Lunch: the midday meal

The idea

Use have lunch for the meal and for lunch to say what you eat then.

Examples

• We eat lunch at school.
• His lunch is in the bag.
• I have soup for lunch today.
• Lunch is ready in the kitchen.
• They meet a friend after lunch.
• The children bring lunch from home.

Watch out

Do not normally use a in have lunch; a specific lunch can take an article.

Try it yourself

1. Choose the correct word. The midday meal is ___. (lunch / breakfast)

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   lunch

   lunch: This is the meal around midday.

2. Choose the correct word. We have rice ___ lunch. (for / under)

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   for

   for: It connects the rice with that meal.

3. Choose the correct word. My family has lunch ___ noon. (at / in)

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   at

   at: This preposition goes before noon.

Use it today

Say where you have lunch and what you eat.