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9 What’s the difference?

(2.2 Grammar)
Aim: To practise talking about quantity with countable
and uncountable nouns.
Interaction: Pairs.
Type of activity: Information gap.
Time: 10–15 minutes.
Materials: One worksheet per student (A or B).
In class: (1) Divide students into pairs, Student A and
Student B. Give Students A their worksheet and Students
B their worksheet. Tell them not to look at each other’s
worksheets. (2) Explain that they have similar pictures
and they have to find five differences. To do this, they
have to ask questions. When they find a difference, they
should circle it in their picture. (3) Ask students to look
at the question outlines on their worksheets and elicit full
questions onto the board, e.g. Is there any cheese in your
picture? How much cheese is there? Are there any onions
in your picture? How many onions are there? (4) Give
students ten minutes in their pairs to ask and answer
questions. (5) If you like, check the answers with the
whole class. Ask different students to say one difference
they found.

Optional follow-up: Students write a description of their

picture and the differences between the two pictures.

Answers:
In picture A:
1 There is a carton of milk, there isn’t a carton of orange
juice. 2 There are a lot of potatoes. 3 There is one onion.
4 There is a lot of cheese. 5 There isn’t much tomato
sauce.
In picture B:
1 There is a carton of orange juice, there isn’t a carton
of milk. 2 There aren’t many potatoes. 3 There are three
onions. 4 There isn’t much cheese. 5 There is a lot of
tomato sauce.

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Resource 9 What’s the difference?
2.2 Grammar (countable and uncountable nouns)

Student A
Is there a/any …? How much … is there?
Are there any …? How many … are there?

Student B
Is there a/any …? How much … is there?
Are there any …? How many … are there?

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