A1 — Lesson 86: much / many; a lot of; a few / a little

Unidad 7: Cantidades y compras. En esta lección practicamos much / many, a lot of y a few / a little para hablar de cuánta cantidad de comida, bebidas y objetos hay.

Resumen rápido:
• many → contables plurales: many apples, many students
• much → no contables: much water, much rice
• a lot of → contables y no contables (sobre todo en afirmativa):
  a lot of apples, a lot of water
• a few → “unos pocos”, contables (positivo): a few friends
• a little → “un poco”, no contables (positivo): a little money

🎯 Grammar focus — quantities

Combinamos lo que viste en la Lesson 84 (contables / no contables) con estas palabras de cantidad. Mira el cuadro:

Contables (plural)	No contables
many apples / students / chairs	much water / rice / money
a lot of apples / water (afirmativa)
a few friends / cookies	a little milk / sugar

🔊 Listen to example sentences

🧩 Practice 1 — much, many or a lot of?

Elige la mejor opción. Recuerda: many (contables), much (no contables), a lot of (contables y no contables, sobre todo en afirmativa).

1) There are ____ students in the classroom. many
much
a lot of

2) We don’t have ____ time. many
much
a lot of

3) She has ____ books at home. many
much
a lot of

4) There isn’t ____ sugar in the jar. many
much
a lot of

5) We have ____ apples and ____ oranges at the market.
many apples and many oranges
much apples and much oranges
a lot of apples and a lot of oranges

6) He drinks ____ coffee in the morning. many
much
a lot of

Grade Practice 1

✍️ Mini Writing — your classroom

Escribe 3 oraciones sobre tu grupo usando much/many/a lot of. Ejemplo: There are many students in my class. We have a lot of homework.