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Introduction

Answer the questions below.

1 Do you eat breakfast every day? Why?
2 Do you sometimes eat breakfast in a café or restaurant? Where?

Write 1, 2, 3, or 4 to match each word in the green table with the pictures.


Column A

Column B

boiled egg     3
egg cup      
pancake    

cereal                    
maple syrup        
orange juice        
tea                           

Look at the table in the previous activity again and choose "yes" or "no" to answer the questions.

1
Can you count pancakes (for example: 1 pancake, 2 pancakes…)?

2 Are the other things in Column A countable?

3 Are the things in Column B countable?

Listening

Look at the pictures in the first activity and listen to four people being interviewed about what they have for breakfast. Write 1, 2, 3, or 4 to match each person with a picture.




Person A: picture      
Person B: picture      
Person C:picture      
Person D:picture      

Read the sentences and select A, B, C, or D to match them with the correct people in the previous activity.

1- How much tea do you drink? 

2- How many pancakes do you eat? 

3- Do you eat many eggs? 

4- Do you have a lot of sausages? 

5- Do you use a lot of butter? 

6- Do you use much maple syrup?

7- I don’t have many sausages.

8- I don’t eat much butter.

9- I don’t have a lot of time.

10- I eat a lot of pancakes. 

Select the correct option to complete each statement below. You sometimes need to select more than one option.

1 We usually use much with ___________ nouns.

2 We usually use many with ________ nouns.

3 We usually use much and many in ___________.

4 In positive sentences, we usually use _______ .

5 We ______ use a lot of with both countable and uncountable nouns.

6 We _________ use a lot of in questions and negative sentences.

Language Focus

We use many with plural countable nouns and much with uncountable nouns*. We usually use many and much in questions and negative sentences.

Do you eat many apples?
How much coffee do you drink?
I don’t have many sausages for breakfast – only one or two.
I haven’t got much time – five minutes.

We usually use a lot of in positive sentences with both countable and uncountable nouns.

He has a lot of friends.
I drink a lot of tea.

We can also use a lot of in questions and negative sentences with both countable and uncountable nouns.

Did you eat many cakes? = Did you eat a lot of cakes?
I didn’t drink much wine last night. = I didn’t drink a lot of wine last night.

We use much/many, not a lot of, in questions with how.

How many people did you meet?
A lot.
Not many.
Five or six.
How much toast do you eat?
A lot.
Not much.


Choose the correct option to complete each sentence below.

1
I don’t drink ______ coffee.

2 ______people like my boss, but I don’t.

3 How _____ people work in your office?

4 There wasn’t _____ food at the party.

5 He eats / / ice cream.

Sounding Natural

Listen. Select the sound you hear in the underlined part of each word.





Time to Talk

Time to Talk

Make a note of your answers to the questions below. Write two more questions.

1. How much meat do you eat?
2. Do you drink a lot of coffee?
3. _____________________ ?
4. _____________________  ?

Answer the questions.

Example A: How much meat do you eat?

                   B: Not much, but I eat a lot of fish.

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