Warm-up
Repeat after the tutor.
- How many hours are you going to sleep?
- How many countries are you going to visit?
- How many days is she going to stay?
- How many cars are black?
- How many people have this problem?
- How many rooms do you need?
- How many spoons do they need?
- How many soldiers died?
- How many people followed you?
- How many employees did you hire?
- How many children did they help?
- How many tickets can I buy?
- How many cookies can you eat?
- How many languages can you speak?
- How many people can do this?
Notes
Here are some grammar tips.
Vocabulary
Go over the following vocabulary and expressions with your tutor. Use the illustration above if needed.
Vocabulary/ Expressions
| Expression | Definition |
| airplane | (v) a powered flying vehicle e.g. How many airplanes do you see on the tarmac? |
| hair | (v) hairs collectively, especially those growing on a person’s head. e.g. How many people have black hair in this room? |
| avoid | (v) keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something). e.g. How many times can I avoid him? |
| champion | (v) a person who has defeated or surpassed all rivals in a competition, especially in sports. e.g. How many times will she be the champion in this competition? |
| fear | (v) be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening. e.g. How many times to have to fear an exam before I feel confident? |
| kidnap | (v) take (someone) away illegally by force, typically to obtain a ransom. e.g. How many times can we kidnap someone before we are caught? |
| parade | (v) a public procession, especially one celebrating a special day or event and including marching bands and floats. e.g. How many years has the Christmas parade been taking place? |
| railroad | (v) a track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run. e.g. How many towns does the railroad pass through? |
| scale | (v) one of the thin plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and fish e.g. How many scales are on that snake? |
| warn | (v) inform someone in advance of an impending or possible danger, problem, or other unpleasant situation. e.g.How many times do I have to warn you not to go to that house? |
Exercise
Go over the following exercise with your tutors.
- Make a sentence.
- stars / many / did / see / you / how
- take / you / how / did / courses / many
- know / how / languages / you / do / many
- there / how / countries / many / are
- have / to / I / this / do / how / times / many / repeat
- Correct the following sentences.
- How many person were at the dinner party?
- How many people was on your airplane?
- How much bananas are in a bunch?
- How many bagels is in a baker’s dozen?
- How many employees work for your companys?
- Answer the following questions.
- How many people are in your family?
- How many times have you been on a pane?
- How many items are on the desk beside you right now?
- (Homework) Write a paragraph.
- Write 10 sentences using the grammar you learned today.
- Write a paragraph of the last time you went to the grocery store. How many of each item did you buy?
- Practice! Next time you go to the grocery store, trying asking the shopkeepers questions. Ex. How many apples are in this bag?
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