General English Level 6 Version 2.1 © 2004 acl Pty Ltd GELEV6 Unit 01 Topic 03.doc Examples 1. I don't have very much money. 2. There are too many rules in the English language. 3. It is quite a few years since I've been to Europe. 4. There were rather a lot of people at the meeting. 5. I had too little time to study. I needed another day to prepare. 6. I need a lot more time to get ready. 7. There aren't many more days left of summer. Examples Listen to the examples. 1. Do you want some help? Yes, please. I don't have much time to get ready. 2. How many people are coming to the party? I'm not sure, but I invited quite a few people. 3. I have a lot of free time at the moment. Really? I don't. I've got too much to do. 4. Do we have any coffee? Yes, some, but not very much. 5. Can you lend me some money? No, sorry. I don't have any. 6. Is there much cake left? No, there's only a little. We ate rather a lot of it last night. 7. There were too many people on the bus. I know, there are too few buses. We need a lot more of them in the mornings.  LANGUAGE FOCUS 07a Countable and uncountable nouns When Zahra tells Alex the ingredients for her recipe, she needs to say how much or how many (the quantity) of each ingredient to use - couscous, cabbage, onion. Nouns like cabbage, onion and vegetables can be counted: one cabbage and two onions, seven different vegetables. We call these countable nouns. Countable nouns have a singular and plural form. We can use numbers in front of countable nouns. 29