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Make it Count



COUNT
ABLE


UN
COUNT
ABLE





a few




some



some?



any?



much?



many?




a lot of




not...much




not...many




not...any



meeting




petrol




cheese




paper




water




letter




traffic




alcohol




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Make it Count




exercise








time




computer




food




problem




wine




customer




book




machine




experience



money




employee




fruit




luggage



news




equipment



information



work



furniture



advice




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Make it Count

This matching and speaking activity is great for teaching or reviewing expressions of
quantity. Students not only have to distinguish between countable and uncountable nouns.
They also have to make sentences using words like much, many, some, any, a lot of, etc.

Before class, make one copy of the cards for each group of three students. Cut as indicated
and put the cards into two sets grey and white.

Procedure

Divide the class into groups of three. If you have an extra student, make a group of four.

Give each group a set of the white cards.

Tell the groups to put the two heading cards countable and uncountable face up. The noun
cards should be placed face down.

Students take it in-turns to turn over a noun card and match it with a heading card. For each
correct match, the students win a point.

When the students have correctly matched all the noun cards, give each group the grey
cards, face down in a pile.

In turn, students pick up a card, and make a sentence with an appropriate noun. For each
grammatically correct sentence, the students win a point.

The other group members should judge each sentence. If they are unsure whether it is
correct, they can ask the teacher.
















Written by Paul Adams for Teach-This.com 20I3