Much VS ManySome VS Any

Label these products. How often do you buy these fruits and vegetables ? What did you buy yesterday? Write 5 sentences using the words.

Listen to a TV chef and answer the following question:

What is he/she cooking?

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Listen again and put the pictures in the correct order

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Listen again and fill in the gaps

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Key

A – 25B - onionC – mushroomsD – 350E – 1 litreF – white wineG – 40H – cheese

Much VS ManyA few VS A little

To express quantity we use the following

words:

Much VS ManyA few VS A littleSome VS Any

Much VS ManyWe use “much” with uncountable nouns and “many” withcountable nouns in questions, affirmative sentences and

negations

Example:

How much money have you got?I don’t have many friends.It’s too much honey in my tea.

We also use “a lot of” or “lots of” in the affirmatives with both

countables and uncountables

Example:

There is a lot of/lots of milk in the jug.There are a lot of/lots of people in the room

Fill in the gaps with much or many

Choose much or many?

1) much / many CD2) much / many music3) much / many cups4) much / many juice5) much / many time6) much / many pencils7) much / many cheese8) much / many cornflake9) much / many pizzas10) much / many lemonade

A few VS A littleWe use “a few” with countable nouns and “a little” with uncountable nouns meaning“some” (but not much)

and “few” with countables and “little” withuncountables meaning “not enough”

Example:I have a few friends. I have only few friends in this

city, so Imiss home much.There was a little butter in the fridge. But there was

littleflour to cook a pie

Choose few / a few / little / a little

Choose the correct item

Some VS AnyIn affirmative sentences we use “some”

with both countable and uncountable nouns.

In negations we use “any” with countable and uncountable nouns.

In questions we can use both “some” and “any”.

In this case “some” is used if we expect a “yes” answer or when we want to make an offer.

Example: - Have we got some milk in the fridge? - Yes, there is some milk. But we haven’t got any

cheese.

Fill in the gaps with “some” or “any”

Fill in the gaps with “some”, “any”, “how much” or “how many”

NOTE! we can create compound nouns by using some/any/no + thing/where/body/one

Questions: anything, anywhere, anybody, anyonesomething, somewhere, somebody, someone

Affirmatives: something, somewhere, somebody, someone

Negations:nothing, nowhere, nobody, no one

Complete the sentences with the correct word

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