ENGLISH YEAR 4

Quantity: Many, Much, A Lot of/Lots of

Good morning Year 4 pupils! Today we are going to learn how to use quantity in English with many, much, a lot of and lots of. Write the date and the explanation in your notebook.

Wednesday, 22nd April 2020

Quantity: Many, Much, A Lot of/Lots of

First of all, we have to distinguish between countable and uncountable nouns:

• Countable nouns: these are nouns we can count (apples, pears, pencils, chairs, animals...)
• Uncountable nouns: these are nouns we cannot count (sugar, bread, rice, coffee, water, juice...)

Now, let´s see how do we use the quantity words:

• Many: we use many with countable nouns. For example: There are many chairs in the classroom (*Hay muchas sillas en la clase).
• Much: we use much with uncountable nouns. For example: There is much sugar in the jar. (*Hay mucha azúcar en el tarro).
• A lot of/ lots of: they are synonyms and can be use with both countable and uncountable nouns. For example: There are lots of bananas in the fruit bowl. (*Hay muchos plátanos en el frutero)

The question words we use for quantity are How many (countable nouns) and How much (uncountable nouns). For example: How many oranges have you got? How much juice is there in the glass? (*¿Cuántas naranjas tienes? ¿Cuánto zumo hay en el vaso?)

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Here you can also watch an explanatory video to make it clearer:

Do you understand it properly? I hope you do. Let´s practice it in the exercise number 3 in snappet. If you have any question, just ask me.