English III · A1.3. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students planning together on campus, with the flag of Canada, autumn maple leaves, mountains and Toronto.
English III · Lesson 1 · Step 1 of 5

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What you bring
From English II you bring there is / there are, comparatives, can and quantities with prices. Lesson 1 uses them with real menus.
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use Countable / uncountable + some / any with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can understand a menu and talk about food choices.

Puedo entender un menú y hablar de opciones de comida.

Open the URA of Lesson 1 · III PAC

The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the III PAC. Take notes: you will use them in the forum.

Countable / uncountable + some / any

Countable: an egg, two burgers. Uncountable: rice, bread, water (no plural). some (+), any (− / ?). How much + uncountable, how many + countable.

CountableUncountable
+some sandwichessome soup
−There aren't any eggs.There isn't any milk.
?Are there any vegetarian dishes?Is there any rice?
QuantityHow many burgers?How much water?
En español

Incontables: no llevan «a» ni plural: «some bread», no «a bread». Para contarlos: «a slice of bread», «a glass of water».

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Léxica, about menu vocabulary, countable / uncountable nouns and some / any. SofIA asks your name, your career and your lesson, then helps you step by step. It explains, gives hints and helps you create your own mini-lesson, flashcards or practice. It never does graded work for you.

Available: SofIA Gramatical · SofIA Léxica · SofIA Fonética · SofIA Comunicativa · SofIA Profesional · SofIA Cultural.

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Your career, your examples

III PAC · September – DecemberHeritage & festivalSeptember (about 11 days) · approx.Toronto, Canada

Cultural Corner · Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

This week: TIFF is in Toronto. Find a restaurant area in Toronto and describe a menu.

TIFF started in 1976. Last September, the audience voted for their favourite film. Many winners later went to the Oscars.

Key words

  • premiere estreno
  • audience público
  • festival festival

Fact

The main prize is the People's Choice Award: the public chooses, not a jury.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Films about health and society.
  • Engineering & technology: Cinema technology.
  • Business & economics: Film sales and tourism.
  • Education, humanities & communication: Films in many languages.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: Documentaries about the planet.
Mirror Honduras. Is there a film festival in Honduras or Central America?

Official source

Mission: Find the name of the main prize at TIFF. Write who chooses it.

Cultural competency: I can say what TIFF is (September), use Countable / uncountable + some / any to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

See it in my III PAC Cultural Passport

Language bridge · plurilingual and intercultural

Use every language you know to learn English, and use English to understand other people.

English ↔ SpanishNotice the difference

Countable / uncountable: some apples (count) · some rice (no count). Spanish works almost the same.

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

Canada has two official languages, so menus can be in English and French: pain = bread · fromage = cheese · poulet = chicken.

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

Poutine and maple syrup (Canada) and baleadas (Honduras): describe a typical dish without saying one food is «weird».

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Explain a bilingual menu item to a friend who doesn't read French or English.

Your languages count: ask at home or in your community how to say it in Garífuna, Miskitu, the English of the Bay Islands or any other language you know, and add it to your glossary. Add it to «My languages» in your Passport →

Arts Corner · LiteraturePrince Edward Island, Canada · 1908

Anne of Green Gables · the tea party

L. M. Montgomery

Anne is an orphan girl with red hair. In one famous chapter she prepares a tea party with some cake and a red drink… with a big surprise!

You use it in: 2 · Forum · Activity 1

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in103_lessons.js (lección 1). Ingreso al UNAH Virtual Campus: data/links.json. H5P (práctica del sitio y calificado del Campus): data/h5p/. Anuncios: data/anuncios.json. Títulos y porcentajes según el Calendario. Inglés I: 12 lecciones (decisión de la Sección, 26-10-2026); las actividades 1–38 no cambian. Regenerar con python3 generator/build.py.