1. Talking about quantity
Chapters 4 & 5, Book 5B
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2. Countable & uncountable nouns
 things we can count
an apple
 singular: only one
three apples
 plural : more than one

3. Countable & uncountable nouns
 We use singular verbs or plural verbs with countable nouns.
e.g. There is a chicken leg.
There are three oranges.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Talking about a large amount
 We use plenty of and a lot of.
 We use plenty of with both uncountable and plural countable nouns.
e.g. There is plenty of rice.
There are plenty of chicken wings.

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

14. Talking about a large amount
 We use a lot of with both uncountable and plural countable nouns.
e.g. There is a lot of water.
There are a lot of fruit tarts.

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

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

17. Practice      

18.      

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

20. Many, much, a lot of
 We use a lot of with both uncountable and plural countable nouns.
e.g. a lot of orange juice
a lot of chicken wings

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

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 the bottle.
7 There is _________ rice on the plate.
8 Are there ____________ tomatoes in the basket?
/ a lot of
much
/ a lot of
a lot of
many
/a lot of

24. Enough, not enough        
There are four people and four pears.
Everyone can have a pear.
   
There are enough pears.
There are four people but only three pears.
One of them cannot have a pear.
   
There are not enough pears.

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

26. Too much, too many
 We use singular verbs with too much and plural verbs with too many.
e.g. There is too much salt in the soup.
uncountable
There are too many sweets in Harry’s bag.
countable

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

28. enough
I have to go now. I don’t have __________ time to wait for him.
Mum bought twenty cakes for only two of us There are __________ cakes.
The baby is still hungry because there is __________ milk in the bottle.
John ate three chicken legs, ten cakes and five sandwiches. He ate __________.
10 My sister is unhealthy because she does not do __________ exercise.
too many
not enough
too much
enough

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

30. We shouldn’t drink too much / a lot of coffee.
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 much / a lot of coffee.
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.

31. too much / plenty of soup enough / plenty of water
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. enough / a lot of / plenty of vegetables
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