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C. Read the text in part A. Then answer the following questions based on the information in
the text.
1. What is the TV program about?
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2. Who introduces the program?
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3. Which food in this bin is healthy? Which food is unhealthy?
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4. In your opinion which are these types of food is healthy and unhealthy? State your reasons.
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rice chocolates red meat hot dogs orange salad

Countable nouns Uncountable nouns
Things that we can count : 1 banana, 2 Things we cannot count : Rice, salt
bananas
They have singular and plural forms : Apple, They do not have plural forms.
apples
We can use numbers in front of them : 25 We cannot use numbers in front of them.
bananas
We use ‘many’ in questions and negatives : I We use much in questions and negatives : I
don’t eat many apples. don’t drink much milk.
We use how many to ask questions : How We use how much to ask questions :
many bananas do you buy every week? How much water do you drink every day?

We can use ‘a lot of’ with countable and uncountable nouns : Do you eat a lot of burgers/
cheese?

We can show the quantity (how much/how many) of countable and uncountable nouns by
using another noun (e.g. a bag) or measurement (e.g. kilos) + of in front of the noun. A bag
of bananas. A glass of water. A liter of oil.

A. Cross out the words in italics that are incorrect.

1. How much/many/a lot of coffee do you drink every day?
2. I don’t eat much/many/a lot of meet these days.
3. How much/many/a lot of bananas do you want?

4. Do you drink much/many/a lot of water?
5. Do people in your country eat much/many/a lot of rice?
6. My family eats much/many/a lot of eggs every week.

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