TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Pelmanism Time

Activity Type Introduction

Vocabulary Game: In this fun adjectives of quantity game, students match and
pelmanism, gap-fill (pair complete sentences with quantity adjectives.
work)
Procedure
Focus Divide the students into pairs.
Adjectives of quantity
Give each pair of students a set of sentence cards and a set of
adjectives of quantity cards.
Aim
Ask the students to shuffle the two sets of cards separately and
To match and complete spread them out face-down on the table in two sets.
sentences with adjectives
of quantity. Students then take it in turns to turn over one sentence card and
one adjective of quantity card.

Preparation If the adjective of quantity completes the gap-fill sentence, the

student reads the sentence aloud, replacing the missing word
Make one copy of the with the adjective of quantity on the card.
cards for each pair of
students and cut as The student then keeps the two cards and has another turn.
indicated, keeping the
sentence cards and the If the cards don't match, the student turns them back over,
adjectives of quantity keeping them in the same place, and it's the other student's turn
cards separate. to play.

The game continues until all the cards have been matched.
Level
Intermediate (B1) The student with the most pairs of cards at the end of the game
is the winner.

Time Afterwards, go through the correct answers with the class.

30 minutes Answer key

1. a few 13. every

2. less 14. most
3. a lot of 15. plenty
4. hundreds 16. whole
5. a little 17. too many
6. any 18. too much
7. some 19. much
8. all 20. none
9. no 21. many
10. little 22. half
11. not enough 23. enough
12. few 24. double

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 ADJECTIVES OF QUANTITY

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Pelmanism Time

1. I had ................ hours to spare, so I 13. ................ student was given their own
decided to visit the museum. hook in the hallway.

2. If you drank ................ coffee, you 14. The person with the ................ points
would sleep better. is the winner.

3. Although I don't eat ................ meat, 15. There's ................ of food left over, so
I'm not completely vegetarian. help yourself to more.

4. The castle is ................ of years old. I'm 16. We spent the ................ lesson doing
not surprised it's haunted. grammar exercises. It was boring.

5. There's ................ milk left, enough for 17. There were ................ people on the
a cup of tea at least. bus, so some of us had to get off.

6. I can't face doing ................ more work 18. I had added ................ sugar and the
tonight. I'll do the rest tomorrow. cake was too sweet.

7. I need to buy ................ milk, so I'm 19. Since so ................ of the film was in
going to the shop. French, I had to use subtitles.

8. Not ................ birds can fly. Penguins 20. ............... of us were able to go to the
and ostriches certainly can't. concert as the tickets were sold out.

9. I had ................ food to eat at 21. There were so ................ books in my

lunchtime as I had left my lunch at home. bag that it was almost too heavy to carry.

22. ................ of the class wanted to play

10. I have so ................ time to clean
a game. The other 50% wanted to watch a
these days that my flat is an absolute mess.
video.

11. There's ................ flour in the bag to 23. I didn't have ................ money for an
make a cake, so I'll have to get some more. iPhone, so I had to buy a cheaper brand.

12. Very ................ students had done 24. I had a ................ measure of espresso
their homework and the teacher was angry. in my latte so it was twice as strong.

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 ADJECTIVES OF QUANTITY

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Pelmanism Time

a few few

less most

no enough

hundreds whole

half too many

any too much

some much

all many

not enough none

little a little

a lot of plenty

every double

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