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ESL / EFL RESOURCES How Much and How Many? Board Game

Activity Type Introduction

Listening and speaking In this compelling quantifiers board game, students ask
activity, group work conversation questions with 'How much...?' or 'How many...?' and
reply using quantifiers.

Language Focus Procedure

Quantifiers: much, many,
Divide the students into groups of three or four.
not much, not many, a
little, a lot (of), not a lot
Give each group a copy of the game board, a dice and counters.
(of), a few
The players place their counters on the start square.
Aim
The players then take it in turns to roll the dice and move their
To play a board counter along the board.
game where you ask
conversation questions When a player lands on a square, they make a conversation
with 'How much...?' or question with 'How many...?' or 'How much...?' depending on
'How many...?' and reply whether the noun is countable or uncountable.
using quantifiers.
For example, if a player lands on the word 'holidays', the player
might ask 'How many holidays did you take last year?'
Preparation
If the other group members agree the question is grammatically
Make one copy of the
correct and appropriate, the player stays on the square.
game board for each
group of three or four.
The other group members then take it in turns to answer the
Enlarge the game board
question using quantifiers, e.g. 'I took a lot of holidays last year. I
to A3 if possible. Also,
went to the beach a few times and I also went to Spain'.
provide a dice and
counters for each group.
When everyone has answered the question, it's the next player's
turn.
Level
If the question is grammatically incorrect or doesn't make sense,
Pre-intermediate the player must go back to their previous square and play passes
to the next student.

Time If a player lands on a square that another student has previously

30 minutes landed on, they must make a new question, e.g. 'How many
holidays do you think you'll take this year?'

The first player to reach the finish wins the game.

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ESL / EFL RESOURCES How Much and How Many? Board Game

Miss
Finish
a turn
problems rooms sugar brothers

uch
not m a few

luggage

Go back
3 spaces
coffee hobbies housework kilometers languages

ny much
ma
shoes

Miss
a turn
computers planets time books exercise

not
(of) a lo
a lot t (o
f)
food

Move
forward 2
spaces
emails countries free time money friends

a little not many

rain

Start
holidays tea fruit pets sisters

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