Introduction
Unit 4: Let’s go shopping!
I. Grammar: Expressions of quantity
II. Practice: Exercise 1, 2, 3 at page 31
III. Consolidation
IV. Homework

Shop

supermarket

Market

Play the alphabet game
- Divide the class into 6 groups
- Find things that you can buy in the order of
alphabet
- Speak out the words in turn
- The group who have no answer will stop the
game
- The group who survive till the end will be
the winner

Congratulation!

Can be
counted by
adding a
number
before
Have
singular
and plural
form
Can’t be
counted by
adding a
number
before
Have
singular
only
Countable nouns Uncountable nouns
versus

I. Grammar spot: Expressions of quantity
1.1 Definite quantities
- bottle
- can
- litre/ pint (= 0,473litre)
- kilogram/ gram
- loaf
- packet
- one, two …
- a/an
- couple/pair
For countable nouns For uncountable nouns
Unit 4: Expressions of quantity
- dozen

Two kilograms/ grams of sugar
Three packets of butter
A loaf of bread
A litre/ a pint of petrol
Match the quantities with things
A can of coke
A can of
Two kilograms/ grams of
A litre/ a pint of
Two bottles of beer bread
beer
coke
butter
petrol
sugar
Two bottles of
Three packets of
A loaf of
Two dozens of eggs
eggs
Two dozens

I. Grammar spot: Expressions of quantity
1.2 Indefinite quantities
* Many/ much/ a lot of/ lots of: nhiều
* Little/few: ít
* Some: một số, một vài
* Any: nào
* A little : một ít, một chút
* A few: một vài, một số

We use … With
CNs
With
UCNs
In
positive
In
negative
In
question
Some
Any
Much
Many
A lot/ lots of
Few/ a few
Little/ a little
√ √
√
√
√
√
√
√
√ √
√ √
√
√
√ √
√ √
√
√
√
√
√
√ √

II. Practice:
Exercise 1(P31): Some or any?
1. Have you got ……….. brothers or sisters?
2. We don’t need ………. olive oil
3. Here are ………… letters for you
4. I need …………. money
5. Is there ………... petrol in the car?
any
some
any
any
some

Exercise 2(P31): much or many?
1. Have you got ……….. homework?
2. We don’t need ………. eggs
3. Is there ………… traffic in your town?
4. I don’t know …………. students in this class
5. How ………... people live in your house?
much
many
many
many
much

Exercise 3(P31): a little, a few or a lot of?
1. I have ……….. close friends. Two or three.
2. He has ………. money. He is a millionaire.
3. “Do you take sugar in your coffee?’
“ Just ………… Half a spoonful”
4. “Have you got ………… CDs?” “Hundreds”
5. I’ll be ready in ……….... minutes.
6. She speaks good Spanish but only ………….. Russian
a few
a lot of
a lot of
a few
a little
a little

III. Consolidation
 The use of definite quantifiers
 The use of indefinite quantifiers

IV. Homework
 Find the rules of using indefinite pronouns:
someone/everything/nothing/anybody…

Thank
you

Countable nouns Uncountable nouns
Dozen Litre/ pint
Pair/ couple Kilogram/ gram
One, two, three, … Loaf
Packet
Can/ bottle

Match the quantities with things
 A can of
 A bottle of
 Three packets of
 A loaf of
 A kilogram/gram of
 A litre of/ two pints of
 bread
 petrol
 beer
 sugar
 butter
 coke
A can of coke, a loaf of bread