Countables and Uncountables

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7. Are there _____ agencies in this town?	8. Does he need _____ help?	9. I would like ______ white cups.
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6. Let me give you �pieces of advice.

7.�Add just �milk to my coffee.

8. He has �knowledge on this matter.

9. Do you take � or much sugar with your tea?

10. I could see �of my books in his bag.

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1. Quick! I have �time for the game.

2. We have only �friends in New York.

3. I could do with �money.

4. She saw �boys in front of her house.

5. They live �miles away from us.

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Choose the correct option.

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1. I don't�take manymucha lot�meat in my diet.

2. How muchmanybig�pocket money do you get a week?

3. Look! We don't have a lotmanymuch�milk for our baby!

4. Sally loves when she has a lot ofmanymuch�guests for her birthday.

5. They can't give us a lotmanymuch�information about that shop.

6. Do you buy manymucha lot�books at the beginning of the school year?

7. Tom loves to eata lot ofmuchmany�ice cream when it is hot.

8. Have you got muchmanya lot of�homework every day?

9. Are there a lot ofmanymuch�single parents in your town?

10.There is a lot ofmuchmany�unemployment in our country.

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�When Kate got home from work today she was very hungry. She opened the fridge and became very upset. There was nothing to eat. She sat down and made a shopping list.	���������������������������
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When she got to the supermarket she got very dissapointed. There wasn't/weren't any lettuce. There wasn't/weren't any carrots. There weren't/wasn'tany milk. There wasn't/�weren't any eggs. There weren't/wasn't any tomatoes. There wasn't/weren't any chicken and there wasn't/weren't any bread.	����
����������	She came home even more tired and upset. She didn't have any dinner but went to bed as soon as she entered her house.

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To be more precise instead of some you can say how we usually buy these food items. Match the food items with� how�they are�usually packed or sold.
a) a head of��� b) a bunch of c) a quart of d) a dozen e) a pound of f) half a pound of g) a loaf of	1. eggs 2. carrots 3. chicken 4. milk 5. tomatoes 6. bread 7. lettuce

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Homework

Watch the video and prepare a talk answering the questions from the video that are true for you.

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Good luck,

Teacher Mira

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