1. Primary Longman Elect
6B Chapter 3
stop …ing
so much / so many

2. stop …ing We use gerunds after the verb stop.
The boys should stop playing with water.

3. Practice
use
using
People should stop _______ disposable chopsticks.

4. Practice
play
stop playing
You should ______________ music loudly.

5. Practice
boys / play with fire
The boys should stop playing with fire.

6. Practice
people / throw litter
People should stop throwing litter.

7. so much / so many There is so much sugar in my tea.
So much means ‘such a lot of’. It is used with uncountable nouns.
There is so much sugar in my tea.
I have never eaten so much rice in my life.

8. so much / so many David shouldn’t use so many plastic bags.
So many also means ‘such a lot of’ but it
is used with plural countable nouns.
David shouldn’t use so many plastic bags.
My sister has collected so many erasers over the years.

9. Practice Complete the sentences with so many and so much.
We shouldn’t use ___________ tissues.
We should use handkerchiefs.
2 You shouldn’t throw away ____________ paper. You should recycle it.
3 We should turn off the tap when we brush our teeth. We shouldn’t use ___________ water.
4 You have wasted ___________ plastic bags! You should bring your own bag.
so many
so much
so much
so many

10. Key structure We should stop using disposable products every day.
leaving
the tap on when we brush our teeth.
The traffic
makes
so much noise.
Cars
produce
so many fumes.
so much  uncountable
so many  countable

11. Practice Correct the mistakes. much We shouldn’t waste so many water.
We should stop having baths.

12. Practice Correct the mistakes. eating
You should stop eat so much meat.
You should eat more vegetables.

13. Practice Correct the mistakes. driving
People should stop drive cars because cars produce so many fumes. They should take public transport.

14. The End