ShoppingforfoodChapter8,

Book4ANewWelcometoEnglish(SecondEdition)Nouns

thingswecancount

singular: onlyone

Countablenouns1peach

plural :morethanone4peachese.g. Singular

Plural

anapple twoapples

anorange threeoranges

atomato fourtomatoes

Nouns

thingswecannotcount

followedbysingularverbsonly

cannotusea,anor1,2,3…beforethemUncountablenounswatere.g.a/onewaterthreewatersIdrinkwatereveryday.Nowyoutry.UncountableCountableorangericee.g.riceorangewaterbreadcolacolaapplewaterbreadmangotomatotomatoapplemangoCountableUncountableteaicecreameggpearteaeggpeachsaladsaladicecreamorangejuicepeachorangejuicepearNowyoutry.Uncountablefoodanddrinks

Weusephrasesbeforethemtoshowthequantity.2bottlesofmilk8slicesofbreadmilk2milksbread8breadsCountablefoodanddrinks

Wecanalsousephrasesbeforethemtoshowthequantity.apacketofpotatochips

2packetsofpeanutspotatochipspeanutsSingularPluralFood/Drinks+ acupof twocupsof tea atinof threetinsof tunafish aboxof fourboxesof chocolates abowlof fivebowlsof soup aglassof sixglassesof milk aplateof sevenplatesof

sausages abottleof eightbottlesof cola apacketof ninepacketsof potatochips acartonof tencartonsof applejuice1

Timboughtatinsofsausages.2 Doyouwanttwopacketofbiscuits?3

Ineedtwocartonsoforangejuices.4 Maydrinkstwocupofcoffee.

5 Bobeatsapacketsofpeanuts.6Doyouwantanapples?7 Mydadneedsthreetomatoand threetinoftunafish.Proof-reading

e.g. Peterboughtthreebottleofcola.

bottlestinpacketsjuicecupspacketappletomatoestins1 Peterboughta

ofpotatochips.2 Maytooktwo

soup.3 Bobate

biscuitsand

drank

cola.4 Cindyneedstwo

tunafish

andtwotomatoes.5 Maggiebought

peanuts

and

orangejuice.Practice

e.g. Maggiewantstwo

ofcola.

bottlespackettinsofapacketofabottleoftinsofapacketofacartonof

Howmany+noun...?Howmany...?CountablenounsHowmanyapplesdoyouneed?HowmanypearsdoesJoewant?1question

words2nounsinplural3verbs+subject4?

Howmany+phrases+noun...?UncountableorcountablenounsHowmanywaterdoesBobbuy

?Howmanybiscuitsdotheytake?1question

words3nouns4verbs+subject5?bottlesofpacketsof2phrasesin

pluralHowmany...?Howmanycoladoyouwant?bottlesofNowyoutry.cartonsoforangejuicepacketsofcheesebiscuitsmilkslicesofhambreadtinsofsoupHowmanydoyouwant?cartonsoforangejuicepacketsofcheeseslicesofbreadtinsofsoupbiscuitspacketsofhamslicesofmilkcartonsofExample:Howmuch...?(Price)

Howmuch+is/are+noun...?Howmuchisanapple?aretentomatoes???acartonoftwopacketsofisarechipsmilkHowmuchHowmuchHowmuchCountablenounsUncountableorcountable

nouns

acartonofmilkHowmuchis?itacartonofmilkItisIt’sItisIt’s$8.90$8.90eightdollarsninetyeightdollarsninety.$8.90Howmuch...?(Price)$5.60fivedollarssixtydollarssixtycentsnoneedto

saycents$11.40elevendollarsforty$19.90nineteendollarsninety$1.20onedollartwentyHowmuch...?(Price)$9.50$12.80$10.90$8.20$7.40$8.70Nowyoutry.Howmuch

is

atinofsausages?

It’ssevendollarsforty.$9.50$12.80$10.90$8.20$7.40$8.70Howmuch

is

abottleofcola?

It’snine

dollarsfifty.Nowyoutry.Practicee.g. A: Weneedsomeoranges. B:

manyorangesdoweneed? A: Ten.How

isanorange? B: It’s

.

twodollarsfifty$2.50Howmuch$7.801 A:Ineedsomemilk. B:

bottlesdoyouneed? A: Two.

isa

milk? B: It’s

.

HowmanybottleofsevendollarseightyHowmuch2 A:Ineedsomemeatballs. B:

packetsdoyouneed? A: One.

isa

meatballs? B: It’s

.3

A:Theyneedsomepapayas. B:How

dotheyneed? A: Two.

isa

? B: It’s

.4 A:Weneedsomeorangejuice. B:How

doweneed? A: Four.How

isa

orangejuice? B: It’s

.Practice$9.40HowmanyHowmuchpacketofninedollarsforty$17.20manypapayasHowmuchpapayaseventeendollarstwenty$26.70twenty-sixdollarsseventymanycartonsmuchcartonof1 Howmanypotatodoyouwant?2 Marywantstobuyabottleofwaters.3 Howmanypacketofcheesedoyouwant?4 Bobbuys