread fish eggs 3. 2. cheese

5. 4.

fish eggs

6.

2. 1.

MY FAVO R I T E F O O D I love nachos. I make them once a week. I just buy some tortilla chips and put cheese, beef, tomatoes, and onions on top. Then I cook it in the microwave.

3.

Letters from our readers describing their favorite foods. Posted by: Heather, the U.S.  Thursday, 10:41 p.m.

I make them I like dumplings a lot. You once a week. I just buy can buy good dumplings in some tortilla chips and put restaurants, but I usually eat I likecheese, dumplings a lot. Youand can buy good dumplings in beef, tomatoes, my mother’s dumplings. restaurants, eat my mother’s dumplings. They’re onions onbut top.I usually Then I cook They’re delicious! I eat them delicious! them for lunch four or five times a month. for lunch four or five times it in theI eat microwave. aReply month. Posted by: Jae-sun, South Korea  Thursday, 2:37 p.m. —Heather —Jae-Sun United States South Korea My wife and I go to our favorite ice cream shop three times a month. They have many flavors, but we always get chocolate ice cream. favorite. My wifeIt’s andour I go to our I really like pancakes, but

favorite ice cream shop three we don’t eat them for Reply times a month. They have breakfast. We eat them after many flavors, but we always dinner. We usually eat them get chocolate ice cream. It’s two or three times a month. I really pancakes, but we don’t eat them for breakfast. IWe our like favorite. like to eat them with jam. Posted by: Carlos, Argentina  Wednesday, 5:22 p.m.

eat them after dinner. We usually eat them two or three times a month. I like to eat — them jam. C a with r l os

Reply

—Olga Sweden

C Read the blog again. Complete the chart with the correct information. Favoritefood food Favorite

nachos Heather Heather nachos

How often often they they have have itit How

once week once aaweek

Jae-sun Jae-sun Carlos Carlos Olga Olga

D Pair work  Imagine you can have one of the foods in Part A right now. Which food do you want? Why? Tell your partner.

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cereal beans beef 6. 5. cereal

beef

pancakes eggs pancakes milk 9. milk 8. 7. 9. 8.

10. noodles

10. 11. potatoes noodles 2.  potatoes fruit 11 12.   fruit

Writing  A typical meal

Reply

I love nachos. Comments (3)

Posted by: Olga, Sweden  Tuesday, 9:19 a.m. Argentina

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A to Olga describe a typical meal in Sweden. A Listen Listen to Olga describe a typical meal in Sweden. Which meal does she talk about? Check (3) the correct answer. Which meal does she talk about? Check (3) the correct answer. 1. breakfast 2. lunch 3. dinner

Reading  Food blog

Meal Times

unit

A Think of a typical meal in your country. Answer the questions. What do people drink? What do people eat? Do you usually eat it? Why or why not?

B Post your writing around the room. Who has similar meals? C Class activity  Post your paragraphs around the room.

People in Japan usually drink green tea for breakfast. eat fish, People in JapanThey usually drinkrice, soup, salad, and pickles. It’s green tea for breakfast. aThey healthy andrice, delicious eat fish, soup,breakfast, salad, and but I don’t eat this. I usually pickles. It’s a healthy anddrink orange juicebreakfast, and eat cereal delicious but and I don’t fruit for breakfast.

eat this. I usually drink orange juice and eat cereal and fruit for breakfast.

Read your classmates’ paragraphs. Who describes similar meals.

Speaking  What’s your favorite dish? A Pair work  Add two questions to the list. Then interview your partner. Take notes.

Meals • What’s your favorite kind of food? • What’s your favorite dish? • How often do you have it? • Who makes it? • Can you cook it? • What do you drink with it? • • A B C A

What’s your favorite kind of food? I love Mexican food. What’s your favorite dish? I really like tacos.

B Group work  Tell your group about your

partner’s favorite meal. Do you like that meal, too? Does your group like it?

describe my favorite food.

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