Prime Time 4, Coursebook

Focus on form: a lot of / lots of and much vs. many a) Study the grammar box and look at the words that follow “a lot of/lots of” and “much” or “many”. Underline them. b) Read the interview with a history professor and complete the dialogue with “much”, “many”, “a lot of”, “lots of”. Interviewer: Welcome to today’s school radio interview. With me today: Dr Sumner from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Dr Sumner: Hello. Interviewer: Dr Sumner, you have brought a lot of/lots of 1 material which deals with New Zealand and especially the Maori culture. How 2 do we know about their culture and history? Dr Sumner: Well, there are 3 interesting facts about the history and lives of the Maori in New Zealand. Interviewer: For example: how 4 do we know about the arrival of the Maori? Are there 5 written stories about their arrival? Dr Sumner: Hmmm. There isn’t too 6 exact information about their arrival, but where to start. 7 Maori arrived by canoes from islands in Polynesia around 1000 AD. They developed their own culture, language, a rich mythology and 8 things such as crafts and weapons. Interviewer: So, 9 Maori men were good at fighting back in those days? Dr Sumner: Yes, they were. 10 Maori were strong and fearless. Tribal conflicts were common at that time, and they also had to fight against new people coming to New Zealand. Interviewer: So, how 11 weapons did the Maori have for fighting others? c) Were you right? Listen to the interview and check your answers. d) Which words can you use with “much” (uncountable) and which with “many” (countable)? Make a list in your notebook. 3 Grammar See 1 G 15 Quantifiers: a lot of/lots of On mountain tops you can find a lot of snow. Lots of people want to travel to New Zealand. There are not a lot of flightless birds left. Are there lots of Maori people in New Zealand? Quantifiers: much – many There isn’t much time left to get on the airplane to Auckland. How much money do we need for going to New Zealand? There aren’t many sights in my hometown. How many students want to travel to another country? G 2.2 gh4rv9 81 10 eighty-one Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv