Worksheet 6: Food, Shopping & Prices

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Part A – Café menu reading
Read the menu, then answer the questions.
Riverside Café Menu
Coffee — $3.00 | Tea — $2.50 | Orange Juice — $3.50
Sandwich — $5.00 | Soup — $4.00 | Salad — $6.00
Cake — $4.50 | Ice Cream — $3.00
- How much is a coffee? _____
- What is the cheapest drink? _____
- What is the most expensive food item? _____
- You order a sandwich and a tea. How much is that in total? _____
- Is the salad more or less expensive than the soup? _____
Part B – Countable or uncountable?
Write C (countable) or U (uncountable) for each word.
- rice _____
- apple _____
- water _____
- egg _____
- bread _____
- banana _____
Part C – Shopping list gap-fill
Complete with a, an, or some.
- I need ___ milk.
- I need ___ orange.
- I need ___ rice.
- I need ___ eggs.
- I need ___ apple.
Part D – Polite requests
Rewrite these as polite requests using “I’d like…” or “Could I have…”.
- Give me a coffee. → _____
- I want the menu. → _____
- Give me the bill. → _____
Part E – Extra practice (online): how much or how many?
- ___ bananas do you want?
- ___ water do you drink every day?
- ___ are these shoes?
- ___ people are in your family?
Answer Key
Part A: 1. $3.00 · 2. Tea ($2.50) · 3. Salad ($6.00) · 4. $7.50 · 5. More expensive
Part B: 6. U · 7. C · 8. U · 9. C · 10. U · 11. C
Part C: 12. some · 13. an · 14. some · 15. some · 16. an
Part D: 17. I’d like a coffee, please. / Could I have a coffee, please? · 18. I’d like the menu, please. / Could I have the menu, please? · 19. I’d like the bill, please. / Could I have the bill, please?
Part E: 20. How many · 21. How much · 22. How much · 23. How many
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Review countable and uncountable nouns with our Grammar Quiz (A1).
CEFR A1 — Reading: I can understand short, simple texts such as menus and price lists.
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