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Grammar
Quantifiers
3 Read the table. Find more examples in the dialogue in
Ex. 2.
Listening
5 a) Julie is making a
shopping list for a dinner
party. Listen and put a tick
( ✓) next to the things she
needs and a cross ( ✗ ) next
to the things she doesn’t
need.
b) Ask and answer questions,
as in the example.
A: How much chicken does she need?
B: She needs a lot – two kilos!
How many eggs does she need?
A: She doesn’t need any eggs.
A: How much junk food do you eat each
week?/Do you eat much junk food?
B: I eat a little, but not too much.
S peaking & Writing
6 Use the words below to
ask and answer questions about
your eating habits.
Learning grammar
Make a note of your grammar mistakes and their corrections.
This will help you to avoid making similar mistakes.
b
4 Choose the correct word. Compare with your partner.
1 A: How many/much butter have we got?
B: Very few/little. Get some more.
2 A: Is there many/any fruit?
B: There are much/a lot of bananas and apples, but there
aren’t some/many oranges.
3 A: How much/many eggs do we need for the omelette?
B: Not a lot/many . Just three or four.
4 A: There isn’t some/much flour left in the cupboard. Only
half a bag.
B: OK. Get some/few more then.
5 A: Do we need some/any tomatoes?
B: Yes, there are only a little/a few left.
6 A: There’s very few/little cheese left.
B: I’ll get some. How many/much do you want?
7 A: There’s many/no bread left.
B: Let’s buy a loaf, then, and some/any biscuits.
8 A: There’s too much/too many sugar in my coffee. I can’t
drink it.
B: Really? I always put a lot of/much sugar in my coffee.
ñ fizzy drinks ñ milk ñ water
ñ lemonade ñ tea ñ orange juice
ñ coffee
ñ a lot of/lots ñ too much/many
ñ a few/a little ñ some
ñ very few/little
ñ junk food ñ fruit ñ eggs ñ meat
ñ chocolate ñ bread ñ vegetables
EAT
DRINK
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COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE
How many sweets are there? How much milk is there?
There are too
many sweets.
There is too
much milk.
There are a lot of
sweets.
There is a lot of
milk.
There are some/
a few sweets.
There is some/ a
little milk.
There are (very) few sweets./
There aren’t many sweets.
There’s (very) little milk/
There isn’t much milk.
Are there any sweets?
There aren’t any sweets./
There are no sweets.
Is there any milk?
There isn’t any milk./
There’s no milk.
2 kilos of chicken ✓
6 eggs ✗
1 kilo of cheese
3 bags of crisps
2 bottles of cola
1 carton of apple juice
1 bag of rice
20 sausages
Shopping List
2
see
pp. GR3-
GR4
Vocabulary Bank 2 p. VB6
7 Use your answers in Ex. 6 to
write a few sentences about
your eating habits. Read your
sentences to the class.