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Title: How Much or How Many?
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How Much or How Many?

Category: • General English Topic: • Needs Media: • Audio

Grammar,
Learning Listening,
Level: • A1 Beginner Grammar: • Much / Many
Focus: • Speaking,
Vocabulary

Task 1 Look at the pictures and words. Write C (countable) or U (uncountable)

next to them. Next, write “a” or “an” before the words wherever possible.

paper book newspaper

computer Internet smart phone

water bottle wine

glass

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food sandwich snack

time minute hour

Write three things you usually do in a day.

Example: I read a newspaper in the morning.

a)

b)

c)

Task 2 Fill in the blanks with “How much” or “How many”. Next, answer
the questions about yourself.

1a. coffee do you drink a day?

1b. liters of water do you drink a day?

2a. paper do you use at work?

2b. phones do you use at work?

3a. hours a day do you spend in a car?

3b. time a week do you spend in a car?

4a. people do you work with?

4b. space do you have at your desk?

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Task 3 Read the dialogues. Fill in the blanks with the given phrases.
Next, answer the question.

1. How many hours do you exercise a week? (many / not many)

Mark: . I walk my dog once a day.

Toby: . I go jogging every morning, and I play tennis twice a week.

2. How much alcohol do you drink? (a lot / any)

Mark: . I usually drink three to four cans of beer in the evening.

Toby: I don’t drink . It’s not healthy.

3. How much fast food do you eat? (a lot / not much)

Mark: . I usually order pizza for dinner.

Toby: . I sometimes eat burgers.

4. How many hours do you work? (many / not many)

Mark: . I don’t work regular hours.

Toby: . I have my own business, so I must work hard.

5. How much free time do you have? (a lot / some)

Mark: . I just relax or watch TV.

Toby: I have . My life is busy, but I’m well organized.

Whose lifestyle is healthy? Why?

Task 4 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

coffee / emails / fast / paper / pens / people / snacks / time / wine

At work

1. I don’t have any free .

2. I drink a lot of , but I don’t drink any .

3. I use a lot of to take notes.

4. I eat some , but I don’t eat any food.

5. I write with a lot of colored .

6. I read some in the morning.

7. I sit with some in the conference room.

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Task 5 Listen to the audio. Put a check mark ( ) next to the things that are
ready for the party in the audio.

Food Drinks Other Things

a) snacks f) soft drinks k) music

b) fruit g) juice

c) ice cream h) beer

d) cake i) wine

e) pizza j) water

Listen again. Complete the sentences with the words you hear in the audio.

1. We have some fruit and some cake, but .

2. We’ll some pizza.

3. How much wine do you have?

or bottles, I guess.

4. A lot of are coming to the party.

5. He’s a .

6. See you !

Task 6 Read the text. Fill in the blanks with a lot of / some / not much /
not many / no so the sentences are true for you.

How much food do you need? How many drinks do you need?

1. snacks

2. candy

3. sandwiches

4. fruit

5. fast food

6. coffee

7. milk

8. tea

9. bottles of water

10. juice

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GRAMMAR REVIEW

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable Nouns
Things that you can count (1, 2, 3…) are countable. Countable nouns
have a singular and plural form. Use “a” or “an” before singular
countable nouns (a/an=one).

Examples:
I eat an apple every morning. (one apple)
I like bananas.
She drinks a cup of coffee at ten o’clock. (one cup of coffee)

Use “How many” to ask about the number of countable things.

Examples:
How many eggs do you eat for breakfast? I eat two eggs.
How many bottles of water do you drink a week? I drink five bottles of water a week.

Uncountable Nouns

Things that you can’t count are uncountable. Uncountable nouns only
have one form. We don’t use “a” or “an” before uncountable nouns.

Examples:
I like tea.
Simon doesn’t eat bread.
I’m allergic to milk.

Use “How much” to ask about the amount of uncountable things.

Examples:
How much sugar do you have with your coffee?
How much wine do you drink a week?

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns ‒ Expressions of Quantity

Countable Nouns
You can answer the “How many?” question with the following expressions:

a lot of, e.g., I eat a lot of vegetables every day.

some, e.g., My sister writes some emails at work.
(not) many, e.g., We don’t have many books.
(not) any, e.g., Mark doesn’t have any sandwiches.

Uncountable Nouns
You can answer the "How much?” question with the following expressions:

a lot of, e.g., Paul drinks a lot of beer on the weekend.

some, e.g., I usually make some toast for breakfast.
(not) much, e.g., He doesn’t have much time.
(not) any, e.g., I don’t have any coffee. Sorry!

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NOTES

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