learning the use of so many and so much

grammar

1. Chapter 3 Part 2 Part 1 People dump so many disposable products. They dump so much food waste. To reduce waste, we should stop throw ing away so many plastic bottles.

2. Part 1 In this part, you will learn to use so many and so much to talk about the quantities of things.

3. People use so many plastic bags. so many Look at this picture. What is not right? so = very or extremely

4. Factories produce so much smoke. so much What about this picture? What is not right?

5. Factories produce so much smoke. What do you notice about the two sentences? so much What about this picture? What is not right?

6. People use so many plastic bags. Factories produce so much smoke. plural countable noun uncountable noun so many / so much

7. This is a plural countable noun. disposable products Don’t use so many disposable products. so many / so much That is correct! We use so many with plural countable nouns and so much with uncountable nouns .

8. Don’t use so many disposable products. Remember to use a plural here. so many / so much That is correct! We use so many with plural countable nouns and so much with uncountable nouns .

9. toxic waste Don’t use so many disposable products. This is an uncountable noun. People shouldn’t dump so much toxic waste into the sea. so many / so much That is correct! We use so many with plural countable nouns and so much with uncountable nouns .

10. so many + water food paper cups sea animals   Quick Check 1. Which of the following words can we use with so many ?

11. so much + wastes smoke noise rubbish    Quick Check 2. Which of the following words can we use with so much ?

12. We shouldn’t use _____________ . You are wasting energy! so much energy Quick Check 3. Fill in the blank using so much / so many .

13. Quick Check 4. Fill in the blank using so much / so many . Don’t throw away ___________________ . so many plastic bottles You are throwing away a lot of plastic bottles!

14. Part 2 In this part, you will learn to use stop + gerunds to talk about ways of protecting the environment.

15. stop + - ing The Earth is sick!

16. Let’s talk about what is bad for the environment so we know what not to do! stop + - ing It is important for us to look after the Earth!

17. It is bad to leave the tap on when we brush our teeth! So what should we do? We should stop it! stop + - ing So what is bad for the environment?

18. We should stop leav ing the tap on when we brush our teeth. stop + - ing So what is bad for the environment? So what should we do? It is bad to leave the tap on when we brush our teeth! We should stop it!

19. We should stop leav ing the tap on when we brush our teeth. This is a bad action that we shouldn’t do in order to protect the environment. stop + - ing So what is bad for the environment?

20. We should stop leav ing the tap on when we brush our teeth. We use a gerund after stop . We use We should stop … ing to give advice. stop + - ing So what is bad for the environment? But why should we stop leaving the tap on?

21. We should stop leav ing the tap on when we brush our teeth. stop + - ing So what is bad for the environment? To save water, we should stop leav ing the tap on when we brush our teeth. But why should we stop leaving the tap on?

22. stop + - ing So what is bad for the environment? To save water, we should stop leav ing the tap on when we brush our teeth. the purpose

23. stop + - ing So what is bad for the environment? To save water, we should stop leav ing the tap on when we brush our teeth. the purpose Do not change the verb after To .

24. Don’t use plastic bags! stop + - ing How else can we protect the environment?

25. stop + - ing How else can we protect the environment? Don’t use plastic bags! To reduce waste, we should stop us ing plastic bags.

26. To save water, we should stop hav ing baths. Let’s save water! Let’s save energy! To save energy, we should stop leav ing the lights on. stop + - ing Good job! Let’s look at more ways to protect the environment.

27. We should stop do bad things that can cause pollution to the Earth. doing Quick Check 1. There is a mistake in the sentence. Find the mistake and correct it.

28. You should stop to use disposable spoons and forks. using Quick Check 2. There is a mistake in the sentence. Find the mistake and correct it.

29. He should ________________ . stop wasting paper He wastes paper! Quick Check 3. What should he do to protect the environment? Fill in the blank using stop .

30. Quick Check 4. What should she do to protect the environment? Fill in the blanks using stop . To ____________ , she should _______________ _________ . stop using plastic She uses plastic bottles! reduce waste bottles

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