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    The document provides guidance on using questions beginning with "how" to ask about quantities such as size, length, age, time, cost, and more. It distinguishes between using "how much" for uncountable nouns and costs, and "how many" for countable nouns. It also notes that questions about quantity often use the word "there". The document includes examples of "how" questions and their answers. It provides a practice section with exercises to fill in "how" questions and answers. Finally, it describes a listening activity and speaking activity involving asking "how" questions.

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    The document provides guidance on using questions beginning with "how" to ask about quantities such as size, length, age, time, cost, and more. It distinguishes between using "how much" for uncountable nouns and costs, and "how many" for countable nouns. It also notes that questions about quantity often use the word "there". The document includes examples of "how" questions and their answers. It provides a practice section with exercises to fill in "how" questions and answers. Finally, it describes a listening activity and speaking activity involving asking "how" questions.

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    The document provides guidance on using questions beginning with "how" to ask about quantities such as size, length, age, time, cost, and more. It distinguishes between using "how much" for uncountable nouns and costs, and "how many" for countable nouns. It also notes that questions about quantity often use the word "there". The document includes examples of "how" questions and their answers. It provides a practice section with exercises to fill in "how" questions and answers. Finally, it describes a listening activity and speaking activity involving asking "how" questions.

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    2B It’s a hundred miles long

    1. GRAMMAR

    Use:
    Use How to get information about numbers and quantities.
    You can use it to find out about age, size, length, cost and
    much more.

    Form:

    1) Dimensions
    Use How big to find out about size.
    How big is your car?

    Use How long to find out about length, and How wide to ask about width.
    How long is the River Nile? How wide is it?

    Use the words long and wide in your answers to make them clear.
    It’s a hundred miles long. It’s a mile wide.

    2) Age
    Use How old to find out about age.
    How old is your sister?
    You can reply: ‘She’s ten’ or ‘She’s ten years old’ NOT ‘She’s ten years’.

    3) Time
    Also use How long to ask about time.
    How long is the film? It’s about two hours long.
    How long does it take to get there? About three hours.

    4) Quantity
    Use How much to ask about cost. Also use How much with uncountable nouns.
    Remember to put any uncountable nouns directly after ‘much’.
    How much is this bag?
    How much money do you have? NOT How much do you have money?

    Use How many to ask about countable nouns. Remember to put any countable nouns directly
    after ‘many’.
    How many people are coming? NOT How many are coming people?

    How many questions often use the word there.


    How many people are there in your class? NOT How many people are in your
    class?

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    2. GRAMMAR PRACTICE

    2.1. Complete the questions using much 2.2.Fill in the gaps with the words given on the right.
    and many.
    1. How____ is the river Thames? old
    1. How ______ did your new dress cost?
    2. How ____ is your Internet connection? fast
    2. How ______ milk is there in the fridge? 3. How ____ is Mount Everest? long
    3. How ______ students went to the zoo? 4. How ____ is your grandmother? deep
    5. How ____ is Lake Baikal? wide
    4. How ______ people work here? 6. How ____ do you go to the museum?
    tall
    5. How ______ water is left? 7. How ____ is that road. Can this lorry pass
    high
    along it?
    6. How ______ aunts have you got? big
    8. How ____ is the memory on your phone?
    often
    7. How ______ chocolate do you eat?

    2.3. Complete the questions with how and an adjective or adverb if necessary. The answers will help you.
    1. ____________is the Panama Canal? It is 150 meters wide.
    2. ____________ is the nearest cinema to your house? It’s about one kilometer.
    3. ____________ have you been studying English? For about five years.
    4. ____________is your mother now? She’s nearly forty.
    5. ____________ is the swimming pool? It’s 1, 9 meters at the deep end.
    6. ____________ do you go to the theatre? Only about twice a year.
    7. ____________ can a maglev train go? Nearly 600 kilometers an hour.
    8. ____________ is the village. Not very big, only about 2000 people live there.

    2.4. Write questions starting with HOW.


    I want to know………
    1. if you are well. ___How are you? _____ 5. the distance to the airport. _______________________
    2. the price of this car ________________________ 6. if your interview went well. _______________________
    3. the age of your brother. ____________________ 7. the amount of water in the bottle. _________________
    4. the length of the flight. _____________________ 8. the speed of the train. ___________________________

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    3. LISTENING 1.2
    3.1. Listen to the interview.

    Then answer the questions

    Interview with a superhero

    QUESTIONS

    1. What´s the superhero name?

    a) Mr. Lazorhawk b) Razorhawk c) Kickass

    2. How often does he fight crime?

    _______________________________________

    3. How long does he spend fighting crime a day?

    _______________________________________

    4. How good is he at fighting crime?

    _______________________________________

    5. What are his superpowers?

    _______________________________________

    6. How well does he run?

    _______________________________________

    7. How does he catch criminals?

    _______________________________________

    8. Does his methods of catching criminals work?

    _______________________________________

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    4.1.
    4. SPEAKING 4.1. Look at the HOW QUESTIONS poster and ask
    questions to your partners using this vocabulary.

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