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+Pollution

Pollute (verb) Smoke pollutes

the air.

Pollution (noun) There is a lot of

pollution in LA.

Polluted (adj.) The air is very

polluted.

+Pollution

How much pollution is there in Busan?

How much pollution is there in Ulsan?

How much pollution is there in Jeju?

How polluted is China?

How polluted is Japan?

Pollution Polluted

a lot of very

some pretty

not much / not very / not any a little

not any not

+Traffic Traffic (noun)- The

number of cars

Heavy/Light (adj.)

Rush hour (noun) – The time when there is a lot of traffic because people are going to and from work.

Traffic jam (noun) – Very slow traffic.

To be stuck in traffic (verb) – So much traffic that you can’t move

Flow (verb) – To move

Describe the 2 pictures

+Traffic

It’s rush hour

Traffic flows slowly

There is heavy traffic

+Traffic

Stuck in traffic

A traffic jam

+Traffic

Traffic is light

Traffic flows pretty well

+Transportation Transportation (noun)

A way of moving from place to place

Public transportation (noun) Transportation that all

people can use. The bus is a form of

public transportation.

Affordable (adj.) Not expensive The bus in Busan is

affordable. I like it!

What are some other forms of transportation?

What form of transportation do you usually use?

Weather

cold cool warm hot

severe mild pleasant hot and humid

+Weather (adj.) humid – a lot of water in

the air

(n.) humidity – how much water is in the air.

Eg: In the summer the weather is hot and humid.

( 습도 / 습한 / 습기 )

(adj.) pleasant – nice

Eg: In the spring the weather is very pleasant.

+A severe winter (very cold and snowy)

+How many? /How much?

Used with nouns that we can count. They can be made plural. (Normally by adding an –s)

1 apple, 2 apples, 100 apples

We use with “How many…?”

Used with nouns that cannot be counted. (There is no plural form)

We use with “How much…?”

Count Nouns Non Count Nouns

+Count and Non-Count Nouns

Count Nouns Non-count nouns

+How many and How much?

A lot of __________s

Some ___________s

A few/not many ___________s

Not any __________s

(Not any = Zero / 0)

(Numbers…1,2,3 etc.)

A lot of ______________

Some _______________

A little/not much __________

Not any ______________

Count Nouns Non-Count Nouns

+How many…? We use “How many_____s are…there?” with count nouns.

We use the plural form of the word in the question. (Don’t forget the –s!)

Use “are”

How many students are in the picture?

How many windows are there?

+How much…? We use “How much…?” with non count nouns.

We use “is”

How much traffic is there?

How much pollution is there?

+Practice Questions

1. There are a lot of money/parks.

2. There’s a little fruit/grapes in the basket.

3. There aren’t many books/milk.

4. There isn’t much pollution/mountains.

5. There aren’t any/much cities near here.

6. We use “how much” with count/non-non count nouns.

7. There is/are a great beach near here.

8. There is/are many great beaches in Busan.