TALLER 6

Support material / Material de Apoyo

Learning activity / Actividad de aprendizaje

You will practice the use of the quantifiers some and any. / Usted practicará el uso
de los cuantificadores some y any.

Presentation / Presentación

PRESEN
A. Definition: Quantifiers show the quantity of a noun. They answer the question
“how many / much”. Some quantifiers are used only with countable nouns,
others with uncountable nouns, and others, with both. / Definición: Los
cuantificadores indican la cantidad de un sustantivo. Son respuestas a la
pregunta “cuánto(a) / cuántos(as)”. Algunos se pueden utilizar solo con cosas
contables, otros solo con cosas incontables y otros, con ambos.

Some: We use some to indicate a quantity. It can be used with countable and
uncountable nouns and in affirmative sentences. / Usamos “some” para indicar
“algo de”. Se utiliza con cosas contables e incontables y en oraciones
afirmativas.

Examples / Ejemplos:

 There is some water in the glass.

 There are some cookies.

 There are some peanuts in the plate.

 I always drink some coffee in the morning.

Some can also we be used in questions when we offer or request something . /

Some también se utiliza en preguntas, cuando realizamos un ofrecimiento o
una petición.

Examples / Ejemplos:

 Can I have some water?

  Would you like some dessert?

 Can I get some napkins?

Any: We use “any” in interrogative or negative sentences. It cannot be used in

affirmative sentences. / Utilizamos “any” para indicar “algo de” en oraciones
interrogativas, o “nada de” en oraciones negativas. No se puede usar en
oraciones afirmativas.

Examples / Ejemplos:

 Is there any fruit?

 Are there any oranges?

 There ins’t any food in the table.

 There aren’t any people in the restaurant.

In the following table has the different meaning and usage of quantifiers / En la
siguiente tabla puede observar los diferentes significados y usos de los
cuantificadores.

Quantifies Meaning Countable Uncountable Affirmative Negative Interrogative

Some Algunos/as X X X X
Algo de/
Any X X X X
Ninguno

Practice / Práctica

A. Complete the sentences with some or any. / Complete las oraciones con some
o any.

1. I am a vegetarian, I don’t eat any meat.

2. A: Would you like some ice cream?

B: No thanks, I can’t eat any sweet.

3. A: Do you want some onions in your burger?

B: Yes please. I love onions. But don’t put any tomatoes please.
4. Are there some vegetables for the salad?

5. There aren’t any good options in this restaurant.

6. There are some beautiful flowers in the garden.

7. A: Would you like some coffee sir?

B: No thanks, just the bill. And I need to pay by credit card, I don’t have any
cash.
B. John is talking to his wife before going to the supermarket, complete the
conversation with some or any. / John está hablando con su esposa antes de ir
al supermercado, complete la conversación con some o any.

John: I am going to the supermarker,

I need to buy some eggs, do you
need (1) some products?

Anee: Yes please, I need (2) some bread

for the dinner.

John: Ok, anything else?

Anee: Do you want (3) any dessert?

John: Sure.

Anee: Ok, please bring (4) some ice

cream.

John: I am afraid I can’t eat (5) any dairy

products this week. Remember what the doctor said? No milk at all!
Fuente: SENA
Anee: Oh, I am sorry, I completely forgot about it. Bring (6) some fruits then.

John: Ok dear. I´ll be back soon.

C. Look at the following picture of a supermarket cart, write a description of the

products you see using there is / are and some / any. You can also describe
some of the products the cart does not have. / Observe la siguiente imagen de
un carrito de supermercado, escriba una descripción de los productos que
usted ve usando there is /are y some / any. También puede describir algunos
de los productos que el carro no tiene.
 Fuente: SENA

There are some bananas in the cart

There is some water in the cart

There are some carrots in the cart

There is some liquor in the cart

There are some tomatoes in the cart

There aren´t any cookies

There isn´t any rice

There isn´t any cheese

Production / Producción

Imagine you are going to the supermarket. Check your kitchen to see the products
you need, then write sentences describing the products you need and the products
you don’t need to buy using there is / are and some / any. / Imagine que va a ir al
supermercado. Revise su cocina para ver los productos que necesita, luego
escriba oraciones describiendo los productos que necesita y los productos que no
necesita comprar usando there is / are y some / any.

There is some liquor, I don´t need any liquor

There are some beans, I need some beans

There is some rice, I need some rice

There is some kitchen oil, I need some Kitchen oil

There is some soap, I need some soap

There are some onions, I don´t need any onions

There is some sugar, I need some sugar.

The Science of
Addictive Food
1). Watch the video and put the words from the box in the gaps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cpdb78pWl4

hardwired enhancing spoonful bliss crunch replicate tremendous

palatable taste receptors proprietary irresistible vanished
1. There’s science behind that crunch.
2. The food industry is even researching the connection between taste receptors on your
tongue and the corresponding chemical reaction in your brain.
3. Here is the process for enhancing cheese flavor without the cheese.
4. If they can replicate that chemical reaction that may happen on your tongue or an aroma,
they can simulate the taste of something without it being at all real.
5. The food industry is extremely secretive, competitive and proprietary.
6. When they hit the perfect amounts, they call it “the bliss point” for sugar, “the mouth fill”
for fat, “the flavor burst” for salt, - they know that their products will be irresistible.
7. Scientists agree that these highly palatable foods can be addictive.
8. it becomes hardwired and it’s very hard to overcome.
9. Just one spoonful lights up the happy zones of the brain in clinical trials.
10. And what happens is then that your brain gets fooled into thinking that calories have
vanished
11. The tremendous amounts of money stand behind creating tastes and smells that feel real
but in reality are completely artificial.

2). Now watch it again and answer the questions

1. According to the video, what is the goal of the food industry?

R/ the goal of the food industry is food is simply irresistible

2. What do food companies rely on in order to understand how to make

food attractive to us?
R/ the companies use food combinations that make
chemical reaction between mouth and brain

3. How long did Michael Moss spend investigating science beyond

processed food?
R/ Michael Moss spend four years in his investigation

4. What are the starting materials for making a cheese flavor?

R/ for making the cheese flavor the starting materials are proteins and fat
5. What was the former position of Bruce Bradley?
R/ he was a food executive

6. What is his occupation now?

R/ he is a writer

7. What is one of the reasons why he left the industry?

R/ he was in trouble by he was doing

8. What does Michael Moss compare the process of writing of his book to?
R/ is necessary investigate

9. What are the” three pillars” of food processing industry?

R/ Sal, sugar and fat

10. Which word does the food industry hate?

R/ the word is addiction

11. What did Francis McGlone feed the British chef as a part of BBC program?
R/ he feed him chili

12. Which food company did he do Neuroscience for?

R/ he did neuroscience for unilever

13. Which other part of the body fascinates the food scientists?
R/ the other part of the body is the mouth

14. What is a “morish” food?

R/ is the food that make people want more

15. What happens when foods have one overriding flavor?

R/ it is really attractive
16. How did the crackers without salt taste?
R/ they did the crackers with chemicals products

17. What does the food industry depend on?

R/ food industry depends on people back for more
 Modern Technology has had a
tremendous effect on the lives of
people and their entertainment
habits. Today, the Internet has
undergone a phenomenal global growth.
It has become such an important data-
gathering and communication source
that few can't afford to ignore. The
Net encircles the globe.

Young people spend a lot of time on

their computers because it’s exiting
and they have found in the Net new
ways of meeting a basic human need: the desire to communicate with other people. E-
mail sends electronic messages from one person to another – like letters, but capable
of crossing the Atlantic in 15m. File transfers move bulk data from one computer to
another with these capacities, the Internet becomes post office, printing press and
meeting-place all in one.

Some people are making a fortune in cyberspace. Most companies have their own
websites; others exist only on the Internet. They are something called “dot com”
companies. Some of the most successful Net entrepreneurs are teenagers who are
still at school. They are called internet nerds.

Tom Hadfield, 16, started a football results website called soccer-net and it became
a great business.

To become a successful entrepreneur all you need is: to start a webpage of your own,
have a good idea for a business, think of a catchy name and find someone to lend you
money. And remember! English is the most used business language!

A) Read the text and say if the following statements are true or false.
Correct the false ones.

1. The Internet doesn't interfere at all with people’s lives. False, Modern
Technology has had a tremendous effect on the lives of people and their
entertainment habits.
2. Most teenagers only have a few hours of computer time. False Young people
spend a lot of time on their computers because it’s exiting
3. Internet nerds are teenagers who spend most of their time in front of the
computer true
4. The English language is not necessary to be successful on the Net. False
English is the most used business language

B) Complete the following sentences with ideas from the text:

1. Nowadays the Internet has become tremendously in an important data
gathering and communication source
2. Time spent on computers may be used for business, some people have
made a fortune in cyberspace

C) Answer the following questions, using your own words as far as possible
and expressing your point of view:

1. How does modern technology affect people's lives?

R/ the modern technology is used in many forms, some people send information
by the net, the net is a tremendous communication way.
2. Why does the Net encircle the Globe?
R/ because the net has become such an important data-gathering and
communication source that few can't afford to ignore.
3. How can people make a fortune in cyberspace?
R/ people make their own website and have a big idea for a good business, then
offer this services to other people, when the website is popular this becomes
in a good business.

D) Some people say the Internet can be dangerous. Others say that it can
be educational
 What do you think? Express your point of view in about 100 words.

The internet is a good tool for find information, and meeting with people in
any place, is a good tool for make business too. But some people like teenagers
use the internet for spending time, they use so much hours in front of
computer only texting with their friends, and uploading their personal
information in different sites of internet, so their address, phone number or
their pictures, this information may be used in crimes as frauds, extortion,
sexual crimes.
Other people spend their time visiting pages with sexual content. Other
people use the internet for learn, and old people think internet is garbage.
In conclusion is good or bad, depending form you use it.
 Document control / Control del documento

Name Position Dependence Date

Theme expert
Dirección de
Author Asesor English
Juan Carlos Formación August
Dot Works -
Solano Profesional. 2014
Programa de
Dirección General
Bilingüismo

Copy editor – Centro

Luz Clarena September
Adaptation Línea de Agroindustrial.
Arias 2014
Producción Regional Quindío