Unit 5 — Food and Drinks

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

  • I can name 15 foods and 8 drinks.
  • I can hold a 1-minute cafe conversation politely.
  • I can use countable vs. uncountable nouns with a, some, any.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

  • 3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
  • 3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
  • 3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
  • 3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

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Lead-in story Link to heading

Frida the fox sits at a cafe table that is too tall for her. The waiter is professional. He does not comment on the fox. “Good afternoon. What can I get you?” Frida considers. “A cup of tea, please. And a small piece of cake — preferably the kind with apple in it.” Mia, at the next table, mouths thank you to the waiter for not laughing.

1. Activate Link to heading

Food memory. Close eyes; teacher names 8 foods (apple, bread, cheese, egg, fish, rice, tomato, chocolate). Open eyes. Write down as many as you remember in 30 seconds.

2. Input Link to heading

Vocabulary — food and drink Link to heading

Foods: apple, banana, bread, butter, cheese, chicken, egg, fish, fruit, meat, pasta, potato, rice, salad, sausage, soup, tomato, chocolate, cake. Drinks: water, milk, tea, coffee, juice, lemonade, hot chocolate, smoothie.

Grammar — countable vs. uncountable Link to heading

Countable nouns can be plural and take a/an: an apple, two apples, three sandwiches. Uncountable nouns are singular and take no a/an: water, milk, bread, cheese, rice.

With uncountable use some (positive), any (negative/question), or units (a glass of, a piece of, a slice of, a cup of):

  • I’d like some milk, please.
  • Is there any bread?
  • A cup of tea, please. A slice of cheese.

Cafe phrases Link to heading

  • What can I get you? / I’d like …, please.
  • Anything else? / No, that’s all, thanks.
  • That’s £4.50. / Here you are. / Thank you, have a nice day.

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau E — controlled Link to heading

  1. a / an / some / any? ___ apple, ___ milk, ___ tomatoes, ___ rice, ___ bread.
  2. Match unit to noun: a slice of — ?, a cup of — ?, a glass of — ?

Niveau E — productive Link to heading

  1. Build the cafe order: 1 hot chocolate, 1 piece of cake. → 4 polite lines.
  2. Negative + question forms: Is there any …? Are there any …? — write three.
Answer key

Controlled. 1. an apple, some milk, some tomatoes, some rice, some bread. 2. slice — bread/cheese/cake; cup — tea/coffee/hot chocolate; glass — water/juice/milk.

Productive. 3-4. Open; check polite forms.

4. Produce Link to heading

Cafe role-play (Niveau E). In pairs, run a 1-minute cafe scene. Customer orders two items, one with a unit (a glass of, a piece of, a cup of). Waiter asks follow-up question. Use please / thank you in every turn.

Sample Link to heading

— Good afternoon, what can I get you? — I’d like a cup of tea and a slice of apple cake, please. — Anything else? A glass of water? — No, that’s all. Thank you.

5. Reflect Link to heading

  • I can name 15 foods and 8 drinks.
  • I can use a/an, some, any correctly.
  • I can run a 1-minute cafe role-play.

One thing in your notebook: Write one sentence that uses something you learned in this Unit.

Exam example Link to heading

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)
Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“At the cafe Mia orders a hot chocolate and a slice of carrot cake. Theo orders a glass of water and a sandwich. The total is £6.”

  1. Mia drink: ___ . 2. Mia food: ___ . 3. Theo drink: ___ . 4. Total: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read the menu and the order.

Menu: Tea £1.50, Hot chocolate £2.50, Sandwich £3, Cake £2.50. Order: one tea, one hot chocolate, two sandwiches.

  1. Number of items: ___ . 2. Total cost: ___ . 3. Cheapest item: ___ . 4. Drinks total: ___ .

Task 3 — Use of English (8 BE) Link to heading

Fill in a, an, some, any.

  1. ___ apple, 2. ___ rice, 3. Is there ___ milk? 4. There aren’t ___ tomatoes.

Task 4 — Writing (6 BE) Link to heading

Write a 6-line cafe dialogue with two items ordered and polite phrases.

Answer key
T1. hot chocolate, slice of carrot cake, glass of water, £6. T2. 4, £10, tea, £4. T3. an, some, any, any. T4. Open.
Notenschlüssel (von 30)
| 28–30 | 1 | 24–27 | 2 | 20–23 | 3 | | 15–19 | 4 | 9–14 | 5 | 0–8 | 6 |

Downloads Link to heading

**Slide deck timing.** 45 minutes total. Lead-in 3 min · Activate 4 min · Input 12 min · Practise 8 min · Produce 13 min · Reflect 5 min.

Differentiation. Below Niveau E (mixed group): provide a support card with the key structure. Above Niveau E: extension question linking to the next Unit’s grammar.

Common pitfalls Link to heading

  • a milk → ✗ — milk is uncountable. Some milk or a glass of milk.
  • two breads → unusual; prefer two slices of bread.
  • L1 trap: German Ich nehme einen Tee → English I’ll have a tea / a cup of tea.

Further reading / listening Link to heading

  • BBC Good Food — short recipe articles.
  • British Council — Food vocabulary games.

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