Question

Work with your partner and list the names of magazines that you know.

Name of Magazine

Now make as may sentences as you can from the table below to express your own opinions about the magazines you have listed. Write your sentences in your notebook.

I think       I don't think

(name of a magazine)

contains

less more fewer as much as many

information news pictures advertisements advice fun

Than as

(name of another magazine)

Note: You may add more information if you like
When do we use (a) less than/ as much as and
When do we use (b) fewer than/ as many as?
Create some sentences, and try to work out the "rule".

Answer 1

Name of Magazine
Femina	Resonance
Frontline	Inside Outside
India Today	Outlook

When do we use (a) less than/ as much as and → In uncountable nouns
When do we use (b) fewer than/ as many as ? → In countable nouns

My Opinions on different Magazines

1. I think Outlook contains fewer interviews than Frontline.
2. I do not think Resonance contains as many advertisements as Femina.
3. India Today is more popular than Resonance.
4. The visuals in ‘Inside Outside’ are more appealing than those in India Today.

Some Sentences:

(a)

• The reward is less than what you expected.
•  He ate as much as he could

Rule. less than/as much as ; is used with uncountable nouns, eg reward, ate.

(b)

• The girls are fewer than the boys.
• The visuals are not as many as you expect.

Rule. fewer than/as many as ; is used in countable nouns, eg girls, visuals.