Imagine you’re in an English speaking country and you’re very hungry.

Do you think you could ask for something to

LESSON 8 eat? After today’s class I’m sure you could!

ImagÌnate que estas en un paÌs de habla inglesa y tienes hambre. ¿Piensas que podrÌas
pedir algo para comer? Después de la clase de hoy estoy seguro que si!
I. Grammar

Podemos dividir los sustantivos en varios grupos pero la división de hoy concierne los Later....
sustantivos contables y no contables. Por ejemplo: tu puedes contar libros (books), perros(dogs),
autos(cars) pero no puedes contar agua(water), dinero(money), rice(arroz). ¿Que dices? ¿Que
si puedes contar dinero? No es tan asÌ - lo que puedes contar son los pesos, dólares (dollars) WAITER: What would you like to have?
y otras monedas pero no el dinero. Por eso hoy vamos a aprender como usar “some/any” - MARY: Do you have any chicken?
dos palabras que se usa con sustantivos no contables y a veces con sustantivos contables en WAITER: Yes, we have roast chicken with rice and salad.
plural.
MARY: I would like some chicken but not with rice. Do you have any mash?
SOME ANY Sorry, we don’t have any mash but we have chips.
Se usa para indicar cierta cantidad de algo Se usa para indicar que no hay nada de algo. MARY: OK, I will have chicken with chips and some salad, please.
WAITER: And you miss?
I have some water in the cup. I don’t have any money.
LUCY: Can I have some tomato salad with chips? I’m vegetarian.
Tengo algo/un poco de agua en la taza. No tendo nada de dinero. WAITER: Certainly. Would you like something to drink?
MARY: Yes, can I have some mineral water?
Can I have some rice with my salad? Do you want any juice with your lunch? WAITER: Still or sparkling?
Me puede dar un poco de arroz con la ensalada? ¿Queres un poco de jugo con tu almuerzo? MARY: Still.
LUCY: I would like some apple juice, please.
Nota que “some” se usa en forma Nota que “any” se usa en forma WAITER: Of course, miss.
afirmativa e interrogativa cuando negativa y en preguntas cuando
esperas una respuesta interrogativa cuando esperas una
negativa o no sabes cual es la
respuesta.
II. Vocabulary IV. Let’s practice
Would you like.. (wud iu laik) te/le gustaría
something (samfing) algo
chicken (chikin) pollo Example:
roast (roust) al horno I don’t want some/any rice with my salad.
salad (salad) ensalada I don’t want some/any rice with my salad.
mash (mash) puré
chips (chips) papas fritas
tomato (tomeitou) tomate Would you like some/any mineral water?
drink (drink) tomar/beber No, thank you. But I would like some/any orange juice.
vegetarian (veyetarian) vegetariano
mineral water (mineral uater) agua mineral
still water (stil uater) agua sin gas Can I have some/any tomato salad with the chicken?
waiter (wayter)
Sparkling water (sparkling) agua con gas Garzon Sorry, miss we don’t have some/any chicken but we have some/any fish.
apple juice (apl yus) jugo de manzana
of course (of cors) por supuesto Mary, would you like some/any chips?
fish (fish) pescado
No, thank you. But I would like some/any rice.

Do you have some/any money?

III. Dialogue
salad (salad)
In a restaurant....
PAUL: Are you girls hungry?
MARY: Yes, we are very hungry.
LUCY: I’m very hungry and thirsty.
PAUL: Would you like to have some lunch?
MARY: Good idea, let’s have something to eat.
I think we have a problem! I don’t have some/any money with me!
ensalada
Do you know some/any English words by now?
Yes, I know some/any English words.
Bueno, esto es todo por hoy. La próxima vez vas a tener tu primera prueba. Estudia todas
las lecciones que has aprendido hasta ahora. Vamos a ver si después de ocho clases
puedes hablar un poco de ingles. See you next week!

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