Some, Any & How Much
Talk about food and shopping.
Words you can count (apples) and words you can't (milk). Use some, any, much and many.
Look & say · Step 1
5 minGet ready
Name 4 things in your fridge now.
What do you buy every week?
Today: ask for food in a shop.
Words to learn · Step 2
8 minNew words today
an apple / apples
You can count them
"I want two apples."
an egg / eggs
Countable
"We need six eggs."
a tomato / tomatoes
Countable
"Buy four tomatoes."
milk
Uncountable
"There isn't any milk."
rice
Uncountable
"How much rice?"
bread
Uncountable
"We need some bread."
cheese
Uncountable
"I've got some cheese."
sugar
Uncountable
"No sugar in my tea, please."
a bottle of
Container word
"A bottle of water, please."
a kilo of
Weight word
"A kilo of tomatoes, please."
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Use these words now
Make each sentence true for you. Say it aloud to a partner.
bread
"For me, bread is …"
Finish the sentence with your own idea.
milk
"For me, milk is …"
Finish the sentence with your own idea.
an egg / eggs
"For me, an egg / eggs is …"
Finish the sentence with your own idea.
You'll meet these words again in Reading, Listening, Speaking and Homework.
Tap an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.
Sounds & saying · Step 3
5 minWeak 'some' /səm/
In normal speech 'some' is very short: /səm/.
Don't say a strong 'SOME'.
Same for 'any' → /ˈeni/, quick.
- • some milk
- • some bread
- • any eggs
- • some cheese, please
Language focus · Step 4
10 minsome / any + countable & uncountable
Quick rule
some / any + countable & uncountable
COUNT: an apple, two apples 🍎🍎 NO COUNT: milk, rice, water 🥛 (no 'a', no plural) ✅ some → in + sentences: I've got some milk. ❓🚫 any → questions & negatives: Have we got any eggs?
We haven't got any rice.
How many + count (eggs) · How much + no count (sugar)
Pattern
There are some apples in the bag.
There is some water in the bottle.
We haven't got any bread.
Have you got any eggs?
How many bananas do you want?
How much sugar do you need?
Question 1.We've got ___ milk.
Question 2.Have you got ___ eggs?
Question 3.___ apples do you want?
Question 4.___ rice do we need?
Rebuild each line, spot the natural chunks, then practise responding aloud.
Quick check 1.Uncountable word:
Quick check 2.I haven't got ___ money.
Reading · Step 5
7 minBefore the shop
It's Saturday and the fridge is almost empty. 🧊 There is some cheese and there are two eggs, but there isn't any milk and there isn't any bread. 🍞 Nina writes a list: a kilo of tomatoes, six eggs, a bottle of water and some rice. She hasn't got much money, so she doesn't buy any chocolate. At the shop she asks: 'How much is the cheese?'
Question 1.What is in the fridge?
Question 2.How many eggs are on the list?
Question 3.What doesn't she buy?
Q1.There is some milk in the fridge.
Q2.Nina wants a kilo of tomatoes.
Listening · Step 6
10 minAt the small shop
Listening audio
Tap play to listen. Replay as many times as you need.
Customer
Hello. Have you got any fresh bread?
Shop
Yes, we have. How many loaves would you like?
Customer
Two, please. And some cheese.
Shop
How much cheese? Two hundred grams?
Customer
Perfect. Have you got any tomatoes?
Shop
Sorry, we haven't got any today.
Question 1.How many loaves does she buy?
Question 2.How much cheese?
Question 3.What haven't they got?
Practice · Step 7
8 minChoose the word
Question 1.There is ___ cheese in the fridge.
Question 2.We haven't got ___ sugar.
Question 3.How ___ eggs do we need?
Question 4.How ___ water is there?
Q1.A ___ of water, please. (container)
Q2.Question form: Have we got ___ bread?
Survival English · Step 8
4 minSpeaking — transactional shopping
Task
Buy 4 things from your teacher's shop.
Ask for quantities and the price.
Strategy
Have you got any…? → Yes → say how much / how many → ask 'How much is it?'
Example
Have you got any milk? — Yes. — Two bottles, please.
How much is that?
Writing · Step 9
5 minWrite a little
Your task
Write a shopping list of 6 items with quantities, then 4 sentences about what you have and haven't got at home.
Your writing
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Show model answer
List: a bottle of milk, six eggs, a kilo of apples, some rice, a loaf of bread, some cheese.
I've got some rice at home.
There isn't any milk.
There are two eggs.
We haven't got any bread.
Speaking · Step 10
12 minTalk together
Role-play with your teacher: you are in a small shop.
Buy 4 things and ask the price.
How to do it today
Say it first with the phrases below. Then choose your favourite sentence and say it again — faster and louder.
Useful phrases
- • Have you got any ___?
- • I'd like some ___, please.
- • A kilo / a bottle of ___, please.
- • How much is it?
- • That's all, thank you.
Speaking notes & reflection
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- AHave you got any milk?
- B_______________
- AHow much rice do you need?
- B_______________
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Homework · Step 11
Take-homePractice at home
Record a 1-minute shop role-play (both parts).
Write your real shopping list with quantities.
Learn 10 food words + 4 container words.
Recap · Step 12
3 minWhat you learned
- 🍎 Countable: an apple, two apples.
- 🥛 Uncountable: milk, rice, bread.
- ✅ some in + sentences.
- ❓🚫 any in questions and negatives.
- 🔢 How many (count) / How much (no count).
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