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1 In groups, discuss the strangest/biggest breakfasts you know about.

The strangest breakfast I know about is my dad’s. He eats …

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Students’ own answers


2 Add names of food and drink from the text on page 44 to the table below.

 

 

Countable

Uncountable

Nouns

eggs, olives, …

fruit, …

Quantifiers

a couple of

a little, …


3 Study the Grammar box and Watch Out! and find the quantifiers in the text on page 44. Add them to the table in Exercise 2.

WATCH OUT!

There’s a (little) bit of cheese.
How much cheese is there? There’s a (little) bit.
There’s a lot/lots of milk.


4 Read the forum and choose the correct quantifiers.

Write in and tell us about breakfast in your country

HuaGuangzhou 26 July 2.17 p.m.

In China, we don’t have enough / some time to eat breakfast at home, so a bit / a lot of people eat breakfast while travelling to work.

Fatima2go 26 July 5.14 p.m.

I think we eat too many / too much food in the USA. A popular breakfast is a few / a little pancakes with any / some butter and a little bit / a little of maple syrup. And maybe a couple of / enough muffins, too!

Kareem_knows 26 July 6.23 p.m.

Polish people eat lots of / much cold things for breakfast: cheese, meat and fish. There isn’t many / much fresh fruit in a typical Polish breakfast, especially in winter. There aren’t enough / some fresh vegetables, either.


5 In pairs, look at the shopping list and make sentences with there is/are plus not enough, too many or too much.

Shopping list for a picnic for six people

• 1 bott le of water (330 ml)
• 1 bag of salad
• 12 watermelons
• 2 kilos of yoghurt
• 2 cartons of juice (200 ml)
• 2 small pots of hummus
• 36 bread rolls
• 6 kilos of cheese

There isn’t enough water. 

Suggested answers 

There isn’t enough water.
There isn’t enough salad.
There are too many watermelons.
There is too much yoghurt.
There isn’t enough juice.
There isn’t enough hummus.
There is too much bread.
There is too much cheese.
There isn’t enough fruit.


Workbook

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1 ★ Put the words from the box in the correct column.

beans        cream        eggs          fruit       grapes     honey     jam     olives      rolls    sugar

There’s some …                     There are some …

cream                                            beans
fruit                                               eggs 
honey                                            grapes
jam                                                olives
sugar                                             rolls


2 ★ Complete the sentences with of. Where of is not necessary, write –. 

1 Do you want a bit of cheese? 
2 Is there any bread? Oh, there’s a little bit
- but not much. 
3 We’ve got a lot
of eggs. Let’s have an omelette. 
4 I don't want any cake. I ate a lot- before you arrived.
 5 Lama eats lots
of meat – her favourite is fried chicken. 
6 I think I’ll have a couple
of eggs for breakfast today.


3★★ Complete the sentences with the words from the box. 

enough      few    little     lot     lots of     many     much (x2)

1 How much bread is there in the cupboard? 

2 There isn’t enough sugar in my tea. Can I have some more? 

3 There’s a little salt in the soup but not much. 

4 How many mushrooms did you find in the forest? 

5 There’s too much sugar in this tea – I don’t like it so sweet. 

6 Take as many rolls as you want – we’ve got lots of them. 

7 You can have a few crisps, but not many – they’re not good for you. 

8 We need a lot of eggs for this recipe.


4 ★★★ Look at the picture and complete the questions and answers. Use a lot (of), a little, a few, any, couple and any other necessary words.

complete the questions and answers

Amer      Are 1there any rolls? 
Fadi        Yes, 2 there are a few rolls. 
Kamal     How 3 many grapes 4 are there
Ali           There 5 are a few grapes. 
Issa         How 6 much cheese 7 is there
Omar      There 8 isn’t any cheese.
Alia         9 Is there any jam? Huda Yes, 10 there is a lot of jam. 
Maha      How 11 there is a lot water 12 is there
Rana       There 13 is a little water. 
Maher     How 14 many olives 15 are there
Rakan      There 16 aren't any olives.