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B Read and match the comments
A
1 and 2 with the expert’s advice a and b. A Plural forms
Then listen and check your answers.
pepper - peppers Complete with the plural form
of the nouns in brackets.
peach - peaches 1. There are two
FOOD potato - potatoes (watch) on the table. Whose are they?

baby - babies
ADVICE shelf - shelves 2. Do you like (egg)?
3. I love (strawberry),
person - people but I hate (cherry).
1 I don’t want bread or cereal for breakfast
every day. Jack, 12 ish - ish
2 What’s so great about breakfast?
Linda, 13 B Countable & uncountable nouns –
a(n), some
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SINGULAR PLURAL
COUNTABLE NOUNS a peach (some) peaches
Advice UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS (some) water
from Dr Reynolds: There’s an orange and some cheese in the fridge.
There are some carrots, too.

Complete with a, an or some.
a.
Breakfast is an important meal. 1. A: For breakfast I usually have milk and
You’re a teenager, so you must have a fruit, like apple or
healthy breakfast every day, not just cherries. What do you have?
a few days a week. It gives you lots
of energy! This helps you do well in B: I have egg with tomatoes.
school and have energy for sports or 2. A: Do you want banana?
other hobbies.
B: No, I don’t like bananas.
b.
A: Well, there are oranges in the fridge.
You’re right. It’s boring when you
have the same breakfast every B: Great. I want orange juice then.
day. Have some yoghurt with some
strawberries, a banana and nuts. Or a Speak
smoothie with some milk, an orange
and a carrot. What about eggs with MEMORY GAME
tomatoes? You can also ask your Play in pairs. Look at the pictures for 30 seconds
friends for ideas! and try to remember what there is in each
picture. Then take turns to close your books
and make guesses, as in the example.
A

C Read the speech bubbles. What advice
would you give these people? Use ideas
from the text above.

I always have
a big dinner. B
Do I need breakfast?
There’s a banana in
picture A.
Correct!
I don’t know what to eat There is some
in the morning. Can you yoghurt in picture B.
give me some ideas?
Wrong!

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