9A Grammar  countable / uncountable nouns;

a / an, some / any

 a Look at what’s in the refrigerator. Write the questions and short answers.
1 butter? Is there any butter? No, there isn’t.
2 sushi?
3 carrots?
4 cheese?
5 fish?
6 chicken?
7 eggs?
8 orange juice?

  b Write + or – sentences with a / an, some, or any.

1 onions There aren’t any onions.
2 tomato juice
3 pineapple
4 strawberries
5 peppers
6 milk
7 mushrooms
8 ice cream

activation
  c Test your memory. Work with a partner. A (picture face up) ask B (picture face down) five

questions about what’s in the fridge. Then change roles.

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 9B Grammar how much / how many, a lot of, etc.
 a Circle the right word in bold. Then answer the question with a complete sentence. Use a lot of,
not … much, not … many, or not … any.

Fast Food Fred

1 How much / many orange juice does he drink?
He doesn’t drink any orange juice.
2 How much / many hamburgers does he eat?

3 How much / many French fries does he eat?

Valerie the Vegetarian

4 How much / many meat does she eat?

5 How much / many vegetables does she eat?

6 How much / many water does she drink?

Baby Belinda
7 How much / many milk does she drink?

8 How much / many bread does she eat?

9 How much / many apples does she eat?

Fabio the Food Fan

10 How much / many cereal does he eat?

11 How much / many pasta does he eat?

12 How much / many cups of espresso does he drink?

activation
  b Work with a partner. Answer questions 1–12 about yourself. Then ask your partner some
questions and discuss.
I don’t drink much orange juice. How much orange juice do you drink?

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 9C Grammar comparative adjectives
 a Use the information to make comparative sentences.
1 2
Length 1 T
 he Golden Gate bridge is Speed
shorter than the Akashi-Kaikyo
the Akashi-Kaikyo bridge (Japan) bridge.
12,831 ft human 27.79 mph
the Golden Gate bridge (US) horse 47.50 mph
2
8,980 ft

short slow

3 4
Inventions 3 Size

Blu-ray technology 1998 Russia 6,592,800 sq mi
MP3 technology 1989
4 Canada 3,854,085 sq mi

new big

5 6
Price 5 People per sq mi

Cartier watch $5,170 Shanghai 9,400
Swatch watch $115 6 Istanbul 6,530

expensive crowded

7 8
Average summer 7 Risk
temperature deaths per year worldwide traveling
by car approx. 1.2 million
London 75.2°F 8 deaths per year worldwide traveling
New York City 83°F
by plane approx. 600

hot dangerous

9 10
Vitamin C 9 Height
Burj Khalifa tower (Dubai)
oranges: approx. 70 mg per orange 2,717 ft
apples: approx. 9 mg per apple 10 Empire State Building (New York)
1,454 ft

healthy tall

11 12
Annual rainfall 11
Weather
Paris (France) average hours
Buenos Aires 38.7 inches sunlight per day 4.9
Rome 23 inches Stockholm (Sweden) average hours
12
sunlight per day 5.4

dry sunny

activation
  b Test your memory. Cover the sentences and look at the boxes. Compare the things.


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