Lead-in

  • Do you have a lot of free time?
    • Yes, I do.
    • No, I don’t.
  • What is your favorite free time activity?
    • I like to…

Presentation

Pre

  • What do you have for a snack at school or work?
    • I have …
  • How much healthy food do you eat?
    • I eat …

Top Down

  • What do they have in their lunch box?
  • Read the dialogue and find out!
  • Grapes
  • Orange juice
  • Sandwich
  • A bag of Doritos 
  • Popcorn
  • Apple pie
  • A juice box
  • Grapes
  • Orange juice
  • Sandwich
  • A bag of Doritos 
  • Popcorn
  • Apple pie
  • A juice box

Two kids talking…

Jean – Hi buddy, How are you?
Victor – I’m good, dude. How are you?
Jean – I’m doing fine. How many pens do you have in your pencil case?
Victor – I only have 3 pens. 2 blacks and 1 blue. How many colored pencils do you have?
Jean – I have many colors. All colors.
Victor – How much water do you carry in your bottle?
Jean – Not much, just enough. Do you have a bottle of water?
Victor – I don’t have any.
Jean – What do you have in your lunch box?
Victor – I have many things, like a sandwich, some grapes, and 1 orange.
Jean – How many grapes do you have?
Victor – A lot. I think I have 12 grapes.
Jean – That’s a lot!
Victor – What do you have in your lunch box?
Jean – I have a bag of Doritos and a juice box.
Victor – That’s a delicious lunch.
Jean – Yes, but it’s not healthy.
Victor – Hahahaha. No, it’s not!

Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: Jean is doing fine. > True

  1. Victor has 2 blue pens and 1 black.
  2. Victor has a bottle of water.
  3. Jean’s lunch box has a bag of Doritos and a juice box.
  4. Victor thinks he has twelve grapes.
  5. They think Doritos and a juice box is a healthy lunch.
  1. Victor has 2 blue pens and 1 black. False
  2. Victor has a bottle of water. False
  3. Jean’s lunch box has a bag of Doritos and a juice box. True
  4. Victor thinks he has twelve grapes. True
  5. They think Doritos and a juice box is a healthy lunch. False

Post

  • Do you eat healthy?
    • Yes, I do.
    • No, I don’t.
  • What is your favorite snack?
    • My favorite snack is…

Target Language

Many x Much

Countables nouns

  • How many boxes do we need?
  • How many burgers do you eat?
  • How many grapes do they need for the juice?

Uncountables nouns

  • How much bread have at the bakery?
  • How much rice do we need for this lunch?
  • How much milk do you drink a day?

Controlled Practice

  • Complete the sentences using Much or Many

Example: How ____ money do you have? > How much money do you have?

  1. We had so ____ fun.
  2. There isn’t ____ milk in my coffee.
  3. How ____ fruit do you eat?
  4. How ____ are those dresses?
  5. How ____ chairs are there in your living room?
  1. We had so much fun.
  2. There isn’t much milk in my coffee.
  3. How many fruit do you eat?
  4. How much are those dresses?
  5. How many chairs are there in your living room?

Freer Practice

  • Complete the sentences with your own ideas.
  1. I have much …
  2. I don’t have much …
  3. I want to have many …
  4. My best friend has much…
  5. I have many …

Production

  • Create 4 questions using “How many” and 4 questions using “How much” and ask a classmate.

Example: How many pets do you have?

Homework

Match the words to its meaning. There is one example.

  1. Many

  2. Countable

  3. Much

  4. How

  5. Uncountable

  6. Some

(   ) An unspecified number or amount of people or things.

(   ) Too many to be counted.

(   ) Able to be counted.

(1)  Consisting of or amounting to a large but indefinite number.

(   )  A great amount or quantity.

(   ) Used to ask about the condition or quality of something.

  1. Many

  2. Countable

  3. Much

  4. How

  5. Uncountable

  6. Some

(6) An unspecified number or amount of people or things.

(5) Too many to be counted.

(2) Able to be counted.

(1)  Consisting of or amounting to a large but indefinite number.

(3)  A great amount or quantity.

(4) Used to ask about the condition or quality of something.

Complete with much or many.

Example: How ____ dogs are in the shelter? < How many dogs are in the shelter?

  1. How ____ cups do you have?
  2. How ____ chairs do you need?
  3. How ____ sugar do you want?
  4. How ____ money do you have in your wallet?
  5. How ____ pets do you have?
  1. How many cups do you have?
  2. How many chairs do you need?
  3. How much sugar do you want?
  4. How much money do you have in your wallet?
  5. How many pets do you have?

Use the following words and the target language to create questions.

Example: how / do / computers / you / need > How many computers do you need?

  1. much / rice / you / want / do?
  2. how / does / channels / your / TV / have?
  3. many / dogs / your / does / cousin / have?
  4. much / money / he / need / does?
  5. how / do / juice / you / drink?
  1. How much rice do you want?
  2. How many channels does your TV have?
  3. How many dogs does your cousin have?
  4. How much money does he need?
  5. How much juice do you drink?

Complete the sentences according to the words in parenthesis.

Example: How ____ (rice) do you eat a day? < How much rice do you eat a day?

  1. How ____ (blanket) do you use to sleep?
  2. How ____ (pen) does he want?
  3. How ____ (cake) do you eat?
  4. How ____ (shirt) does she wear?
  5. How ____ (shower) do they take?
  1. How many blankets do you use to sleep? 
  2. How many pens does he want?
  3. How much cake do you eat? 
  4. How many shirts does she wear? 
  5. How many showers do they take? 

Find and correct the mistakes.

Example: There are not many money! < There is not much money!

  1. How many time do we have?
  2. How much cats are in the streets?
  3. How much coffees do you have?
  4. How many water can I drink?
  5. How much computers do you need to work?
  1. How much time do we have?
  2. How many cats are in the streets?
  3. How much coffee do you have?
  4. How much water can I drink?
  5. How many computers do you need to work?

Writing

Think and write a short dialogue asking a friend what’s in his or her fridge.

Example: Do you have milk? How much milk do you have?