English Course · Level 2 (A2) · Week 8 of 12
Healthy Living
Grammar: much / many / a lot of / a few / a little · too / enough
This week's plan
30 minutes a day: review, learn, listen, practise, speak. Day 7 is a free day. Tap a resource to find it.
30 words to learn
Set 1 · Healthy eating
- dietنظام غذائي
- vegetablesخضراوات / خضار
- fatدهون
- saltملح
- junk foodأكل غير صحي / الوجبات السريعة
- fizzy drinksمشروبات غازية / حاجة ساقعة
Set 2 · Exercise
- exerciseيمارس الرياضة / تمرين
- gymصالة رياضية / جيم
- go joggingيمارس الجري الخفيف
- stretchيؤدي تمارين الإطالة / يعمل إطالة
- fitلائق بدنيًا
- lose weightيفقد وزنًا / يخسّ
Set 3 · Health habits
- get enough sleepينام عددًا كافيًا من الساعات
- stressضغط نفسي / توتر
- screen timeوقت الشاشات
- give upيُقلع عن / يبطّل
- cut down onيقلّل من
- stay healthyيحافظ على صحته
Set 4 · How much? How many?
- plenty ofكثير من / أكثر من كافٍ
- lots ofكثير من
- a fewبضعة / كام (للمعدود)
- hardly anyتقريبًا لا يوجد / مفيش تقريبًا
- noneولا شيء / ولا واحد
- too manyعدد أكثر من اللازم
Set 5 · too and enough
- too (+ adjective)أكثر من اللازم / زيادة عن اللزوم
- enoughكافٍ / بما فيه الكفاية
- too muchكمية أكثر من اللازم
- not enoughغير كافٍ / مش كفاية
- unhealthyغير صحي
- balancedمتوازن
10 sentences to memorise
- 1I drink a lot of water, but I don't eat many vegetables.أشرب الكثير من الماء، لكني لا آكل خضراوات كثيرة.
- 2There's too much salt in this soup.يوجد ملح أكثر من اللازم في هذه الشوربة.
- 3You eat too much junk food.أنت تأكل الأكل غير الصحي أكثر من اللازم.
- 4I go jogging a few times a week.أمارس الجري بضع مرات في الأسبوع.
- 5My father has given up smoking.أقلع أبي عن التدخين.
- 6I'm trying to cut down on fizzy drinks.أحاول أن أقلّل من المشروبات الغازية.
- 7I don't get enough sleep.لا أنام عددًا كافيًا من الساعات.
- 8I'm too tired to go to the gym today.أنا متعب جدًا ولا أستطيع الذهاب إلى الجيم اليوم.
- 9Ahmed isn't fit enough to run a marathon.أحمد ليس لائقًا بدنيًا بما يكفي ليجري ماراثونًا.
- 10A balanced diet helps you stay healthy.النظام الغذائي المتوازن يساعدك على الحفاظ على صحتك.
Grammar: much / many / a lot of / a few / a little · too / enough
much + uncountable (much salt) · many + countable (many eggs) — mostly in negatives and questions
a lot of / lots of + both, especially in positive sentences
a few + countable (a few times) · a little + uncountable (a little oil)
too + adjective (too hot) · too much / too many + noun · adjective + enough (fit enough) · enough + noun (enough sleep)
يترجم العربي «جدًا» دائمًا إلى too، فيقول The food is too delicious ✗. الصحيح very delicious؛ لأن too معناها «أكثر من اللازم» وفيها مشكلة. وانتبه لمكان enough: يأتي بعد الصفة (old enough) وقبل الاسم (enough money)، فلا تقل enough old ✗. ولا تقل many water أو much eggs: much مع غير المعدود، و many مع المعدود.
| Countable (eggs, people) | Uncountable (water, salt) | |
|---|---|---|
| a big quantity | many / a lot of | much / a lot of |
| a small quantity | a few | a little |
| more than is good | too many | too much |
| less than you need | not enough eggs | not enough water |
| Pattern | Example |
|---|---|
| too + adjective | The soup is too salty. |
| adjective + enough | He's old enough to drive. |
| enough + noun | We don't have enough time. |
| too + adjective + to + verb | It's too hot to go jogging. |
very = a lot (good or bad): The food is very good. too = more than is good: The food is too spicy for me.
a few / a little = some (positive). few / little without a = almost none (negative): I have few friends here.
Exercises
Exercise 1 · Complete with much or many.
- 1) How ___ glasses of water do you drink a day?
- 2) I don't eat ___ bread.
- 3) There aren't ___ gyms in my village.
- 4) How ___ time do you spend on your phone?
- 5) She doesn't have ___ free time.
- 6) Are there ___ people in the pool?
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Exercise 2 · Complete with a few or a little.
- 1) I go to the gym ___ times a week.
- 2) Add ___ salt to the rice.
- 3) Can I have ___ milk in my coffee?
- 4) There are ___ apples in the fridge.
- 5) We stayed in Dahab for ___ days.
- 6) I need ___ help with this exercise.
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Exercise 3 · Rewrite with too or enough.
- 1) The coffee is very hot. I can't drink it. (too … to)
- 2) Omar isn't tall. He can't reach the shelf. (enough … to)
- 3) I can't pay for a gym membership. (not enough money)
- 4) There are a lot of cars in the city. The air is polluted. (too many)
- 5) You eat a lot of sugar. It's bad for you. (too much)
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Exercise 4 · Translate into English.
- 1) لا أمارس الرياضة بما فيه الكفاية.
- 2) يوجد سكر أكثر من اللازم في هذا العصير.
- 3) أشرب بضعة أكواب من الشاي كل يوم.
- 4) الجو حارّ أكثر من اللازم للجري.
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Do each exercise in pencil first, then open the answers to check.
Write & Speak
Example: I think my lifestyle is quite healthy, but it isn't perfect. I eat a lot of vegetables and a little fruit every day, and I drink plenty of water. However, I drink too many cups of tea, and I put too much sugar in them. I don't get enough exercise, because I work long hours, and I only walk a few times a week. I also spend too much time on my phone at night, so I don't get enough sleep. This month I'm going to cut down on tea and go jogging three times a week.