55767 understanding quantities

1. Complete the sentences below using one of these words:

Bottle piece cup tub ball packet pat jar
Book plate tube can half bowl dozen
1. A ______________________ of margarine.
2. A ______________________ of Coke.
3. A ______________________ of sweets.
4. A ______________________ of string.
5. A ______________________ of toothpaste.
6. A ______________________ of stamps.
7. A ______________________ of raspberry jam.
8. A ______________________ of lager.
9. A ______________________ of tea.
10. A ______________________ of bread and butter.
11. A ______________________ of soup.
12. A ______________________ eggs.
13. A ______________________ of material.
14. A ______________________ of butter.
15. A ______________________ of wine.

Shopping List – Mixed-up Quantities

Look
Look at
at the
the shopping
shopping list.
list.
Write
each
Write each phrase

phrase using
using aa more
more appropriate
appropriate quantity
quantity word.
word.
For
For example:
example: ‘a
‘a tin
tin of
of washing-up
washing-up liquid’
liquid’
should
‘a
should be
be
‘a bottle
bottle of
of washing-up
washing-up liquid’.
liquid’.

Shopping List:

1. a jar of crisps

2. Add an appropriate noun

1) A bar of ______________.
2) A cup of ______________.
3) A glass of ______________
4) A loaf of ______________.
5) A piece of ______________.
6) A bottle of ______________.
7) A pint of ______________.
8) A litre of ______________.
9) A bag of ______________.
10) A packet of ____________.
11) A ball of ______________.
12) A jar of ______________.
13) A lot of ______________.
14) A plate of______________.
15) A slice of ______________.
16) A dish of ______________.
17) A pair of ______________.
18) A group of _____________.
19) A collection of _________
20) A chunk of_____________.
21) A bowl of______________.
22) A bouquet of ___________.
23) A handful of____________.
24) A carton of ____________.
25) A box of ______________.
26) A can of ______________.
27) A gallon of_____________.
28) A pool of ______________.
29) A barrel of ___________
30) A jug of _____________

31) A tank of ____________
32) A bundle of __________
33) A pack of ____________
34) A drop of ____________
35) A pot of _____________
36) A tin of ______________

______________________________
2. a bottle of
bread____________________________
3. a bag of chocolate
__________________________
4. a packet of orange
juice______________________
5. a tin of ice cream
___________________________
6. a can of chewing gum
_______________________
7. a loaf of sandwiches
________________________
8. a packet
of milk
Using
Determiners
.Correct
and rewrite these sentences
____________________________
1. 9.
a green
bagof

___________________________________
a carton
jam
2. some big table ___________________________________
_____________________________
3. a beautiful pictures ___________________________________
bardress
of cake
4. 10.
ten along
___________________________________
5. _____________________________
the new black trousers ___________________________________
6. 11.
an auncooked
egg ___________________________________
piece of lemonade
________________________
12. a bottle of cheese
__________________________


____________________________
14. a tub of fish

____________________________
15. a box of baked beans

_____________________

ANSWER

KEY

1. Complete the sentences below using one of these words:

Bottle piece cup tub ball packet pat jar
Book plate tube can half bowl dozen

1. A ________tub______________ of margarine.
2. A _______can_______________ of Coke.
3. A _______packet_______________ of sweets.
4. A ________ball______________ of string.
5. A _______tube_______________ of toothpaste.
6. A ________book______________ of stamps.
7. A ________jar______________ of raspberry jam.
8. A ________half______________ of lager.
9. A ________cup______________ of tea.
10. A ______plate________________ of bread and butter.
11. A _______bowl_______________ of soup.
12. A _______dozen_______________ eggs.
13. A _______piece_______________ of material.
14. A _______pat_______________ of butter.
15. A _______bottle_______________ of wine.

Shopping List – Mixed-up Quantities

Look
Look at
at the

the shopping
shopping list.
list.
Write
Write each
each phrase
phrase using
using aa more
more appropriate
appropriate quantity
quantity word.
word.
For
For example:
example: ‘a
‘a tin
tin of
of washing-up
washing-up liquid’
liquid’
should
‘a
should be
be
‘a bottle
bottle of
of washing-up
washing-up liquid’.
liquid’.

Shopping List:

1. a jar of crisps ___aa packet
packet of
of

crisps
crisps______________
2. a bottle of bread___aa loaf
loaf of
of

bread
bread_______________
3. a bag of chocolate _aa bar
bar of
of chocolate
chocolate____________
4. a packet of orange juice__aa carton
carton of
of orange
orange juice
juice___

2. Add an appropriate noun

1) A bar of ____soap
soap_______
2) A cup of _tea
tea___________

3) A glass of _water
water_______
4) A loaf of __bread
bread________
5) A piece of _toast
toast________
6) A bottle of __beer
beer_____
7) A pint of __milk
milk________
8) A litre of _lemonade
lemonade____
9) A bag of __crisps
crisps________
10) A packet of _biscuits
biscuits___
11) A ball of _string
string________
12) A jar of __jam
jam__________
13) A lot of __people
people_______
14) A plate of__cakes
cakes______
15) A slice of _ham
ham_________
16) A dish of _cream
cream________
17) A pair of _gloves
gloves________

18) A group of _children
children____
19) A collection of coins
coins____
20) A chunk of_chocolate
chocolate___
21) A bowl of__cereal
cereal______
22) A bouquet of flowers
flowers___
23) A handful of__sand
sand_____
24) A carton of washing
washing powder
powder
25) A box of _matches
matches______
26) A can of _cola
cola__________
27) A gallon of_petrol
petrol______
28) A pool of _water
water_______
29) A barrel of _ale
ale________
30) A jug of __milk
milk_________
31) A tank of _petrol
petrol_______
32) A bundle of _clothes

clothes___
33) A pack of _cards
cards_______
34) A drop of _rain
rain________
35) A pot of __ink
ink_________
36) A tin of __beans
beans_______

5. a tin of ice cream __aa tub
tub of
of ice
ice cream
cream____________
6. a can of chewing gum __aa packet
packet of
of chewing
chewing gum
gum____
7. a loaf of sandwiches __aa packet
packet of
of sandwiches
sandwiches______
8. a packet of milk __aa bottle
of
bottle of
milk
________________
milk

9. a carton of jam __aa jar
jar of
of
jam
jam___________________
10. a bar of cake ___aa slice
slice of
of
cake
cake________________
Using
11. a Determiners
piece of lemonade __aa bottle
bottle of
of lemonade
lemonade_______
.Correct and rewrite these sentences
12. a bottle of cheese ___aa piece
piece of
of
1. a green bag ___a green bag.________________________________
cheese
__________
cheese
2. some big table ____some big tables._______________________________
Using Determiners
a can ofpictures
lettuce__a
__abeautiful
bag

______________
3. 13.
a beautiful
picture._________________________________
bag of
of lettuce
lettuce
.Correct and rewrite these asentences
4. 14.
ten along
dress
____ten
long
dresses_______________________________
tubbag
of fish
_aa plate
plate of
of fish______________________
fish______________________
1. a green
___________________________________
5. the new black trousers ___the new black trousers.________________________________
2. 15.
some
big table
___________________________________
a box
of baked
beans

_aa tin
beans
tin of
of baked
baked
beans______
6. an uncooked
egg ____
an uncooked
egg._______________________________
3. a beautiful pictures ___________________________________
4. ten long dress ___________________________________
5. the new black trousers ___________________________________