Unit 5 — Food and Drinks
Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E
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
(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)
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
- a / an / some / any? ___ apple, ___ milk, ___ tomatoes, ___ rice, ___ bread.
- Match unit to noun: a slice of — ?, a cup of — ?, a glass of — ?
Niveau E — productive Link to heading
- Build the cafe order: 1 hot chocolate, 1 piece of cake. → 4 polite lines.
- Negative + question forms: Is there any …? Are there any …? — write three.
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
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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- ___ 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.
Downloads Link to heading
Differentiation — support (below Niveau E).
Fill the gaps to build your cafe role-play. Choose your own food and drink.
- Waiter: Good afternoon. What can I get you?
- Customer: I’d like a ______ of ______, please. (cup / glass / piece)
- Waiter: Anything else?
- Customer: Yes, and some ______, please. Thank you.
Extension (above Niveau E / Oberstufe).
Rewrite your cafe scene twice for two very different customers — for example, a rushed traveller with only two minutes and a curious tourist who has never seen the menu before — and change the waiter’s questions and the customer’s tone to fit each one. Then add two or three sentences explaining which polite phrases you kept the same and which you changed, and why register shifts with the situation.
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.
Downloads
Listen
The vocabulary, dialogues and reading texts of this unit as audio, spoken by a native voice. The spoken text is shown beneath each clip.
Show text
"At the cafe, Mia orders an apple juice and a sandwich. Theo has a glass of milk and a banana. The fox just sips water from a small cup."