c) How much milk does Lucy’s mother want?
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d) How many kilos of apples does Lucy’s mother need?
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e) Where is Lucy going to buy the things required by her mother?
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Think
4. Complete the chart with information in the dialogue and in the supermarket
list.
Notice that a certain quantity of things in general are uncountable (flour, coffee,
water, sugar, etc.) is expressed using a quantifier followed by
of
and an
uncountable noun (a kilo of sugar, a cup of flour, four spoons of coffee, etc.)
Write
5. Match the pictures with the expressions.
a) a tube of tooth paste
b) a bottle of oil
c) a glass of water
d) a kilo of sugar
e) a box of cereal
f ) a bag of potato chips
g) a bar of butter
h) a packet of pasta
i) a can of tuna fish
j) a jar of mayonnaise
Countable
Uncountable
a kilo of rice
rice
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