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Food Quantifiers (partitives, defined in part)
Specify amounts or units
a spoonful of
- honey
- medicine
- ice cream
- sugar
a bottle of (glass, plastic)
- milk
- water
- beer
- wine
- cola
a cup of, a mug of, a pot of
- coffee
- tea
- cocoa
- hot water
a glass of
- beer (a stein, a mug, a keg)
- cola (a bottle)
- lemonade
- soda (a bottle)
a pitcher of
- water
- lemonade
- juice
a barrel of (wood [oak])
- wine
- vinegar
- whiskey
a gallon of, a liter of (container size)
- milk
- wine
- oil
- orange juice
- water
a peck of ( container size, ~2 gallons)
- apples
- peaches
- pears
- pickled peppers
a bag of (paper or plastic)
- flour
- sugar
- oats
- beans
a sack of (coth)
- flour
- rice
- corn
- wheat
- potatoes
a box, a tin, a package (cardboard, metal, plastic)
- pasta
- cookies
- rice
- crackers
a carton of (mostly cardboard)
- eggs
- milk
- yogurt
- soup
a plate of
- cookies
- food
- candy
a bowl of
- cereal
- fruit
- soup
a pound of, a kilo of (weight)
- meat
- apples
- onions
- potatoes
- coffee
a bushel of (container size, 4 pecks, 8 gallons)
- apples
- barley
- wheat
- maize
- oats
Also see Quantity Phrases – negative, A Determiner, Some / Any, Little / Few
"bushel." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 22 Aug. 2016, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushel.
"peck." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 22 Aug. 2016,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peck.
Shape Quantifiers
Specify a quantity by shape
Shape
NO SHAPE
a lump / hunk / chunk / dollop of
- sugar (a cube, a lump, a spoonful)
- cheese (a hunk, a chunk, a slice)
- chocolate (achunk, a hunk, a square)
- mayonnaise (a dollop, spoonful)
LONG
a stalk of
- of celery (a rib of celery)
- rhubarb
- broccoli
a spear of
- asparagus
- broccoli
- lemongrass
a stick of
- gum
- cinnamon
- butter
ROUND
a head of
- lettuce
- cabbage /cauliflower
- garlic
- broccoli "a crown"
an ear of (ear botany)
- corn (maize)
- wheat
- barley
a wheel of
- cheese (Swiss)
- Gruyère
- cheddar
a slice of
- salami
- bread (squarish)
- ham
- cheese
a pod of
a clove of
- garlic (a section)
- shallots
a bunch / a cluster of
- grapes / dates / figs "cluster"
- tomatoes
- bananas
- onions (bunch)
- carrots (bunch)
a sprig of
- parsley / cilantro
- dill / fennel
- mint / spearmint
- thyme / oregano / rosemary
NO SHAPE
a pile of
- flour
- sugar (a cube, a lump, a spoonful)
- rice
- cocoa
FLAT
a stack of
- pancakes with a pat of butter
- tortillas
- toast
a leaf of
- lettuce
- kale
- cabbage
- basil
a sheet of
- dough
- filo
- pastry
- pasta (lasagna)
RECTANGLE
a bar of, a square of
- chocolate
- ice-cream (bar)
- (soap)
- (gold)
a cube of (small)
- butter (stick)
- sugar
- bouillon (meat flavor)
- ice
a block of (large)
- ice
- feta (a slice)
- chocolate
a loaf of
- bread (a slice)
- banana bread
- meat loaf (ground meat mix)
- sugarloaf (refined sugar shape)
HAND MEASURE
a dash
- salt
- pepper
- cumin
- cinnamon
pinch of
- salt
- pepper
- cinnamon
- sugar
a handful of
- olives
- cherry tomatoes
- nuts
- raisins
- beans
an armful of, an armload of
- radishes
- onions
- carrots
- corn
Meat Quantifiers
Specify a quantity by cut
Words for Live Animals vs. Meat (flesh)
An article is used before an animal name such as a dog, a cat, a turkey. (The noun is unspecific, any.) The word cattle is an exception.
cattle (no singular form exists)
a calf (a young milk fed animal)
Cattle is the collective noun for cows, bulls, steer and heifers.
A steer is a young castrated male.
A heifer is a young female.
A cow is a mature female that has reproduced (had calves)
A bull is a mature male that can reproduce sexually.
a turkey
a chicken
a duck
a goose
a fish
a halibut (kind of particular fish)
a salmon (silent "l")
a cod
a tuna
Food substances are not usually countable unless they have quantifiers. They are either too small to count, or they are liquids.
beef, veal (young or milk fed)
- a roast of beef (roast beef)
- a leg / a shoulder
- a rib / a chop
- a flank
- a steak / a slice
- a patty (hamburger–ground meat)
turkey, chicken, duck
- a roast
- a leg
- a wing
- a breast
- a boned turkey (boneless)
- a patty (ground meat in a flat round shape)
fish
- a whole ___ (halibut, tuna, salmon)
- a tail
- a fillet
- a steak
- a patty (ground meat in a flat round shape)
Practice 1
Meat Quantifiers
Determine the meat that comes from each of the animals mentioned in the sentence.
- Select the response from the list that best completes the sentence.
- Compare your responses to the feedback by clicking the "Check" or "Check 1-10" button.
Practice 2
Food Quantifiers
Determine which quantifier can be used with the food in the sentence.
- Select the response from the list that best completes the sentence.
- Compare your response to the feedback by clicking the "check 11-15" button at the bottom, or click the "Check" button to the left as you go.
Practice 3
Food Quantifiers in a Recipe
A Greek Salad
To make a salad , wash ___ lettuce thoroughly and pat the leaves dry. Remove three ____ celery, wash, and slice it into small pieces. Boil five ____ asparagus for 1 minute and let cool. Arrange the ____ lettuce on a plate and create a "bed". Slice the tomatoes very thin. Place the ____ tomato on the lettuce in a fan shape. Lay the ___ asparagus on top of the ___ tomato and lettuce Take a ___ feta cheese and crumble it into pieces on top of the tomatoes.
Place a few ____ basil on top of the feta. Put ___ olives around the edges. Mix one ___ vinegar with ___ olive oil. Add a ___ dried oregano and a ___ salt and pepper. Drizzle a ___ the dressing (vinaigrette) over the salad and serve. Serve with a ___ sparkling water. Add a few ___ ice to keep the water chilled. Then, add a couple of ___ lemon for flavor. Your delicious, healthy salad is ready to enjoy!
arrange (V) — place or lay down something in a pattern or design
chilled (Adj) — iced
crumble (V) — press down on something until it breaks into bits
dressing (N) — vinaigrette (a mixture of vinegar, oil, mustard, etc.)
drizzle (V) — pour slowly in drops
sparkling water — carbonated water; water with natural gas bubbles
Edit and add quantifiers.
- Edit the sentence(s) in the text box.
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