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OBJECTIVES LESSON 3
QUANTIFIERS

VOCABULARY CONTAINERS, QUANTITIES AND SHAPES

Listen and repeat.

CONTAINERS QUANTITIES SHAPES

Students will be
cup Mug a liter of triangle
able to use jar Jug a dozen of circle
can bottle a piece of rectangle
quantifiers with
packet carton a slice of square
countable and bag Tube a pair of line
pack Box a kilo of cube
uncountable

nouns.
PAIR WORK. Practice the following conversation.

Students are going Esteban: What are we going to cook for lunch?
Ivone: I want to eat a Peruvian dish. So, we can cook Lomo
to learn some
Saltado.
vocabulary about Esteban: Oh! That sounds delicious! Let’s do the market list.
Ivone: Oh right! Give me a piece of paper and a pen.
containers, Esteban: Here you are! So, I think we have to buy some
tomatoes and potatoes, a kilo of meat, a kilo of rice…
quantities and what else?
Ivone: We also have to buy onions, garlic, and a liter of oil,
shapes. salt and pepper.
Esteban: Perfect! I’ve got it.
Ivone: Mmm… I almost forget. I have to bake a cake as well.
Esteban: Wonderful! A dessert for dinner!
Ivone: Of course!
Esteban: What do we need?
Ivone: We need a kilo of sugar, a dozen of eggs, a pack of
flour, a carton of milk, and the most important a bar of
chocolate.
Esteban: Great! Where are we going to buy all the ingredients?
Ivone: Let’s go to Mall Aventura. I think the prices there are
cheaper.
Esteban: Let’s go!

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GRAMMAR (1) COUNTABLE NOUNS

Countable nouns refer things that we can count using numbers.

Countable nouns use the following quantifiers.
- Some, any, a lot of, lots of, enough, many, (a) few.

Look at the examples.

SINGULAR PLURAL

Affirmative

There’s a table in the class. There are two tables in the class.
There’s a mouse in the drawer. There are some mice in the drawer.

Negative

There isn’t a jar in the cabinet. There aren’t any cups in the sink.
There isn’t a box on the platter. There aren’t any bottles into the box.

Question
Is there a policeman on the corner? Are there any butcher shops in this town?
Yes, there is. Yes, there are.
No, there isn’t. No, there aren’t.
How many people are there in your city?
There are two millions.
There are many.
There are a lot.
There are a few.
There aren’t any.

PRACTICE (1). Circle the one alternative in the following sentences which is NOT possible.

1. Would you like ____________ water?

a) some b) a little c) a
2. They had ____________ bad news the other day.
a) some b) any c) a
3. I tried _____________ shorts, but they didn’t suit me as I wanted.
a) a b) some c) a pair of
4. My professor gave me _____________ good advice about the exam.
a) some b) a piece of c) many
5. ___________ San Agustin university students came to the festival.
a) many b) some c) any
6. Would you like ____________ toast?
a) any b) some c) another
7. ____________helicopter crashed into a mountain.
a) the b) some c) a

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8. Gabriela hasn’t brought ____________ luggage with her.

a) much b) a c) any
9. I would like ____________ information about your course.
a) some b) a bit of c) many
10. University professor need __________ more time to check examinations.
a) an b) some c) a

GRAMMAR (2) UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Uncountable nouns refer things that we can’t count.

Uncountable nouns use the following quantifiers.
- Some, any, a lot of, lots of, enough, much, a bit of, a little.

Look at the examples.

SINGULAR PLURAL

Affirmative

There’s a coffee. There is some coffee.✓

There’s a cup of coffee on the table.✓ There are two cups of coffee on the table.✓
I bought a sugar. I bought some sugar.✓
I bought a bag of sugar. ✓ I bought two bags of sugar.✓

Negative

There isn’t a water. There isn’t any water.✓

There isn’t a bottle of water.✓ There aren’t any bottles of water.✓
I don’t want to drink a milk. I don’t want to drink any milk.✓
I don’t want to drink a glass of milk.✓ I don’t want to drink two glasses of milk.✓

Question

How much rice do you need?

I need a lot.
I need some.
I need a little.
I don’t need any.
I don’t need much.

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PRACTICE (2). Fill in the blanks with much, many or a lot of. In some cases, more than one
answer is possible.

1. In the summer in Arequipa, there’s _________________ rain.

2. Children usually drink _________________ milk.
3. _________________ people from Arequipa have an unhealthy diet.
4. I drink coffee only twice a month. I don’t drink _________________ coffee
5. In Mall Aventura Porongoche there are _________________ places that sell fast
food.
6. It’s important to drink _________________ water.
7. How _________________ glasses of wine have you drunk today?
8. How _________________ fruit did you eat yesterday?
9. Do you know how _________________ Cholesterol is there in a bar of chocolate?
10. It isn’t good to eat _________________ bread, you can get overweight.

PRACTICE (3). This is a conversation between a waitress (W) and a customer (C). Fill in the
blanks with an appropriate quantity word. (In some cases more than one answer is
possible)

Arequipeña Tradition restaurant

W: Would you like _________________ Cappuccino, sir?

C: Yes, and please bring me _________________ extra cream too. I don’t need
_________________ sugar. And I’d like a _________________ of tea, too. Please.

A few minutes later:

W: Are you ready to order, sir?

C: Yes. I’d like adobo with _________________ bread.
W: Do you want anything else?
C: Yes, my wife wants _________________ vegetable turret with _________________
rice.
W: Does she want anything to drink?
C: Yes, she likes _________________ of chicha de jora.

After the customer is finished eating:

W: Would you like _________________ Dessert?

C: Yes, I’d like _________________ queso helado and _________________ picarones.

After the customer eats dessert:

W: Would you like anything else?

C: Just the check. I don’t have _________________ cash with me. Can I pay by credit
card?
W: Of course.

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ACTIVITIES

VOCABULARY

1. Look at the pictures and write the correct names of the different containers.

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

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GRAMMAR

1. Put in A / AN / SOME / ANY

a. Students read _________ new book and listen to ______________ audio at the same time.
b. Raul doesn’t have ____________ money but he needs to get ____________ water, he’s thirsty.
c. Let’s open ____________ window to get ____________ fresh air, this is so hot.
d. I don’t normally eat much for breakfast, only __________ banana and ____________ bread with
butter.
e. They live in ___________ large flat and there is also _________nice garden with _________ kind
flowers.
f. There isn’t ____________ meat to make lomo saltado but there is ____________ chicken.
g. He doesn’t have ____________good idea at the moment because he has .___________ exam
tomorrow.
h. Some people think there hasn’t been ___________ honest president latetly.
i. _________ café is ________ place where you can have ___________ delicious coffee.
j. __________ universities in Peru have got the license to continue teaching .

2. Add A / AN / SOME to the following list.

a. house k. university
b. museums l. hour
c. apartament m. art gallery
d. churches n. building
e. elevator o. offices
f. tunnels p. island
g. taxis q. airport
h. condominium r. headache
i. shopping mal s. umbrellas
j. chairs t. used car

3. Complete the following questions with HOW MUCH OR HOW MANY.

a. __________________________ meat do I have to buy?

b. __________________________ strawberries do we have to make juice ?
c. __________________________ pisco do we need for the cocktail?
d. __________________________ butter and bread should I buy?
e. __________________________ bags of detergent should we get?
f. __________________________ sugar and peanuts do you need for that recipe?
g. __________________________ coffee do you drink every day?
h. __________________________ cups of tea do you normally drink?
i. __________________________ books have you read lately?
j. __________________________ very good friends have you got?

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WRITING

1. Most American stores sell products in containers: bags, jars, cans, and others. Write a
paragraph about how stores in Arequipa sell their products.

2. Americans have some of these food for breakfast: cereal and milk, toast, butter or
jelly, orange juice, eggs, bacon, coffee. Describe a typical breakfast for you using
countable and uncountable nouns with few, a few, much, many, little, a little, so
many, so much, enough.

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OBJECTIVES LESSON 4
ADVERBS/PHRASAL VERBS
VOCABULARY MATERIALS
Listen and repeat.

Students will be TEXTIL BUILDINGS METALS OTHERS

cotton plastic gold oil
able to use
leather wood silver clay
adverbs of manner silk brick bronze dust

and degree. wool Cement cooper ash

linen marble steel rubber
thread sand iron mud
Students will get

familiar with the GROUP WORK. Practice the following conversation.

use of phrasal
Kathy: Do you remember what materials we have to buy?
Kelly: I’m not really sure. Let me find out!
verbs.
Kathy: Who are you going to speak to?
Kelly: Our classmate. Hold on! Hi, Peter, how are you?
Peter: Hi! Who is this?
Kelly: It’s Kelly, I sit behind you in our geological course.
Students will be
Peter: What a surprise!
Kelly: I’m with Kathy and we were wondering if you could tell us what
able to write a text
materials we should buy for geological class.
Peter: Actually we don’t have to buy materials. Our professor told us to
using some cause
find out about different kind of materials like gold, cement, rubber,
iron, etc. I just bought a book.
connectors.
Kelly: Really?
Peter: Of course.
Kelly: How much was it?
Peter: About S/ 120 soles.
Students are going
Kelly: Oh my Gosh! It’s so much expensive. We can’t hold it.
Peter: I saw a similar book at the library. But If you can’t find it I can
to learn some
borrow mine.
Kelly: Ok. Thank you very much. Bye.
vocabulary about
Peter: Bye-bye.
Kathy: So… what did he say?
materials.
Kelly: we only have to buy a book or go to the library.
Kathy: Maybe we can search that information on the Internet. It sounds
more reasonable!
Kelly: You are right! Let’s go to the Internet.
Kathy: Perfect!

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GRAMMAR (1) ADVERBS

ADVERBS OF MANNERS

Adverbs of manner answer the question HOW something happen.

Adverbs of manner talk about a verb and adjectives qualify a noun.

Rules to form adverbs.

1. Adjectives adding the SUFFIX -LY Loud loudly Examples.

Careful carefully Carmen is a beautiful singer.
Slow slowly Carmen sings beautifully.
Serious seriously
Beautiful beautifully
2. Adjectives ending in Y = ily Happy happily Examples.
Easy easily She spoke angrily.
Angry angrily He manipulate metals easily.
3. Adjectives ending in LE=y Terrible terribly Example.
Horrible horribly The victims suffered horribly.
4. Irregular adverbs do not use LY Hard hard Examples.
Good well We all work out hard
Late late I dislike driving fast.
Fast fast I hate arriving late.
High high

PRACTICE (1). Underline the correct words adjective or adverb.

1. They stepped confident / confidently in front of the classroom.
2. The meeting at dinner time was a complete / completely perfect moment.
3. Students did good / well in their final English evaluation.
4. After doing my final exposition on the computer I had an awful / awfully headache.
5. The children behaved bad / badly during their best friend party.

ADVERBS OF DEGREE

It’s used to intensifier something. Normally, adverbs of degree go before the verb, adjective and the
adverb. They are too, very, enough, quite, extremely, just, almost, really, absolutely, completely.

Look at the chart.

ADVERBS OF DEGREE EXAMPLE

Too He´s jogging too quickly. (adverb)
Very This journey is very amazing. (adverb)
Enough A kilo of gold is wealth enough. (adverb)
Quite That movie was quite boring. (adjective)
Extremely That brick was extremely heavy. (adjective)
Just He bought just a piece of diamond. (verb)
Almost I’m almost free. (verb)

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PRACTICE (2). Complete the following sentences with the adverbs from the chart.

Very extremely almost too just

1. This menu is ______ delicious.

2. The price for this jacket is __________ expensive.
3. That lady speaks ________ loud. Somebody shout her.
4. I’ve got _________ the best score.
5. They _________ cut me in when I was explaining the topic.
6. The winter in Peruvian Andes is ___________ cold.
7. He _________ breaks me up.
8. If you don’t know what the capital of Peru is, it’ll be ____________ awkward.

PRACTICE (3). Make adverbs from the following adjectives.

angry sad
lazy serious
quiet slow

1. Don’t make a noise, the baby is sleeping. She told us. _________________
2. This is a very important lesson. The teacher said. _________________
3. I don’t feel like doing anything. Teacher Milagros said. _________________
4. I’m sorry teacher, but I didn’t bring my homework.
My student said it. _________________
5. Give me back my mobile phone. My brother shouted. _________________

GRAMMAR (2) PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal verbs are common verbs in English and they are formed with prepositions or adverbs.

VERB+PREPOSITION VERB+ADVERB
ask for ask about
break in break up
call for call down
fill in find out
come in come out
cut in cut down
draw in draw away
get on get down
go on go away
hold on hold out
look at look after
put in put away
speak to speak up
try on pass away
turn on turn out

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Examples.

1. Talk to your professor and ask him for permission.

2. He asks about the political situation in our society.
3. I’m sorry, I didn’t want to break in your speech. Go on, please.
4. She’s broken up her relationship.
5. Students call for a good teaching.
6. For my exam, we have to find out more about the phrasal verbs.
7. Sorry, I’m late. May I come in?
8. Don’t cut down the trees. They give us oxygen.
9. It’s important to draw in because we don’t have much budget.
10. The nurse looks after the patients.
11. Could you turn on the light, please?
12. I like that jacket. I’ll try it on.

PRACTICE (4). Complete the sentences with the correct preposition or adverb.

1. Some people cut _______ the trees from the jungle.

2. I have sore eyes, please turn ________ the lights.
3. Look ____ the examples and complete the sentences.
4. She has to look _______ her children.
5. The principal doesn’t want to speak ______ me. I don´t know why.
6. I can’t hear you. Speak ___!
7. The quiz is going to start, put your things _______!
8. In 2008 Ima Sumac passed ________. She was the greatest Peruvian soprano.
9. My girlfriend just broke _____ with me.
10. Don’t forget to fill ____ the bottle.

WRITING TIME CAUSE CONNECTORS

Look at punctuation.

CONNECTOR EXAMPLES
It is used as a conjunction.

BECAUSE  I don’t need much money because I think my salary is OK.

 Because I was watching a Peruvian documentary, I forgot to call you. Sorry.

It is used as a preposition.

 Because of the Peruvian documentary, I forgot to call you. Sorry.

BECAUSE OF  She arrived very late because of the traffic jam.
 Because of your excellent grades, you got your degree and congrats.

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ACTIVITIES

VOCABULARY

1. Look at the pictures and write the correct names of the different materials.

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

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GRAMMAR

1. Underline the correct words adjective or adverb.

a. Robert’s parents could finally understand why he didn’t have normal / normally
temperature.
b. They walked quick / quickly back to their home.
c. The runners could run free / freely around the park after the hurricane.
d. Everyone is getting quite happy / happily.
e. I’m pleased the plan worked so good / goodly / well.

2. Decide if the underlined word is an adjective or an adverb.

a. San Agustin university is really lovely. _______________

b. I always try to arrive early. _______________
c. Yola is a fast writer. _______________
d. She said she had a silly behavior. _______________
e. Students nearly fail their English exam. _______________

3. Write a second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the words in
brackets.
Jonathan was stupid. (behaved)
Jonathan behaved stupidly.
a. The young woman was polite. (spoke)
________________________________________________________
b. Polly gave an angry shout (shouted)
________________________________________________________
c. The film’s ending is dramatic. (ends)
________________________________________________________
d. The train was late. (arrived)
_________________________________________________________
e. The students had a hard exam. (study)
__________________________________________________________

4. Complete the verbs with the correct preposition.

Verb + preposition Verb + preposition Verb + preposition

ask _______ get _______ try _______
break _______ go _______ turn _______
call _______ fill _______ come _______
put _______ hold _______ cut _______
speak _______ look _______ draw _______

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5. Complete the verbs with the correct adverb.

Verb + adverb Verb + adverb Verb + adverb

ask _______ get _______ try _______
break _______ go _______ turn _______
call _______ fill _______ come _______
put _______ hold _______ cut _______
speak _______ look _______ draw _______

6. Complete the sentences with the correct phrasal verb into the correct form.

a) Teacher the director was here _________________ you this morning.

b) Someone had ______________ through the window and nobody realized about it.
c) Teacher Gabriela was sick yesterday, so a substitute ______________ for her.
d) My classmates were so absorbed in their lesson, they didn’t even notice me
________________.
e) I remember that we were listening to the teacher and suddenly a man started making
a noise and _____________ the teacher.
f) While I was sending a text message at the bus stop, my friends were
___________________ the CANARIOS bus.
g) There is a traffic jam on Ejercito Avenue, we have to _____________ the teacher for
15 minutes.
h) Did you decide which car are you going to buy? No, we are ___________ carefully
______________ all the options.
i) We have just had a new multimedia projector ___________________.
j) Let’s go to the Mall Aventura and _________________ the dress that I saw last week.

READING COMPREHENSION

1. Read the following conversation and answer the questions bellow.

CHANGES AT UNIVERSITY

Flor: I am terribly surprised, Marjorie. I came to classes yesterday I needed to get some
photocopies and I looked everywhere to get some but there was nowhere and I was
told that since this year there is no paper at university.
Marjorie: Have you noticed that there are not places to have something to eat or drink either? I
miss the lady who sold those very delicious snacks, they were very delicious she used
to make them. I was wondering where we are going to get something fast to eat
during our short time break.
Flor: Yes, Marjorie this year there are a lot of changes at San Agustin University I think we
just have to get used to it.
Marjorie: Fortunately, there are still places to have something to eat and drink the problem is
that they are a bit far from here I don’t know if there are enough for all of us.
Flor: For me the worst problem is not to have a place to photocopy or print our homework
or searching professors ask us to do.
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we have to use our mobiles so much.

Flor: So, we have to get used to it happily because this way we are also helping to safe our
earth planet.
1. Why is Flor surprised?
________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
2. What does Marjorie miss?
________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
3. According to the conversation. What changes are there at San Agustín University?
________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
4. What’s the problem with some places inside University?
________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
5. According to Flor. What’s the problem for her?
________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
6. What do we have to use instead places to photocopy?
________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.

WRITING

1. Circle the words that best describe your actions.

a) I usually spend my money carefully foolishly

b) I do my homework willingly unwillingly
c) I usually walk slowly quickly
d) I write my language well poorly
e) I learn languages easily with difficulty

2. Now, write a text giving more information about why you chose those adverbs.

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