Unit 17: AT THE CUSTOMS

Vocabulary

brandy	n
cigarette	n
Customs	n
Customs officer	n
declare	v
hundred	adj
litre = liter	n
morning	n
passport	n
perfume	n
ticket	n
tobacco	n

Expressions

Have you got anything to declare?
Can I see…?
Fine:
That’s all right:
Oh, dear!

Listening

Customs Officer: Good morning. Can I see your passport?
Man: Certainly. Here it is.
CO: Yes, that’s all right. Have you got anything to declare?
Man: Yes, I have.
CO: What have you got?
Man: I’ve got some whisky and some cigarettes.
CO: How much whisky have you got?
Man: A litre.
CO: That all right. And how many cigarettes have you got?
Man: Two hundred.
CO: Fine. What about perfume? Have you got any perfume?
Man: Err… No, I haven’t.
CO: Good. Open you case, please.
Man: Pardon?

CO: Open your case, please. Open it now! Oh dear! Look at this! You’ve got three bottles of whisky, four hundred cigarettes and a lot of perfume!

Grammar

HOW MUCH / HOW MANY

HOW MUCH – uncountable nouns

How much money do you have?

HOW MANY – countable nouns in plural

How many brothers have you got?

How much	uncountable noun	have has	subject	got
How much	wine petrol perfume food	have	I you you we we they Tom & Mary	got?
		has	she he it (The company) Tom

How many	countable noun	have has	subject	got
How many	bottles of wine litters of petrol bottles of perfume kinds of food	have	I you you we we they Tom & Mary	got?
		has	she he it (The company) Tom

Subject	have got has got	quantifier + noun
I you you we we they Tom & Mary	have got	three bottles of wine. two litters of petrol. a lot of perfume. some kinds of food.
she he it (The company) Tom	has got

What

have has

subject

got?

What have you got?
I have 3 bottles of wine and some perfume.

Language Summary

What How much How many

have you has she

got?