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Countable and uncountable nouns
• some, any, much, many and a lot of
• I can talk about food and meals.
1. Find examples of the words below in the texts on pages 62 and 63. Which are countable (c) and which are uncountable (u)? Add the words to Rules 1-2.
| apple juice egg bread pasta sweet water snack |
| RULES 1. With countable nouns, we use a or an and plural forms: an apple / apple, _______, _______, _______. 2. With uncountable nouns, we don't use a, an or plural forms: juice, _______, _______, _______. |
2. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.
| meat crisps pasta rice vegetables cheese pears grapes |
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| Uncountable | Countable |
| How much _______? There's a lot of pasta. There's some (1) _______. There isn't much (2) _______. There isn't any (3) _______. | How many _______? There are a lot of (4) _______. There are some (5) _______. There aren't many grapes. There aren't any (6) _______. |
3. Look at the sentences in exercise 2 and choose the correct words in Rules 1-3.
| RULES |
| 1. We use much / many with uncountable nouns. 2. We use much / many with countable nouns. 3. We often use any, much and many in questions and negative / affirmative sentences. 4. We use some, any and a lot of with countable and uncountable nouns. |
4. Complete questions 1-5 with much and many. Then choose the correct words in the answers.
Food facts
1. How _______ eat do vegetarians eat? They don't eat any / much / many meat.
2. How _______ vitamins are there in white rice? There aren't many / much / some vitamins in white rice.
3. How _______ fat is there in chocolate? There's a lot of / much / many fat in chocolate.
4. How _______ fruit is there in fizzy drinks? There isn't usually much / many / some fruit in fizzy drinks.
5. How people can't eat nuts? There are some / much / any people who can't eat nuts.
5. 
USE IT! What do you usually eat and drink every week? Complete the sentences. Then compare with other people in the class. Are they the same or different?
1. I eat some ____________________________________.
2. I never eat any ____________________________________.
3. I don't eat many/much ____________________________________.
4. I drink a lot of ____________________________________.
5. I don't drink much ____________________________________.
6. I never drink any ____________________________________.
I eat some vegetables every day. What about you?
I don't eat many vegetables, but I eat an apple every day.
Finished?
You invite three friends for a celebration at your house. Write a shopping list for the food and drink you want to buy.
