12 - LETTER WRITING

What is important when writing a 100-word letter are to use as many English words as possible:

Write a letter telling me of a dream holiday you are on. When you are on holiday you go to the seaside, the coast, the mountains or visit  historical city centres.
You can:

go sightseeing

see the sights

see the most famous landmarks  /  attractions

interesting museums

art galleries

amazing historical centre                        

huge castles

go shopping the in the Main Street or main square

see fantastic monuments

visit the most important cathedrals  / churches

REMEMBER:

Try to use as many verbal forms as possible: present simple and continuous tenses, past simple and past tenses.
Try to answer the 5 Wh- questions: Where, When, What, Who with, Why, How, How long...and so on.

11 - QUANTIFIERS

Countable	Uncountable
apple chair boy etc.	homework furniture advice luggage money heating air-conditioning information water coffee tea fruit cheese butter milk oil bread meat orange juice ice-cream

Quantifiers  ( U = uncountable nouns // CP = countable plural nouns)

a lot of  / lots of – aff. U / CP  / N. / I

There is a lot of sugar in my coffee.

There isn’t a lot of sugar in my coffee.

Is there a lot of sugar in my coffee?

There are lots of students in the classroom.

There aren’t a lot of students in the classroom.

Some – aff. U / CP  // int.  - Requests / Offers

There is some sugar in my coffee.

There are some students in the classroom.

Can I have some coffee, please?

Would you like some coffee?

a few   CP  / a little   U  - un po’ di – aff.

There are a few students in the classroom.

There is a little sugar in my coffee.

few  CP  / little   U – neg.  aspect

There is little sugar in my coffee.

There are few students in the classroom.

many  CP / much U  – neg/ int.

How many students are in the classroom?

There aren’t many students.

How much sugar is in the coffee?

There isn’t much sugar.

any – neg / int. U / CP

There isn’t any sugar in my coffee.

There aren’t any students in the classroom.

Is there any sugar in my coffee?

Are there any students in the classroom?

I like any fruit.  I like any kind of music. (qualsiasi)

No – neg. U / CP

There is no sugar in my coffee.

There are no students in the classroom.

too /too much  U / too many   CP  - troppo

There is too much sugar in my coffee.

There are too many students in the classroom.

It is too hot.

My soup is too cold.

quite

She is quite nice.

enough ( neg / int)

There isn’t enough sugar in my coffee.

Is there enough sugar in my coffee?

There aren’t enough students in the classroom.

Are there enough students to play a game?

It’s not hot enough.

PRACTICE ONLINE:

Quantifiers - Test 1 

 Quantifiers - Test 2

Quantifiers - Test 3

Quantifiers - Test 4

10 - SPEAKUPONLINE

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9 - SPEAKING REFERENCE - describing pictures B1

8 - WRITING REFERENCES

EXAMPLE:

Task: Your friend Julie has sent you a present. You should:
Thank her for the present
Tell her why you like it
What you did for your birthday

Dear Julie,

Thanks for the lovely/wonderful/nice/fantastic present. I like the t-shirt because it’s my favourite colour. On my birthday, I had a big party and I invited my friends. We ate/had pizza and birthday cake. We missed you.

See you soon!

From,

Lynn