TALKING ABOUT QUANTITY 3rd eso
Lídia Canet
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
1. Look at the picture and classify the words into countable and uncountable. Can you add any others? COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE
WOULD YOU LIKE ……?
Conversation A Would you like a sandwich? B Yes, please. A Would you like some biscuits? B No thanks. I’m not hungry /thirsty.
WHAT KIND OF FRUIT IS THERE IN THE PICTURE?
1. Write the words related to the picture. 1.______________ 2. ______________ 4.______________ 5. ______________ 7.______________ 8. ______________ 2. a. b. c. d. e. f.
3. _____________ 6. _____________ 9. _____________
Complete the sentences about it. Use A, AN, SOME or ANY. There’s ______ coconut. Is there _____ watermelon? Yes, there is. Are there ______ apples? No, there aren’t. Did you buy _____cherries? No, I didn’t. I love grapes. I bought ______ yesterday. Would you like ______ strawberries? Yes, please.
3. Complete the conversation. Use SOME or ANY. Eva Can you print _____ photos for me? Ian Sure… Oh dear. The printer isn’t working. Eva Is there ______ paper in it? Ian Yes, there’s _____ paper. Eva What about ink? Ian I’ll just check. Oh, there isn’t _____ black ink. Eva Are there ______ cloured inks? Ian Yes. There are _____ cloured inks. Eva Shall I order _____ black ink on the Internet? Ian Good idea.
QUANTIFIERS
Countable singular
Countable plural ………………………… Uncountable
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a / an
a / an
a / an
Example: There’s a car
Example: There isn’t a dog
Example: Is there an apple?
some I bought some books.
Any There aren’t any trees
any Are there any trees?
I bought some cheese
I didn’t buy any cream
Did you buy any cream?
Big quantities Countable nouns Uncountable nouns
A LOT OF There’s a lot of cheese I have a lot of CDs.
Small quantities NOT MANY HOW MANY? There aren’t many How many subjects do flowers you have? NOT MUCH HOW MUCH? There isn’t much How much cake do we coke. need?
1. Write 10 sentences about the picture. Use A , SOME, A LOT OF, ANY, MANY and MUCH. + + ? ? ? ?
TOO / ENOUGH MORE THAN YOU NEED Too many + countable nouns There are too many books on the shelf
SUFFICIENT / LESS THAN YOU NEED Not enough + noun I haven’t got enough money to buy a bike
Too much + uncountable nouns There is too much soup.
Not + adjective + enough The soup is not warm enough
Too + adjective My coffee is too hot
Write sentences about the following pictures
The problem in my town is that ..... Write some sentences about your town
THERE IS/ARE.... Violence?
Crimes?
Traffic
cars
motorbikes
IT IS... Dangerous
safe
polluted
dirty
clean
bikes