Food 食物
BasicTheme words for food.
- Meal words: breakfast, lunch, dinner; meal as the general word.
- No the before meals: skip breakfast.
- Use often, sometimes, never for habits.
文體小知識：Learn theme words.
§Text Passage
1I eat three meals every day. For breakfast, I have bread and a boiled egg. My mother gives me a glass of warm milk too. I never skip breakfast.
2At school, I drink water after PE lessons. For lunch, I sometimes buy noodles at the tuck shop. On other days, I bring rice with vegetables from home. My friends share their fruit with me.
3After school, I feel hungry, so I eat an apple or a banana. Dinner is at seven o'clock with my family. We often have soup, vegetables and fish. My father says, 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away.' I try to eat well every day. On cold days, my grandmother cooks hot soup for us. Her soup is the best in the world. I always drink a big bowl. I want to grow up strong and healthy.
§Sentence-by-sentence translation Sentence-by-sentence translation
I eat three meals every day.
我每天吃三餐。
For breakfast, I have bread and a boiled egg.
早餐我會吃麵包同一個水煮蛋。
My mother gives me a glass of warm milk too.
媽媽還會給我一杯暖牛奶。
I never skip breakfast.
我從來都不會不吃早餐。
At school, I drink water after PE lessons.
在學校，體育課之後我會喝水。
For lunch, I sometimes buy noodles at the tuck shop.
午餐有時我會在小食部買麵食。
On other days, I bring rice with vegetables from home.
其他日子，我會從家裡帶菜和飯。
My friends share their fruit with me.
朋友們會同我分享水果。
After school, I feel hungry, so I eat an apple or a banana.
放學之後我會肚子餓，所以會吃一個蘋果或者香蕉。
Dinner is at seven o'clock with my family.
晚餐七點鐘和家人一起吃。
We often have soup, vegetables and fish.
我們通常會有湯、菜同魚。
My father says, 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away.'
爸爸說：「一天一蘋果，醫生遠離我。」
I try to eat well every day.
我每日都盡量吃得健康。
On cold days, my grandmother cooks hot soup for us.
天冷的日子，奶奶會煮熱湯給我們。
Her soup is the best in the world.
他煮的湯是全世界最好的。
I always drink a big bowl.
我每次都喝一大碗。
I want to grow up strong and healthy.
我想健健康康地長大。
1Summary 重點摘要
Theme words for food.
2Vocabulary cards Vocabulary
A white grain we eat.
Long thin strips of food.
A baked food made from flour.
A round food that comes from a hen.
A round red or green fruit.
A long yellow fruit.
A white drink from cows.
The clear drink we all need.
3Step by step Steps
- Paragraph 1: three mealsI eat three meals every day states a daily habit in the present simple. Breakfast is bread and a boiled egg with a glass of warm milk; a glass of is a measure phrase. I never skip breakfast — never is the strongest frequency word. Tip: meal is countable, so three meals takes s; meal names stay small in mid-sentence.
- Paragraph 2: school timeUse drink for liquids: I drink water after PE lessons. Water is uncountable, so no a before it. For lunch I sometimes buy noodles at the tuck shop; on other days I bring rice with vegetables, with joining the two foods. Tip: buy is followed straight by the food, and noodles is usually plural.
- Paragraph 3: dinner timeAfter school I eat an apple or a banana — an goes before vowel sounds. Dinner is at seven with my family: at gives the time, with gives the company. We have soup, vegetables and fish. Tip: soup and fish are uncountable, so they take no a and no s; use some for an amount.
- Meal wordsEach meal has its name: breakfast, lunch, dinner; meal is the general countable word, so three meals takes s. Ask What do you have for lunch? — for + the meal name tells what is eaten at that meal. Tip: dinner means the main meal, usually the evening one at this level.
- How often wordsThree frequency adverbs: never (not once), sometimes (now and then), often (most days), from low to high. They sit after the subject and before the verb: I never skip breakfast, I sometimes buy noodles; after be, the adverb follows: He is often late. Tip: never is already negative, so never add not or don't to it.
- Countable or not, againCountable nouns can be counted one by one: an egg, a banana take a/an and add s for plurals. Uncountable nouns have no plural: some soup, some rice use some for an amount and never take a or s. Vegetables has s because it means many kinds. Tip: to count an uncountable noun, add a measure word: a bowl of soup.
- Sentence practiceStart with For + meal: For breakfast, I have bread and a boiled egg. For lunch, I sometimes eat noodles. For dinner, we often have soup and fish. Same frame, new meal and new food. Try one true sentence for each of your meals. Tip: after For + meal name comes a comma, then the subject I or we.
5Worked example Example
Write my three meals: one sentence each with For breakfast / lunch / dinner, plus a drink line, then check the adverbs and articles.
- Breakfast: For breakfast, I have bread and a boiled egg. For names the meal; the subject comes after the comma.
- Add a drink: I drink a glass of warm milk too. a glass of gives the amount; too ends the line.
- Lunch: For lunch, I sometimes eat noodles at the tuck shop. sometimes sits after the subject, before the verb.
- Dinner: For dinner, we often have soup and fish. often also goes before the verb; soup and fish are uncountable.
- Check: are never/sometimes/often in the right place? Do countables have a, an or a plural?
- Read aloud: run the four lines together as a short paragraph and check the commas and full stops.
- Answer: For breakfast, I have bread and a boiled egg. I drink a glass of warm milk too. For lunch, I sometimes eat noodles at the tuck shop. For dinner, we often have soup and fish.
6Common mistakes Mistakes
7Quick check Quick check
Q1What do I have for breakfast?
Q2What do I drink after PE lessons?
Q3What does the tuck shop sell that I buy?
Q4When is dinner and what do we eat?
Q5Fix it: I eat a rice every day.
8Recap Recap
- Meal words: breakfast, lunch, dinner; meal as the general word.
- No the before meals: skip breakfast.
- Use often, sometimes, never for habits.
- Rice, soup and milk are uncountable; vegetables usually has s.
- Introduce your meals with For breakfast, I have ...