Food Containers and Measurements

Food Containers

(An Introduction and Review)​

LAYCCA Intermediate ESL

Summer 2022​

We all love food!

It tastes good and keeps us alive!

But talking about food can be difficult in English

But talking about food can be difficult in English

Today we will:

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• review the names of food containers

• learn the measurements for dry foods

• learn the measurements for wet foods​

Are you ready?

​Please take notes​

Food Containers

​We use these to hold food or drinks.

an item that holds something else

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The following words are containers​. We use them to hold food and drinks

Container

a metal container that holds wet items

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Cans hold wet and dry foods.​

Can

a plastic or fabric container for food

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Bags hold wet and dry items​

Bag

a plastic or glass container that holds liquids

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Bottle

a plastic or glass container for food

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Jars usually hold wet items!

Jar

a paper container that holds dry food​

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​Boxes usually hold dry food.

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​1= box

2 or more = boxes​

Box

US Food measurements

A system of ordering amounts of food or liquid

What is a measurement?

The United States does not use the metric system for food! ​

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measurment in the US are weird

The United States uses one type of measurement for dry food and a different measurement for wet food and liquids!

It gets weirder!

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Dry measurements

the measurement for weight

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We use pounds for foods that are dry. ​

Pound (lbs)

Pounds in English are said as fractions, not as percentages! ​

Pound (lbs)

​This is 25% of a pound.

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​Four of these make one pound! ​

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1/4 pound = ​113g

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Quarter Pound ( 1/4lb )​

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​This is 33% of a pound.

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Three of these combined make one pound! ​​

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1/3 pound= ​151g

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This is larger than 1/4th! ​

Third of a Pound ( 1/3lb )​

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​This is 50% of a pound

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Two of these combined make one pound! ​

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1/2 pound= ​227g

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Half Pound ( 1/2lb )​

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​This is 75% of a pound​

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3/4 pound= ​340g

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Three Fourths of a Pound ( 3/4lb )​

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​​This is 100% of a pound

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1 pound= ​435g

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1 pound (1lb)​

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Wet foods

and liquid measurements

Wet foods and drinks​ are measured by volume.

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This is not measured with the metric system!

Measuring wet things

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This is the smallest amount of liquid measurement in the lesson.

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1 cup = ​240ml

Cups (c)

This is the volume of two cups.

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1 pint = 2 cups

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1 pint = 480ml​

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Pints (pt)

1 quart has the same volume as 4 cups

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1 quart = 4 cups

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1 quart = ​0.95L

quarts (qt)

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The largest measurement of volume for liquids.

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This is ​equal to 16 cups

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1 gallon = 16 cups

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1 gallon = 3.8L

Gallon (g)

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