English II · A1.2. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students talking on campus, with the flags of Honduras and the United Kingdom, Big Ben and a red London bus.
English II · Lesson 12 · Step 1 of 4

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From Lesson 11 (The best product for me): your product, your glossary and «I can describe a product.»
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use How much / how many + quantities with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can ask about prices and quantities when I shop.

Puedo preguntar precios y cantidades al comprar.

Open the URA of Lesson 12 · I PAC

The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the I PAC. Take notes: you will use them in the forum.

How much / how many + quantities

How much + uncountable / price. How many + plural. Quantities: a kilo of · a bottle of · a packet of · a dozen.

QuestionAnswer
How much is it?It's £3.50.
How much are they?They're £2 each.
How many do you need?Six, please.
How much rice?A kilo of rice, please.
En español

«How much is it?» = ¿cuánto cuesta? En el Reino Unido: £3.50 = «three pounds fifty». «How many apples?» (contables) / «How much rice?» (incontables).

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Comunicativa, about How much / How many, quantities and prices. SofIA asks your name, your career and your lesson, then helps you step by step. It explains, gives hints and helps you create your own mini-lesson, flashcards or practice. It never does graded work for you.

Available: SofIA Gramatical · SofIA Léxica · SofIA Fonética · SofIA Comunicativa · SofIA Profesional · SofIA Cultural.

Open SofIA for Lesson 12 · I PAC

Your career, your examples

I PAC · January – MayHeritage & festivalFriday, April 23England

Cultural Corner · St George's Day · Shakespeare's Birthday

This week: St George's Day markets: what can you buy? Write a shopping dialogue with prices.

April 23 is St George's Day in England. It is also Shakespeare's birthday. There are plays in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Key words

  • rose rosa
  • dragon dragón
  • play obra de teatro

Fact

The flag of England is a red cross on white: the cross of St George. April 23 is also World Book Day for UNESCO.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Medicine in Shakespeare's time.
  • Engineering & technology: The Globe Theatre: how was it built?
  • Business & economics: Tourism in Stratford-upon-Avon.
  • Education, humanities & communication: Shakespeare's words in English today.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: English gardens and roses.
Mirror Honduras. April 23 is also the Día del Idioma Español. What do you read in Spanish?

Official source

Mission: Find the name of Shakespeare's town. Write: <i>There is a house in…</i>

Cultural competency: I can say what St George's Day is (Friday, April 23), use How much / how many + quantities to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

See it in my I PAC Cultural Passport

Language bridge · plurilingual and intercultural

Use every language you know to learn English, and use English to understand other people.

English ↔ SpanishNotice the difference

How much for things you can't count (money, rice) · How many for things you count (apples).

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

How much?: Combien ? (FR) · Quanto? (PT, IT) · Wie viel? (DE).

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

Pounds and pence (£1 = 100p) vs lempiras and centavos. Street markets in the U.K. and mercados in Honduras: what do people buy?

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Pass on a price list to a classmate and calculate the total together.

Your languages count: ask at home or in your community how to say it in Garífuna, Miskitu, the English of the Bay Islands or any other language you know, and add it to your glossary. Add it to «My languages» in your Passport →

Arts Corner · FilmLondon, U.K. · 1968

Oliver!

Carol Reed (director); story by Charles Dickens

A musical film about Oliver, a poor boy in London. There are songs in the streets and at the market.

You use it in: 2 · Forum · Activity 42

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in102_lessons.js (lección 12). Ingreso al UNAH Virtual Campus: data/links.json. H5P (práctica del sitio y calificado del Campus): data/h5p/. Anuncios: data/anuncios.json. Títulos y porcentajes según el Calendario. Inglés I: 12 lecciones (decisión de la Sección, 26-10-2026); las actividades 1–38 no cambian. Regenerar con python3 generator/build.py.