Talking about quantity

1. Talking about quantity Chapters 4 & 5, Book 5B New Welcome to English Second Edition

2. Countable nouns an apple three apples Countable & uncountable nouns  things we can count singular: only one plural : more than one

3. Countable nouns e.g. There isa chicken leg. There arethree oranges. Countable & uncountable nouns  We use singularverbs or plural verbswith countable nouns.

4. Uncountable nouns  two waters  a meat Countable & uncountable nouns things we cannot count  We don’t use a, an or 1,2,3… before them.

5. Uncountable nouns e.g. There is a lot of soup. There is some water. Countable & uncountable nouns  We only use singular verbs withuncountable nouns. There are two waters.

6. Countable Uncountable Practice e.g. rice rice pear pear cheese cheese grape grape milk milk tomato tomato mango mango bread bread

7. Countable Uncountable Practice chicken wings chicken wings congee congee egg egg prawn prawn meat meat salt salt ham ham

8. e.g. There are a few apples. There area few fruit tarts. Talking about a small amount  We use a few and a little.  We use a few with pluralcountablenouns. = not many apples = not many fruit tarts

9. e.g. There isa little water. There isa little bread. Talking about a small amount  We use a little with uncountable nouns. = not much water = not much bread

10. e.g. There are a few rulers. a little milk. There is a few a little cakes eggs melons oranges bread congee fruit soup Talking about a small amount  We use plural verbs with a few andsingular verbs with a little.

11. e.g. There ____ _________ apples. 1 There ____ _________ soup. 2 Mary has _________ fruit tarts. 3 Peter ate ________ fish and ________ prawns. 4 There ____ _________ cheese. 5 There ____ _________ water. 6 There ____ _________ vegetables. Now you try. are a few is a little a few a little a few is a little is a little are a few

12. e.g. There isplenty of rice. There areplenty of chicken wings. Talking about a large amount  We use plenty of and a lot of.  We use plenty of with bothuncountable and pluralcountablenouns.

13.  We should eat plenty of vegetables. (positive)  Don’t eat plenty of sweets. (negative) Talking about a large amount  We use plenty of with positivesentences.

14. e.g. There is a lot of water. There are a lot of fruit tarts. Talking about a large amount  We use a lot of with bothuncountable and pluralcountablenouns.

15.  We should drink a lot of water. (positive)  Don’t eat a lot of sweets. (negative) Talking about a large amount We use a lot of with both positiveand negative sentences.

16. Summary uncountable countable positive negative a few   a little   plenty of    a lot of    

17. Practice      

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19. I don’t have many cakes. (negative) She doesn’t eat much fruit. (negative) Many, much, a lot of  We use many with countable nounsand much with uncountable nouns.  We usually use many and much innegative sentences.

20. e.g. a lot of orange juice a lot of chicken wings Many, much, a lot of  We use a lot of with bothuncountable and pluralcountablenouns.

21. e.g. There is a lot of food in the kitchen.(positive) Don’t eat a lot of sweets. (negative) Many, much, a lot of  We use a lot of in both positive andnegative sentences.

22. 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 / a lot of many / a lot of much / a lot of a lot of / many

23. many 5 I don’t have _________ oranges. 6 There is not ________ milk left in thebottle. 7 There is _________ rice on the plate. 8 Are there ____________ tomatoes in thebasket? / a lot of much / a lot of a lot of many /a lot of

24.     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. Enough, not enough There are enough pears. There are notenough pears.

25.  e.g. too much water too many chicken wings  Too much, too many  Both of these mean more than enough.  We use too much with uncountablenouns and too many with pluralcountable nouns.

26. e.g. There istoo muchsalt in the soup. There aretoo manysweetsin Harry’s bag. uncountable countable Too much, too many  We use singular verbs with too muchandplural verbs with toomany.

27. 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. Thereare __________ bones. 4 Tim is too thin because he does not eat __________. 5 We should not drink __________ cola. It’s notgood for our health. too much too many too many not enough enough too much

28. enough 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 notdo __________ exercise. too many not enough too much enough

29. _________ Practice A HEALTHY DIET We should eat: We should drink: a lot of / plenty of / plenty of a lot of _________ a lot of / plenty of a lot of / plenty of _________ _________ We should eat a lot of / plenty of fruit. We should eat a lot of / plenty of vegetables. We should drink a lot of / plenty of water. We should drink a lot of / plenty of juice.

30. A HEALTHY DIET We shouldn’t eat: We shouldn’t drink: too much / a lot of too many / a lot of _________ _________ too much / a lot of too much / a lot of _________ _________ We shouldn’t drink too many / a lot of soft drinks. 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 much / a lot of coffee.

31. Describe the amount of the food. Dinner Set A (for 1 person ) There is too much / plenty of soup. too much / plenty of soup __________ soup There is too much / a lot of / plenty of rice. too much / a lot of / plenty of rice ___________ rice There are enough / a lot of / plenty of vegetables. enough / a lot of / plenty of vegetables __________ vegetables There is enough / plenty of water. enough / plenty of water __________ water There are too many apples. __________ apples too many apples

32. Dinner Set B (for 2 persons ) There is enough rice. __________ rice enough rice enough / a lot of / plenty of vegetables There are enough / a lot of / plenty of vegetables. _________ vegetables not enough / a little / not much meat There is not enough / a little / not much meat. ________ meat There are too many / a lot of / plenty of soft drinks. too many / a lot of / plenty of soft drinks ________ soft drinks There are not enough / not many oranges. not enough / not many oranges ________ oranges