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Today’s goals: At the end of the lesson, you… ●. . . know what ‘much’, ‘many’ and ‘a lot of’ mean. ●. . . know when you use ‘much, ’ ‘many’ and ‘a lot of’. ●. . . know the difference between countable and uncountable nouns.

The rules:

What are the rules? Countable nouns Uncountable nouns = things you can count = things you can’t count – Examples: bottles, sweets, cars etc. – Examples: water, time, money – Use ‘many’ for things we can count. – Use ‘much’ for things we can’t count. – In questions and negative sentences we use ‘much’ – How muchtime do we have? – We don’t have muchtime. – But we usually use ‘a lot of’ in positive sentences. – I’ve got a lot of time.

Help me to correct these sentences… How many time do you need to finish the work? à ‘time ’ is an uncountable noun à much time There are too much students in the library. à ‘students ’ is a countable noun à too many students He’s having many trouble passing his driving test. à ‘trouble ’ is an uncountable noun à much trouble

Help me to correct these sentences… I don’t have many money. à ‘money ’ is an uncountable noun à much money She doesn’t have much friends. à ‘friends ’ is a countable noun à many friends There’s much tea left. à ‘tea’ is an uncountable noun, the sentence is positive à a lot of tea

Today’s goals: Now you… ●. . . know what ‘much’, ‘many’ and ‘a lot of’ mean. ●. . . know when you use ‘much, ’ ‘many’ and ‘a lot of’. ●. . . know the difference between countable and uncountable nouns.

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