Setting sail English course for adult learners Pina Mastroeni Lesson 4 Tratto da SPEAK YOUR MIND di Carr and Parsons, ed.: Pearsons Longman How healthy is your lifestyle How many pieces of fruit do you have a day? a. I don’ eat many. One or two b. Two or three c. A lot – five or more How may glasses of water do you drink every day? a. Not many. One or two glasses. b. Three to six a day. c. A lot – seven or more How often do you exercise? a. I never exercise b. I sometimes exercise c. I exercise every day. How much chocolate do you eat in a week? a. A lot. I eat some every day. b. I don’t eat much. It’s a treat on special occasions! c. I never eat chocolate. How much fish do you eat? a. Not much because I don’t like it. b. I eat a little fish, usually once a week. c. I eat a lot. I have fish four or five times a week. How much cola do you drink each week? a. A lot – a litre a day so it’s 7 litres a week. b. Not much. One or two cans a week. c. I never drink cola. How much time do you drink in front of the TV each week? a. A lot, about 20 hours. b. I watch a few hours of TV a week. c. Not much, less than an hour a week.
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Setting sail English course for adult learners Pina Mastroeni
Lesson 4 Tratto da SPEAK YOUR MIND di Carr and Parsons, ed.: Pearsons Longman
How healthy is your lifestyle
How many pieces of fruit do you have a day?
a. I don’ eat many. One or two
b. Two or three
c. A lot – five or more
How may glasses of water do you drink every day?
a. Not many. One or two glasses.
b. Three to six a day.
c. A lot – seven or more
How often do you exercise?
a. I never exercise
b. I sometimes exercise
c. I exercise every day.
How much chocolate do you eat in a week?
a. A lot. I eat some every day.
b. I don’t eat much. It’s a treat on special occasions!
c. I never eat chocolate.
How much fish do you eat?
a. Not much because I don’t like it.
b. I eat a little fish, usually once a week.
c. I eat a lot. I have fish four or five times a week.
How much cola do you drink each week?
a. A lot – a litre a day so it’s 7 litres a week.
b. Not much. One or two cans a week.
c. I never drink cola.
How much time do you drink in front of the TV each week?
a. A lot, about 20 hours.
b. I watch a few hours of TV a week.
c. Not much, less than an hour a week.
Setting sail English course for adult learners Pina Mastroeni
How much coffee do you drink each day?
a. I drink a lot of cups of coffee, more than four.
b. I drink a little coffee, one cup a day.
c. I never drink coffee.
How often do you eat salad or green vegetables?
a. I hate salad and never eat vegetables.
b. I eat a few green vegetables.
c. A lot – I eat salad and green vegetables most days.
How much fast food do you eat?
a. I eat a lot, I lova pizza and burgers.
b. I eat a little fast food, maybe once a week.
c. I never eat fast food.
Countable nouns Uncountable nouns Both
Many Much Some / Any
Several Little / a little A lot of
Few / A few A bit Plenty of / Loads of
A large number of A large amount of Enough
A couple of / Hundreds of (abstract nouns) A great deal of
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Quantifiers
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Containers and unit nouns
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