Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: Talking about Food and Drink

In this lesson, students will develop conversation skills by talking about shopping and eating habits. The lesson also focuses on countable and uncountable nouns.

Lesson Notes February 24, 2026 (Elementary)

Words & Phrases

• What did you do in the a.m.? (very casual)

• This morning I did some errands and laundry.

• My friend was waving so hard that I almost burst out laughing.

• I used to get nervous when my friends came to watch me do hula.

• It was such a busy day that I crashed at 9pm. (“crashed” = meaning “fell asleep quickly”)

• We went to the final event to cheer on our son in law. (cheer + pronoun + on = cheer him on, NOT cheer on him)

• The skin clinic has cosmetic treatments.

Countable & Uncountable Nouns

• “Pizza is countable when you mean a whole pizza, and uncountable when you mean it as food in general.”

• Here are some common examples that fit this patter: chicken, fish, coffee, beer, wine, chocolate.

• Seaweed is normally uncountable when you mean it as food or in general

• We eat a lot of seaweed in Japan.

• There’s seaweed in this soup.

• Seaweed is very healthy.

• In everyday food contexts, we normally use a unit word instead.

• a sheet of seaweed

• a piece of seaweed

• a strip of seaweed

• a pack of seaweed

Next lesson

March 3, 2026

• Lesson 09 page 6 Speaking

• Review Lesson 09 pages 1 to 5