Good maners and food idioms

For this week I decided to blog another polite ways to asking for something, and some idioms about food that I found very useful. I hope you too :)

Diana Castro

Literally/Unfortunately/Quarter

This week we didn't have a topic to blog, so I decided to post something helpful and useful. I found really difficult to pronounce the words "Literally", "Unfortunately" and "Quarter" and I found these videos where they teach us how to do it the right way.

LITERALLY

UNFORTUNATELY

QUARTER

Grecia

Supermarket vocabulary

Hello, it's me... Karensin

SUPERMARKET VOCABULARY

1 aisle
2 shopper/customer
3 shopping basket
4 checkout line
5 checkout counter
6 conveyor belt
7 cash register
8 shopping cart
9 (chewing) gum
10 candy
11 coupons
12 cashier
13 paper bag
14 bagger/packer
15 express checkout (line)
16 tabloid (newspaper)

17 magazine
18 scanner
19 plastic bag
20 produce
21 manager
22 clerk
23 scale
24 can-return machine
25 bottle-return machine

• The employee might refer you to an aisle – aisles are the corridors in the supermarket. Or they might tell you to go to one of these sections of the store:
  • Dairy section – Milk, yogurt, butter, and cheese
  • Produce section – Fresh fruits and vegetables
  • Frozen food section – Ice cream, pre-prepared meals
  • Bakery – Bread, muffins, cakes
  • Deli – Sliced meat and cheese for sandwiches
  • Ethnic foods – International foods

Shopping key phrases... And other stuff.

Here it is! The video of this week is a little long, but we tried our best. We hope you enjoy it!

-Mariana Andrade.

Hey guys, this is Mariana García, and i'm here to show you this post about:

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE

The major division of English nouns is into "countable" and "uncountable".

In this lesson we look at nouns that are countable, uncountable or both, and the partitive structure, followed by a quiz to check your understanding:

Countable Nouns

Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example: "pen". We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens. Here are some more countable nouns:

• dog, cat, animal, man, person
• bottle, box, litre
• coin, note, dollar
• cup, plate, fork
• table, chair, suitcase, bag

Countable nouns can be singular or plural:

• My dog is playing.
• My dogs are hungry.

We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:

• A dog is an animal.

When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it:

• I want an orange. (not I want orange.)
• Where is my bottle? (not Where is bottle?)

When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone:

• I like oranges.
• Bottles can break.

We can use some and any with countable nouns:

• I've got some dollars.
• Have you got any pens?

We can use a few and many with countable nouns:

• I've got a few dollars.
• I haven't got many pens.

Uncountable Nouns

Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count "milk". We can count "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself. Here are some more uncountable nouns:

• music, art, love, happiness
• advice, information, news
• furniture, luggage
• rice, sugar, butter, water
• electricity, gas, power
• money, currency

We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example:

• This news is very important.
• Your luggage looks heavy.

We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music". But we can say a "something" of:

• a piece of news
• a bottle of water
• a grain of rice

We can use some and any with uncountable nouns:

• I've got some money.
• Have you got any rice?

We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns:

• I've got a little money.
• I haven't got much rice.

Here are some more examples of countable and uncountable nouns:

Countable	Uncountable
dollar	money
song	music
suitcase	luggage
table	furniture
battery	electricity
bottle	wine
report	information
tip	advice
journey	travel
job	work
view	scenery

I hope all this information helped you a lot, Thanks.

Mariana García Ruiz

Batman goes to the supermarket

Hey guys!! This week´s video is way longer than usual but it´s worth it, I dare to say this video is my Mona Lisa. Enjoy!

-Antonio

At the supermarket

Here is some of the vocabulary use at the supermarket.

Grammar Spot :)

Diana Castro