Sair da aula
Nesta aula do nosso curso online de inglês, você continuará a aprender sobre como falar de quantidade.
1 . As palavras no quadro são contáveis ou incontáveis? Quais você não coloca no plural?
minute | milk | egg | orange | money | mistake | luggage | food | rice | bread | apple | friend
Grammar: a lot of / lots of / much / many / some
Quando queremos nos referir a uma grande quantidade, podemos usar a lot of (ou lots of ), much ou many.
A lot of (ou lots of ) pode ser usado tanto com substantivos contáveis como incontáveis e, em geral, é usado em frases afirmativas.
I’ve got a lot of friends.
She’s got lots of money.
Some pode ser usado tanto com substantivos contáveis como incontáveis e, em geral, é usado em frases afirmativas.
There is some milk in the glass.
Many só pode ser usado com substantivos contáveis e, em geral, é usado em perguntas ou afirmações negativas.
How many friends have you got?
I haven’t got many friends.
Much só pode ser usado com substantivos incontáveis. Como many, em geral é usado em perguntas ou afirmações negativas.
How much money have you got?
I haven’t got much money.
2 . Observe o quadro sobre gramática acima e leia as frases abaixo. Anote as frases que estão corretas. Para as demais, sublinhe as palavras incorretas e escreva as corretamente acima delas.
1 There isn’t many milk left; can you go and get some more?
2 How much luggage have you got?
3 She hasn’t got some friends.
4 They made much mistakes in the report.
5 There weren’t much people at the party.
6 There are lots of eggs in the fridge. Let’s make a cake.
7 How many rice would you like?
3 . Observe este trecho extraído de uma carta e complete-o usando a lot of, many, much ou some. Em alguns casos, mais de uma resposta é possível.
I started my new job last week. The company I work for has a small office in the city. There aren’t …………. people there; just me and five others. The boss makes us work very hard and there are always ………….. things to do, so I don’t get …………..free time during the day; maybe half an hour for lunch and ten minutes for tea or coffee in the morning. This is a bit annoying, because there are ……………. good shops in the area, and you know how much I like shopping! On the other hand, they don’t pay me very ……………….. money, so it’s probably just as well I don’t get the chance to spend it! The good news is that I have managed to save ……………… money for my holiday next month!
4 . Complete as frases ligando a coluna da esquerda (1–6) à coluna da direita (a–f).
1 We’d love to help you, but unfortunately we haven’t got
2 You should visit London when you are in England. There are
3 I enjoy a good social life. I have
4 My social life isn’t great. I don’t have
5 We’ll have to go to a restaurant for dinner. There isn’t
6 Let’s eat at home tonight. There’s
a) lots of food in the house.
b) some really good friends.
c) a lot of good museums that I would recommend.
d) much food in the house.
e) many friends.
f) much time before our train leaves.
5 . Ouça a gravação e confira as suas respostas do exercício 4.
20 minutes+
Complete as frases com uma das expressões do quadro abaixo.
lots of things | much money | many friends | some water | some broken glass
1 Are you thirsty? There’s ………………………………in the fridge.
2 He’s unhappy. He hasn’t got ……………………………….. .
3 Be careful! There’s …………………………….. on the floor.
4 I can’t go out tonight. I haven’t got …………………………….. .
5 There are ……………………………… that I don’t like.
Word Bank
annoying (adjetivo) = irritante
mistake (substantivo) = erro
social life (substantivo) = vida social
Respostas:
Exercício 1
Countable: minute, egg, orange, mistake, apple, friend
Uncountable: milk, money, luggage, food, rice, bread
Uncountable nouns are not said in the plural.
Exercício 2
1 There isn’t much milk left …
2 ✓
3 She hasn’t got many friends.
4 They made many mistakes in the report.
5 There weren’t many people at the party.
6 ✓
7 How much rice would you like?
Exercício 3
There aren’t many (or a lot of) people there …
there are always a lot of (or many) things to do …
I don’t get much (or a lot of) free time during …
This is a bit annoying, because there are some (or a lot of or many) good shops …
they don’t pay me very much money …
I have managed to save a lot of (or some) money for my holiday …
Exercício 4
1-f; 2-c; 3-b; 4-e; 5-d; 6-a
20 minutes+
1 some water
2 many friends
3 some broken glass
4 much money
5 lots of things