G quantifiers: how much/how many, a lot of V food containers, P ij ands) How much salt does it have? Not much. VOCABULARY food containers 2) Match the words and pictures. Listen and check abotle abox acan 3) Listen and write five phrases Make phrases with thecontainersandhe words below. Capackage of cookies ‘cookies chocolates soda potato chips juice jam water rice sugar tuna GRAMMAR quantifiers: how much/ how many, a lot of, etc. Look at the pictures at the bottom of the page. Then ask and answer questions about the food. alot alittle / not much one How much sugar is mot sur. there in dark chocolate? ) 1 think there's a lot ‘Complete the sentences with a food or drink from a. 1 Thereisn’cany saltin 2 There’sa little sugar in 3 There’s not much salt in 4 There’sa lot of sugarin > Grammar Bank 9B. Learn more about quantifiers and practice them, How math raga? 3 PRONUNCIATION {{/ and /s/ a») _Listenand repeat the words and sounds. ve | sugar salt pet | fish chocolates Sore) b 3) Purthe wordsin the right column. Listen and check. cereal sauce delicious fresh information center rice glass reception salad science shopping special sure ©») Listenand repeat the practice it with a partner. ‘A. Are you sue thisis salt? think t's sugar. BB No, imsureit's salt. put some in the rice salad ‘A Let's taste the salad... Aargh. It was sugar. Itold you B Sorry How much salt? logue. Then4 SPEAKING a Read the questionnaire and complete the questions with How much or How many. How much sugar and salt do YOU have a day? ‘Sugar 1 spoonfuls of sugar do you have in your tea or coffee? a twoormare b one none 2 cans of soda (or other carbonated drinks) do you drink a day? a twoormore b one enone 3 fruit or fruit juice do you have a day? a alot benot much ¢ none 4 cookies do you eat a week? a alot bnotmany ¢ none Salt 5 How often do you add salt to your food at the table? a always —b sometimes ¢ never 6 ‘take-out food do you eat? 2 alot benotmuch ¢ none 7 ____ bread do you eat a day? 2 alot alittle none 8 cheese doyyou eat a week? a alot alittle none 1b Inpairs, interview your partner. Do you think he | she needs to eat less sugar and salt? ‘© Work in pairs. A say how much you eat / drink of the things below. B respond and ask for more information ‘Then say if you think A has a healthy diet or not. Change roles fish meat potatoes vegetables chocolate fastfood eggs pasta olive oil butter leatalotofsh >) How often doyouect ft? 5 READING a Read the magazine article White Gold. With a partner, complete the facts with sugar or salt. b Read the article again, and highlight five new words or phrases. Compare with a partner. © Did any of the facts surprise you? At different times in history, both sugar and salt were called “white gold,” because they were so expensive and difficult to get. But there are many more interesting facts about sugar and salt. © Christopher Columbus introduced to the New World in 1493 on his second voyage. © If you eat too much 2 (about .03 ounces per 2.2 pounds of weight), you can die. This was a method of ritual suicide in ancient China, © Salzburg in Austria was g called “the city of ? cs because of its mines. © If you want to check if an egg is fresh, put it in a cup with water and + Ifthe egg floats, it isn’t very fresh © In Brazil, fuel made from instead of gas. is used in cars ‘© Americans eat or drink about § pounds of © a month, e {s used to make glass, laundry detergent, and paper. oo kills some bacteria, and so helps food to last longer, which is why cheese contains a lot. © Ifyou put? flowers last longer. into a vase of flowers, the ew only contains energy. It doesn't contain any vitamins or minerals. © Sure and _are the only two words in the English language that begin with “su” and are pronounced “sh.” © Weneed to havea little = ‘in our diet, but not more than 4 grams a day, which is about ‘one teaspoon.GRAMMAR BANK quantifiers: how much/ how many, a lot of, etc. uncountable | shortanswers | fullanswers (singular) Alot Teata lot of sugar. How much sugar | A lietle. Tata little sugar. do you cat? Not much. | tdon't eat much sugar | None [don't eat any sugar. countable (plural) Alor Teata lot of cookies. How many cookies | A few. do you eat? Notmany, | Idon | None. don eat any cookies. ‘eat many cookies. + Weuse How much...? with uncountable (Li) nouns and How many...? with plural countable (C) nouns. + Wense: ‘lor (of) with Cand U nouns fora big quantity. «litle /not...much with U nouns for a small quantity. ‘afew not. many with C plural nouns for a small quantity. not...any (none in short answers) for 2ere quantity. alot of and much/ many sntences we usually use. lot of + InGElsentences and 2, we usually use much and many: don't drink much water. Do you drink much coffee? + Icisalso possible to use aor of inf=Jand[2]: Do you drink alot of coffee? 1don':eat alot of vegetables. a Complete with How much | How many. How much sugar do you putin your tea? butter do you use? cans of soda did she oildoTneed? ‘chocolates were in that box? rice do you want? coffee does he drink? bottles of water did you buy? ‘cans of tuna do we have? ‘orange juice is there in that carton? 10 cookies did you eat? ke b Greid)the correct word or phrase. don’t put (uch) many salt on my food. 1 Wedon't eat a lot of]alor candy. 2A How much chocolate do you eat? B A tittle] A few. 3 My friends don't drink mucli/ many coffee. 4A How much fruit do you buy? B Alot] A lotof: 5 We eata lot of] much fish. We love it 6 A Doyourchildren drink any milk? B No. Not much Notmany. 7 Donnaate her hamburger, but she didn’t eat much /many French fries. 8 A How many vegetables do you eat? B.Any/None.Idon'like them. 9 Ihave acup oftea and a few/a little cereal for breakfast. 10 A Doyoueat much / many meat? B No. [don't eat no |any meat. 'ma vegetarian.