Name: 23 • ‫ محمد احمد محمود علي حمد‬Dec 2018 • TP4 How much/many ..............?

Description
In this lesson, students learn about the use of 'How much+ uncountable' and 'How many + countable nouns'
through the context of food and drink. The teacher elicits the use of How much/ many from the students.
Students perform controlled practice through completing a task and ask and answer questions. Students do free
practice speaking about their country using 'How much and how many'.

Main Aims
 To provide clarification and practice of 'How much / many' in the context of food and drink habits.

Subsidiary Aims
 To practise less/semi-controlled speaking.

Materials
 answer keys
 board and markers
 projector
 handouts(Cutting Edge Elementary 3rd edition)

Please see the following page for the lesson procedure

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Interaction
Stage Procedure Materials Time Comments
Pattern
Stage 1 Use the survey in Ex1 to start. Ask them,"What's the most popular drink in
To set lesson context Egypt?". The answer will probably be 'tea', then ask, "How much tea do you
and engage students drink every day?". The answers may vary; a lot, a little, I don't drink tea.
Introduce the word 'average' through examples like; The average man is about handouts,
175 cm tall. I may use the word typical to give a clue. Demonstrate with the
5–7
projector
class by doing the first one together, eliciting their answer or guess, but
without saying if it's true or not. Then let them work in pairs. They can check
the answers on page 134.
Stage 2 Using the survey in Ex1, elicit one question with 'How much' and one with
To introduce the 'How many'. Check the meaning of 'How much' using CCQs like; Do British
grammar rule for people eat a lot of chocolate? Do you know the quantity of chocolate they eat?
using 'How many / Can we answer with numbers only? Drill the full question using the correct
much' intonation. Repeat the same procedures with the How many questions. Now
write the sentences on the board, eliciting the grammar words;

In blue: How much rice do you eat every day? board and
10 – 15
markers
In red: How much + uncountable noun

In blue: How many potatoes do you eat every day?

In red: How much + countable noun

Give ss time to copy.

Stage 3 Demonstrate practice 1a with the whole class through eliciting the answer for
To provide controlled number 1. Then ask ICQs to make sure that they know what are they going to handouts,
practice. do. Allow the ss to work alone. Monitor. projector, 6–8
answer keys
Controlled practice: change the pairs and practise Q/A.
Stage 4 The ss could write their own questions about Egypt. It doesn't matter if they're
To provide less/semi not 100% correct, just for the idea. One or two questions are enough and they 10 – 15
controlled practice. can ask each other.

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Name: 23 • ‫ محمد احمد محمود علي حمد‬Dec 2018 • TP4 How much/many ..............?

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