Not enough time, too many meetings, a little budget left: quantity words are everywhere in project updates. This B1 lesson practises them in a work context, and the free worksheet below is ready to print.
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Level: B1 (intermediate) · Focus: A few, a little, plenty of, not enough: talk about time, people and budget
What’s in the worksheet
- 8 words for resources: capacity, shortage, headcount, budget, overrun, allocate, spare…
- a few / few, a little / little, plenty of, not enough, too many / too much
- How many / How much questions
- A speaking task: give a resource report and propose one change
- Answer key on the last page
How it went in class
The difference between “a little” (some) and “little” (almost none) surprises learners, so I show both with a quick drawing of a nearly empty budget bar. The status-update task at the end is the real test: design has too many people, testing has too few, and the budget is almost gone.
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