Question

Questions:

Part 1:   

Write C in front of the count nouns and N in front of the noncounts nouns.

Example ___N___ spaghetti

1.      _______  eggs

2.      _______ apple

3.      _______ rice

4.      _______ sugar

5.      _______ chocolate

Part 2:

Complete the following questions with how much or how many!

Example:         How many flour do we need?

                        How much bottles of shampoo should we get?

1.      _____________ bread should I buy?

2.      _____________ apples do we have left?

3.      _____________ milk do we need?

4.      _____________ toothpaste should I buy?

5.      _____________ cups of coffee do you usually drink?

Part 3:

Ellen lives in a large eastern city. Her family lives in the west. She teaches at a public elementary school. Using the following cues, form sentences about Ellen’s opinions by adding is important or are important.

Example: Friends are important.

                 Good transportation is important.

1.      Free time ___________.

2.      Honesty ___________.

3.      Warm clothes __________.

4.      Money __________.

5.      Neighbors _________.

Part 4:

fill in each blank with one word from the following list. Some blanks have more than one correct answer.

area    homes    jobs    parking   cities    housing    life   transportation

           

 Life   in a big city has both advantages and disadvantages. There are usually many apartments for rent. However, ____1___ can be very expensive. For example very few people can afford to buy ____2______. Additionally, it is difficult to find housing in a safe ____3____. Employment is another problem. ______4______ are hard to find in many  ___5_______. _____6_______ is also difficult. Bicycles can be dangerous, buses are not always on time, and ____7____ is expensive.

Part 5:

Add a few or few before count nouns and a little or little before noncount nouns.

Ellen:   what will we eat foe breakfast? Maybe we need to get shopping and buy a few things at the store.

May:    we have very ___1___  money, but I think we have enough for groceries for tomorrow’s breakfast.

Ellen:   Luckily, we have ____2___ apples, ­­­­___3___ eggs and ___4__ butter. All we need is  ___5__ bread and ____6___ jelly for breakfast.

May:    but what about lunch and dinner? We have ___7____ money, but we do need eat.

Ellen:   well, there are __8__  cans of soup and __9___ peanut butter in the cupboard. It’s not much, but it will keep us going until I get my check on Monday.

Part 6:

Circle the correct answer in each of sentences.

Example: How (much/many) apples do you need for the pie?

1.      I always put (a few/ a little) salt in my soup.

2.      We don’t have (many/much) potatoes in the house.

3.      Is there (many/much) juice in the refrigerator?

4.      There  isn’t (a few/much) ice cream left.

5.      How (much/many)homework do you have to night?

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