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Talking about quantity
Chapters 4 & 5, Book Chapters 4 & 5, Book 5B5B
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Second EditionSecond Edition
Countable & uncountable Countable & uncountable nounsnouns
an apple
things we can count
plural : more than onemore than one three apples
Countable nouns
singular: only only oneone
We use singular verbs or plural verbs with countable nouns.
e.g. There is a chicken leg.
There are three oranges.
Countable nouns
Countable & uncountable Countable & uncountable nounsnouns
Uncountable nouns things we cannot count
Countable & uncountable Countable & uncountable nounsnouns
a meat two waters
We don’t use a, an or 1,2,3… before them.
We only use singular verbs with uncountable nouns.
e.g. There is a lot of soup.
There is some water.
There are two waters.
Countable & uncountable Countable & uncountable nounsnounsUncountable nouns
PracticePracticeCountable
pear
ricee.g. rice
pear
cheese
bread
milk milk
grape
cheese
bread
mango
tomato
tomato
grape
mango
Uncountable
congee
salt
egg
meat
prawn
ham
chicken wings
Countable
PracticePracticeUncountable
chicken wings
egg
prawn
congee
meat
salt
ham
Talking about a small Talking about a small amountamount We use a few and a little.
We use a few with plural countable nouns.
e.g. There are a few apples.
There are a few fruit tarts.
= not many apples
= not many fruit tarts
We use a little with uncountable nouns.
Talking about a small Talking about a small amountamount
There is a little bread.
e.g. There is a little water.= not much
water
= not much bread
We use plural verbs with a few and singular verbs with a little.
There are a few rulers.
e.g.
a few a little
a little milk.There is
Talking about a small Talking about a small amountamount
bread
congee
fruit
soup
cakes
eggs
melons
oranges
Now you try.Now you try.
is a little
a few
a littlea few
is a little
is a little
are a few
e.g. There ____ _________ apples.are a few
1 There ____ _________ soup.
2 Mary has _________ fruit tarts.
3 Peter ate ________ fish and ________ prawns.
4 There ____ _________ cheese.
5 There ____ _________ water.
6 There ____ _________ vegetables.
We use plenty of and a lot of.
We use plenty of with both uncountable and plural countable nouns.
Talking about a large Talking about a large amountamount
e.g. There is plenty of rice.
There are plenty of chicken wings.
We use plenty of with positive sentences.
We should eat plenty of vegetables. (positive)
Don’t eat plenty of sweets. (negative)
Talking about a large Talking about a large amountamount
We use a lot of with both uncountable and plural countable nouns.
e.g. There is a lot of water.
There are a lot of fruit tarts.
Talking about a large Talking about a large amountamount
We use a lot of with both positive and negative sentences.
We should drink a lot of water. (positive)
Don’t eat a lot of sweets. (negative)
Talking about a large Talking about a large amountamount
SummarySummary
a few
a little
plenty of
a lot of
uncountable
countable
positive
negative
PracticePracticeSally Peter
a lot of a few a little a lot of a few a littlevegetablesfruit tartssoup
Sally Petera lot of a few a little a lot of a few a little
fishchicken wingsprawns
We use many with countable nouns and much with uncountable nouns.
Many, much, a lot ofMany, much, a lot of
We usually use many and much in negative sentences.
I don’t have many cakes. (negative)She doesn’t eat much fruit. (negative)
We use a lot of with both uncountable and plural countable nouns.
e.g. a lot of orange juice
a lot of chicken wings
Many, much, a lot ofMany, much, a lot of
We use a lot of in both positive and negative sentences.
e.g. There is a lot of food in the kitchen. (positive)
Don’t eat a lot of sweets. (negative)
Many, much, a lot ofMany, much, a lot of
Now you try.Now you try.Finish the sentences with many, much or a lot of.
1 Sally is not hungry. She does not eat ______________ food for dinner.
2 There are not _________ hamburgers.
3 Is there ____________ orange juice left?
4 John ate _________ chicken wings yesterday.
much many
mucha lot of
/ a lot of
/ a lot of
/ a lot of
/ many
5 I don’t have _________ oranges.
6 There is not ________ milk left in the bottle.
7 There is _________ rice on the plate.
8 Are there ____________ tomatoes in the basket?
many
much
a lot of
many/a lot of
/ a lot of
/ a lot of
Enough, not Enough, not enoughenough
There are enough pears.
There are not enough pears.
There are four people and four pears. Everyone can have a pear.
There are four people but only three pears. One of them cannot have a pear.
Too much, too Too much, too manymany Both of these mean more than enough.
We use too much with uncountable nouns and too many with plural countable nouns.
e.g. too much water
too many chicken wings
We use singular verbs with too much and plural verbs with too many.
e.g. There is too much salt in the soup.
uncountable
There are too many sweets in Harry’s bag.
countable
Too much, too Too much, too manymany
Now you try.Now you try.Finish the sentences with too much, too many, enough or not enough.
1 Jenny is unhealthy. She eats __________ meat and __________ sweets.
2 There are ten people and eighty mangoes. There are __________ mangoes.
3 There are five dogs but only two bones. There are __________ bones.
4 Tim is too thin because he does not eat __________.
5 We should not drink __________ cola. It’s not good for our health.
too muchtoo
many
too many
not enough
enough
too much
6 I have to go now. I don’t have __________ time to wait for him.
7 Mum bought twenty cakes for only two of us. There are __________ cakes.
8 The baby is still hungry because there is __________ milk in the bottle.
9 John ate three chicken legs, ten cakes and five sandwiches. He ate __________.
10 My sister is unhealthy because she does not do __________ exercise.
enough
too many
not enough
too much
enough
PracticPracticee
A HEALTHY DIET
a lot of
We should eat:
_________
_________
_________
We should drink:
_________
We should eat a lot of / plenty of vegetables.
/ plenty of
a lot of / plenty of
a lot of
a lot of
/ plenty of
/ plenty of
We should eat a lot of / plenty of fruit.We should drink a lot of / plenty of water.We should drink a lot of / plenty of juice.
A HEALTHY DIET
We shouldn’t eat:
We shouldn’t drink:
_________
_________
_________
_________
too much / a lot of
too much / a lot of
too much / a lot of
too many / a lot of
We shouldn’t eat too much / a lot of meat.We shouldn’t eat too much / a lot of fried food.We shouldn’t drink too many / a lot of soft drinks.We shouldn’t drink too much / a lot of coffee.
too much / a lot of / plenty of rice
too much / plenty of soup
enough / a lot of / plenty of vegetables
enough / plenty of water
too many apples
__________ vegetables
__________ soup
___________ rice
__________ water
__________ apples
Describe the amount of the food.
Set A (for 1 person
)
Dinner
There is too much / plenty of soup.
There is too much / a lot of / plenty of rice.
There are enough / a lot of / plenty of vegetables.There is enough / plenty of water.
There are too many apples.
__________ rice
_________ vegetables
________ meat
________ soft drinks
________ oranges
enough rice
enough / a lot of / plenty of vegetablesnot enough / a little / not much meattoo many / a lot of / plenty of soft drinksnot enough / not many oranges
DinnerSet B (for
2 persons )
There is enough rice.There are enough / a lot of / plenty of vegetables.
There is not enough / a little / not much meat.There are too many / a lot of / plenty of soft drinks.There are not enough / not many oranges.