9A GRAMMAR countable / uncountable nouns;

a / an, some / any

a Look at what’s in the refrigerator. Write the questions and short answers.
1 butter? Is there any butter? No, there isn’t.
2 sushi?
3 carrots?
4 cheese?
5 fish?
6 chicken?
7 eggs?
8 orange juice?

Write + or – sentences with a / an, some, or any.

1 onions There aren’t any onions.
2 tomato juice
3 pineapple
4 strawberries
5 peppers
6 milk
7 mushrooms
8 ice bcream

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c Test your memory. Work with a partner. A (picture face up) ask B (picture face down) five
questions about what’s in the fridge. Then change roles.

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9B GRAMMAR how much / how many, a lot of, etc.
a Circle the right word in bold. Then answer the question with a complete sentence. Use a lot
of, not … much, not … many, or not … any.

Fast Food Fred

How much / many orange juice does he drink?
He doesn’t drink any orange juice.
How much / many hamburgers does he eat?

How much / many French fries does he eat?

Valerie the Vegetarian

4 How much / many meat does she eat?

5 How much / many vegetables does she eat?

6 How much / many water does she drink?

Baby Belinda
7 How much / many milk does she drink?

8 How much / many bread does she eat?

9 How much / many apples does she eat?

Fabio the Food Fan

10 How much / many cereal does he eat?

11 How much / many pasta does he eat?

12 How much / many cups of espresso does he drink?

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b Work with a partner. Answer questions 1–12 about yourself. Then ask your partner some
questions and discuss.
I don’t drink much orange juice. How much orange juice do you drink?

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 9C GRAMMAR comparative adjectives
a Use the information to make comparative sentences.
1 Length
the Akashi-Kaikyo bridge
(Japan) 12,831 ft
the Golden Gate bridge (US)
8,980 ft
sho
3 rt
3 Inventions
Blu-ray technology 1998
MP3 technology 1989
2 Speed
1 The Golden Gate bridge is
shorter than the
Akashi- Kaikyo bridge.
human 27.79 mph
2 horse 47.50 mph
slo
4 w
Size
Russia 6,592,800
4 sq mi Canada
3,854,085 sq mi

ne big
w
5 6
Price 5 People per sq
mi
Cartier watch
$5,170 Swatch 6 Shanghai 9,400
watch $115 Istanbul 6,530

expensi crowd
ve ed
7 8
Average 7 Risk
summer
temperature deaths per year worldwide
traveling by car approx. 1.2
8
London 75.2°F million
New York City deaths per year worldwide
83°F traveling by plane approx. 600
ho dangero
9 1
9 Vitamin C 0
Height
oranges: approx. 70 mg per Burj Khalifa tower
orange apples: approx. 9 mg 10 (Dubai) 2,717 ft
per apple Empire State Building (New
York) 1,454 ft
healt
hy tal
1 1
1 2
Annual 11 Weather
rainfall
Paris (France) average hours
sunlight per day 4.9
Buenos Aires 38.7 12 Stockholm (Sweden) average
inches Rome 23 hours sunlight per day 5.4
inches
dr sun

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b Test your memory. Cover the sentences and look at the boxes. Compare the things.

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