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In vragende of ontkennende zinnen:
Much: uncountable nouns (e.g. money, information, time)
Many: countable nouns 
A lot of/lots of: bij bevestigende zinnen bij alle nouns! 
 
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This lesson contains 18 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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In vragende of ontkennende zinnen:
Much: uncountable nouns (e.g. money, information, time)
Many: countable nouns 
A lot of/lots of: bij bevestigende zinnen bij alle nouns! 
 

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Much: bij zelfstandige naamwoord
Few : countable nouns
There were few men willing to fight in the war
Little : uncountable nouns
There is little information available on that topic

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a few : countable nouns
There were a few cows grazing in the field 
a little : uncountable nouns
Put a little love in your heart!

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Gebruik "Many/Much" bij
ontkennende en vragende zinnen.

O: I haven't got much time.
V: How much money do you need?



O: I don't have many friends.
v: How many copies do you need?
Gebruik  "A lot of" of "lots of" bij
bevestigende zinnen

B:  Dagobert Duck has a lot of money.
B: Students generally spend lots of time on their homework.


B:  John has got lots of work to do.
B: I have got lots of Facebook friends.

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A few/A little
Dutch: 'een paar' & 'een beetje'. Nadruk op het kleine beetje dat er wel is (het glas is half vol)
Vorm: a little/a few + Zelfstandig nw.

Een beetje wijn                                   A little wine
Een paar leerlingen                           A few pupils

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Few/Little
Dutch variant is 'weinig'. Nadruk op het feit dat er weinig is (het glas is half leeg).
Vorm: little/few + Zelfstandig nw.

Weinig wijn                                          Little wine
Weinig leerlingen                              Few pupils

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Few horses remained in the paddock after cowboys had raided the ranch =  not many horses, emphasis on what is lacking! 'Weinig'

There are a few horses left of what once was a very large herd = small number, emphasis on what there is! 'een paar'

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We had little time to prepare for the test.
=  emphasis on the fact that there is not a lot of time. 'weinig'

We had a little time to prepare for the test.
= emphasis on the fact that there still is time to prepare for the test albeit not a lot. 'een beetje'

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Looking ahead
Friday 4 Feb: Watching and listening

Tuesday 8 Feb: start on Alquin Block 3

Thursday 10 Feb: Finish grammar Nouns A. 2 - 6 on Learnbeat, study the theory. 

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Choose the correct form:
There aren't ..... sheep left in Ireland. (veel)
A
many
B
much

Slide 10 - Quiz

Choose the correct form:

Does anybody have .... love left? (een beetje)
A
a few
B
a little
C
little
D
few

Slide 11 - Quiz

Choose the correct form:

Oliver did not get ... sleep last night (veel).
A
little
B
many
C
much
D
a little

Slide 12 - Quiz

Choose the correct form:

In fact, Oliver got ... sleep because his new born baby cried constantly. He is knackered!
A
a little
B
little
C
much
D
a little

Slide 13 - Quiz

Choose the correct form:

They have .... money so they can buy a swimming pool (veel).
A
a lot of
B
many
C
few
D
a few

Slide 14 - Quiz

Choose the correct form:

Do the students read .... books? (veel)
A
much
B
a few
C
few
D
many

Slide 15 - Quiz

Choose the correct form:

Research shows that .... students read all their course material before a test (weinig).
A
a little
B
a few
C
few
D
little

Slide 16 - Quiz

MUCH
MANY
People
Water
leaves
Fun
Homework
Hamburgers

Slide 17 - Drag question

Any questions?

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