This document discusses countable and uncountable nouns as well as quantifiers such as some, any, much, many, a lot of, a few. It defines countable nouns as nouns that can be counted and lists examples such as banana and song. Uncountable nouns cannot be counted and examples given are rice, sand, and music. The document then explains the uses of some and any with plural and uncountable nouns. Some is used with affirmative statements and questions expecting agreement, while any is used with negative statements. Finally, it discusses the quantifiers much/many, a lot of/lots of, and a little/few. Much and many are

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2. Unit 3B: Some/any/
much/many/a lot of/ a few
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Teacher: Jessica Tran / KBIS

3. 1. COUNTABLE NOUN:
I eat a banana every day.
I like bananas.
Banana is a countable noun.
There’s a beach near here.
Ann was singing a song.
A. Nouns
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4. 2. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:
I eat rice every day.
I like rice.
Rice is an uncountable noun.
• There’s sand in my shoes.
• Ann was listening to music.
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5. NOTE
Some nouns are both countable and uncountable:
exercise/ exercises
time/ times
wine/ wines
fruit/ fruits
cheese/ cheeses
sport/ sports
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6. B/
SOME/ANY, A LOT OF/LOTS OF,
MUCH/MANY, A LITTLE/ A FEW
1. SOME and ANY
SOME
We bought some flowers.
He’s busy. He’s got some work to do.
ANY
We didn’t buy any flowers.
He’s lazy. He never does any work.
 some and any mean ‘a certain number or amount’.
They are used with plural or uncountable nouns.
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7. a. SOME is used:
With affirmative verbs:
They bought some honey.
In questions where the answer ‘yes’ is
expected:
Have you got some money? (I expect so.)
In offers and requests:
Would you like some wine?
Could you do some typing for me?
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8. b. ANY is used:
 With negative verbs:
I haven’t any matches.
 With hardly, barely, scarely (which are almost
negative):
I have hardly any spare time.
 With without when without any…= with no…:
He crossed the frontier without any
difficulty/with no difficulty.
 With questions except the types noted above:
Did you catch any fish?
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9. 2. A LOT OF/LOTS OF, MUCH/MANY, A LITTLE/ A FEW
a. We use much with uncountable nouns.
much time much luck
We use many with countable nouns.
many friends many people
b. We use a lot of / lots of with uncountable and
plural nouns:
a lot of luck lots of time
a lot of friends lots of people
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10. c. We use much/many especially in negative sentences
and questions. A lot (of) is also possible:
Do you know many people ?(or Do you know a lot
of people?)
We didn’t spend much money. (or We didn’t
spend a lot of money.)
In positive sentences a lot of is more usual. Much is
unusual in positive sentences in spoken English:
We spent a lot of money. (not ‘We spent
much money’)
You can use many in positive sentences, but a lot of is
more usual in spoken English :
A lot of people (or Many people) drive too fast.
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11. d. We use few with countable nouns:
few cars few countries
We use little with uncountable nouns:
little energy little money
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12. C
EXERCISES
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13. Excercsie1: read the text and
match the adjectives in the box
with the paragraph in the text
• 1. exciting
• 2.attractive
• 3. clean
• 4. friendly
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14. Exercise 3:complete the
dialogue with some and any.
Listen and check
• 1. some
• 2. any
• 3. any
• 4. some
• 5. some
• 6. some
• 7. any
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15. Exercise 7: choose the correct
words in the text. Listen and
check
• 1. a lot of
• 2. many
• 3. a few
• 4. a little
• 5. much
• 6. a lot of
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16. Homework@@
• Write 20 sentences using the quantifiers.
• Complete exercises in 7B WB
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