Ten of the words in the box are uncontable nouns. Circle them.

Butter, fruit, meat, waster, tea, journaey, cheese, hamburger, egg, vegetable, music, bread, food, sugar, knife, biscuit.

Butter, fruit, meat, waster, tea, journaey, cheese, hamburger, egg, vegetable, music, bread, food, sugar, knife, biscuit.

Much or many?Some or any

Little, or A little

Few or a few

If you can count it, use ‘many’

• Too many flowers

If you can’t count it, use ‘much’

• How much sand do you need?

If you can’t count it, use ‘much’

There is too much water on

the floor! Clean it up!

Much or many?

• For plurals, use many

• For non-countable things, use much

How _________ orange juice do you want?

much

How _________ biscuits did you eat?

many

There were too _____ people in the queue, so I didn’t wait.

many

He put so _____ salt in the soup that it tasted horrible.

much

The teacher gave us too _____ homework.much

I saw _____ toucans in the tree.

many

• Read and listen to their conversation.V: It says here milk. How ______milk do we need?S: Two pints.V: And eggs? How _____eggs?S: A dozen.V: And what about potatoes? How _____potatoes?S: A kilo's enough.V: And butter? How _____ ?S :Just one packet.

much

many

many

much

► Much and many:

much is used with non count nouns (always in the singular); many is used with count nouns in the plural

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Complete the sentences with some or any.1 Have you got_______________ brothers or sisters?2 We don't ________________need olive oil.3 Here are _______________letters for you.4 I need __________________ money.5 Is there __________________ petrol in the car?

2 Complete the sentences with much or many.1 Have you got_______________ homework?2 We don't need ______________eggs. Just half a dozen3 Is there ____________ traffic in your town?4 I don't know________ students in this class.5 How_____________ people live in your house?

3 Complete the sentences with a little, a few, or a lot of.1 I have______________ close friends. Two or three.2 He has________________ money. He's a millionaire.3 'Do you take ______________ sugar in coffee?' 'Just . Half a spoonful.'4 'Have you got_______________CD’s5 I'll be ready in ___________ minutes6 She speaks good Spanish, but only ________________ Russian.

• T4.2 Read and listen to the rest of the conversation. V: Do we need anything else?S: Let's have a look. We've got apples, but there aren't

grapes. And there isn't coffee, but we've got tea.V: Is there orange juice left, or did somebody finish it? S: There's a little, but there isn't , so we need more.V: And vegetables? Have we got vegetables?S: Well, I can see a carrots, but there aren't onions.V: Oh, and don't forget we need of crisps. My nephews are

coming tomorrow!S: Right, then. I think that's everything. Let's go! By the way, how

money have you got?

some

much some

any any

any

many few many

a lot

much

Complete the sentences with the correct word

Now try these

1. You are making too _____ noise!2. How _____ sugar do you want in your tea?3. How _____ apples are there?4. Why are there so _____ policemen here?5. How _____ chicken do you want?6. How _____ chickens did you buy?7. He has told me that so _____ times!8. I have too _____ work to do.