Grammar: Burger or broccoli?

Determiners

1Complete the sentences with some or any. 

• 1Cows are very important animals in India. In someany parts of the country, it's a crime to kill a cow and people don't eat beef.

• 2There isn't someany fruit that doesn't contain vitamins.

• 3'Is there someany sugar in lemons?' 'Yes, a typical lemon contains about two grams of sugar!'

• 4In Peru, someany bread is made of potatoes. It's very popular in the Andes.

• 5People can live for more than a month without food, but only a week if they don't have someany water.

• 6SomeAny people don't eat meat or dairy products. They're called vegans.

Determiners

2Complete the blog posts. Use the words in the boxes. 

MOVE
• a lot of
• a little
• some
• any

I became a vegan because I'm allergic to 

¹  

types of food, like milk and cheese. I can have fish, but I don't eat it because I don't like the smell. Of course, I eat 

²  

vegetables and nuts. I have salad every day. Do I eat 

³  

chocolate? Well, I never eat milk chocolate because it makes me ill, but I sometimes have just 

⁴  

dark chocolate.

MOVE
• many
• much
• some
• a few

I'm a vegetarian. I never eat meat. When I go out for dinner with friends, I usually have 

⁵  

salad and cheese or eggs. There aren't 

⁶  

restaurants that make special food for vegetarians in my city − I think there are only two. I want to make vegetarian pasta tonight, so I'm here in the supermarket and I'm going to buy 

⁷  

tomatoes and an onion as well. I need to buy juice, too – there isn't 

⁸  

left in the fridge.

MOVE
• a few
• any
• a lot of
• much

I'm a fruitarian, like everyone else in my family. This means that I eat 

⁹  

fruit, but I don't eat 

¹⁰  

vegetables at all. I don't eat meat, fish or dairy products either, so there isn't 

¹¹  

protein in my diet. I had 

¹²  

biscuits after breakfast this morning, but don't tell my mum – they're really unhealthy!

Determiners

3Complete the healthy eating questionnaire with how much or how many. Then answer the questions to find out how healthy your diet is. 

• 1How muchHow many do you eat for breakfast?

  a nothing    b some cereal    c a lot of fruit

  2How muchHow many cola do you drink a day?

  a a lot    b a little    c none

  3How muchHow many portions of fruit and vegetables do you eat in a day?

  a none    b two or three    c five or more

  4How muchHow many glasses of water do you drink in a day?

  a one    b three    c more than five

  5How muchHow many meals do you miss in a week?

  a a lot    b a few    c none

  6How muchHow many junk food do you eat in a week?

  a five or six meals    b two meals    c none

Mostly As: You don't eat very well. Try to eat more fruit and drink more water – you'll feel better.

Mostly Bs: Your diet is OK. Try to drink fewer fizzy drinks and be sure to eat all your meals.

Mostly Cs: You eat very well. You're a healthy person – keep it up!

Determiners

4Choose the correct words. 

The caveman's diet

What did people eat 100,000 years ago? Were there 

¹anymucha little 

vegetables in their diet? 

²How manyHow muchA lot of meat did they eat? Did they drink 

³manymucha few 

milk? What was their favourite food? Scientist Rob Svelte answers 

⁴a fewmucha little 

questions about the diet of the caveman.

'Early humans started using fire 125,000 years ago, and learned to cook 

⁵a littleanysome 

meals around the same time. But what exactly did they cook? And how do we know? Well, scientists found bodies of prehistoric people in caves around the world and studied their teeth. There weren't 

⁶muchanya few 

dentists in the Stone Age,' laughs Rob. 'We can learn 

⁷manyanya lot of 

information from the teeth. For example, we believe that cavemen ate 

⁸a fewmucha lot of 

fruit, 

⁹someanymany 

meat and fish, and even 

¹⁰mucha littlea few 

cereal! We think they didn't eat 

¹¹manysomea little 

green vegetables, like broccoli, because they didn't like the bitter taste – 

¹²anymuchsome 

poisonous plants taste bitter, too. Surprisingly, the early humans didn't drink 

¹³a fewmuchmany 

milk. We didn't start farming animals and drinking their milk until about 8,000 BC.'

So, what was the caveman's favourite food? A burger, of course!

5  What are your favourite foods? Are they healthy or unhealthy? Write three sentences to explain why. I think oranges are healthy because they contain a lot of vitamins. Crisps aren't healthy because ...  Write your task in another program (e.g. Word).  Save the file to your computer.  Upload your file.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.  Select Submit to Dropbox to send your work to your teacher.