Unit 5 - Lesson 3 - Much, many etc.

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Unit 5 - Lesson 3

Much, many, a lot of, a little, a few, few

You will work on: 

Grammar

Vocabulary

Much or many?

Much: not countable (rain, money)
Many: countable (raindrop, coin)

Much + many: bij vragen en ontkenningen, of als er very of so voor staat
Anders: a lot of (There’s a lot of snow on the mountains)

Little/a little

A little: een beetje van iets, een kleine hoeveelheid

Little: (maar) weinig

Can I have a little milk?
There was little milk left

Few/a few

A few: een paar

Few: (maar) weinig

She told a few stories
There are few people who know the whole story

A little/a few

Little: not countable

May I have a little milk?

Few: countable
May I have a few cookies?

Grammar practice

Fill in: much, many, a lot of, little, a little, few or a few. There may be more than one answer possible.

You can also see this exercise in your book (ex 16, p. 154)

We don't have ___(1)___ job vacancies this month. There is not ____(2)____ work around.

How _______ characters are there in this short story?

There are very ______ famous writers from Jamaica.

I thought we had an hour to tell the story, but there is very ______ time.

There are ____(1)____ good books in the library, but too ____(2)____ people read them.

_____ friends of mine came over to talk about Kate Thompson's new book.

He's very busy and there's still ______ work to be done.

How ______ poetry do you read?

There are very ______ people who understand the book.

Vocabulary (exercise 20)

Have a look at the exercise on page 156. 

Write the right English words in the next slide. 

Separate each answer with an enter: 

a ...

b ...

Post your answers to ex 20 here.

The End

Well done, you've reached the end of this lesson. 

HOMEWORK: 

Study the words from lesson 4