Lesson 21: Unit 21 - A lot of / much / many
In this lesson you will learn when to use "a lot of", "much" and "many" with countable and uncountable nouns in affirmative sentences, negative sentences and questions.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn how to use "a lot of", "much" and "many" correctly when counting things and expressing quantity. You will understand the differences between these expressions and when to apply them in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences. You will also get to know the expressions "lots of" and "plenty of", as well as the questions "how much?" and "how many?". Through a practical dialogue about making pizza, you will master their use in everyday conversations.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Use 'a lot of' with countable and uncountable nouns in affirmative sentences.
- Use 'much' with uncountable nouns in negative sentences and questions.
- Use 'many' with countable nouns in negative sentences and questions.
- Recognise when to use 'lots of' and 'plenty of' as synonyms of 'a lot of'.
- Ask questions with 'how much?' and 'how many?' about quantity, number and price.
- Recognise whether a word is a countable or an uncountable noun using examples from the dialogue.
Lesson vocabulary
- starving I'm starving! Let's make a big pizza!
- flour Is there any flour? I want to prepare the dough.
- dough There is enough flour but not much milk to make the dough.
- fridge There aren't many eggs in the fridge, only two.
- olive There aren't any olives.
- ham There is half a kilo of ham.
- half a kilo There is half a kilo of ham. Is it enough?
- enough Enough to buy everything for a delicious pizza!
- black pepper We've got a lot of black pepper.
- pepper Add some pepper to the dough.
- shopping list Make a shopping list and go to the supermarket!
- delicious Everything for a delicious pizza!
- plenty of Tim has plenty of tomatoes to make a salad.
- lots of I have lots of time.
- a lot of There is a lot of yellow cheese and a lot of butter.
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