Y1 S6 lesson 1 Much vs Many

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

theme 6 

After this lesson you will be able to: 

* describe things of which you have plenty.

*  tell the difference between nouns you can and cannot count.

* understand the grammatical difference between them.

Welcome back!

How many shoes 

Wow! You have many shoes! How much money did you pay for all of them?!

Much vs Many

much and many

You use much and many to indicate that there is more than one of something. Or even to indicate that there's lots of it.

for instance: I have many books.

If you can count, you can follow this lesson...

much and many

there are two kinds of nouns.

countable ones and uncountable ones.

much and many

There are two kinds of nouns.

countable ones and uncountable ones.

Countable (telbaar) are nouns you can count. 

Books, cars, shoes, dogs and so on.

DUH!

Uncountable nouns are nouns you can't count.

Water, love, traffic, smoke and so on.

notice how these nouns have plurals and singulars!

much and many

We use MUCH for the uncountable nouns.

# I have so much work to do.

# There's so much love in the world.

# There was too much traffic to get here in time.

much and many

You use many when you can count the nouns.

# He has many pairs of shoes.

# There are many stars in the universe.

# My grandma has many children.

It's really hard but you can count the stars...

much and many

You can also use them in a negative or interrogative way.

# I don't  have much time.

# Does he read many books?

# How much money do you have? 

huh?! But you can count money, can't you? No! You can count the notes and the coins!

let's practise! get out your phones!

fill in much or many:
1: He likes ... films.
2: She doesn't have ... milk left.
3: They don't have ... telephones in their house.
4: How ... dogs do they own?
5: I don't think ... children like sprouts.

Not too many please! I want to get on with the rest of the lesson. Because there is still so much to do! 

Do you have any questions?

Then, let's practise!

1: I have so ______ work to do.

2: Don't you have too _______ homework?

3: There are ________ fish in the sea.

4: We caught a fish that ate too ______.

5: It was really fat, we needed _______ hands to carry it.

6: I saw _______ bands perform live in my life, too ______ to count.

7: My wife loves me so ______! Though she said that to _______ boyfriends before me.

8: I think too _______ practise isn't good for you.

9: You need time for the _______ plans you guys thought of.

Then, let's practise!

1: I have so ______ work to do.

2: Heb jij niet teveel huiswerk?

3: There are ________ fish in the sea.

4: Wij vingen een vis die teveel had gegeten.

5: Hij was echt heel dik! We hadden veel handen nodig om hem te dragen.

6: I saw _______ bands perform live in my life, too ______ to count.

7: My wife loves me so ______! Though she said that to _______ boyfriends before me.

8: Ik denk dat teveel oefenen niet goed voor je is.

9: You need time for the _______ plans you guys thought of.

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