The body & quantities of food

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

body parts

SB page 72: (un)countable nouns

Countable noun : 

- Dingen die kan tellen 

(Hoeveel bananen, hoeveel tafels, hoeveel whiteboarden)

Uncountable noun :

- Dingen die je niet kan of wilt tellen 

(Hoeveel rijstkorrels, elk korreltje zand op een strand, elke druppel water, etc.)

Quantifiers

Hoeveel? some, a lot, 

too/not/how much/many:

•  much = uncountable nouns (+ enkelvoud)

water, money,  work, etc. 

• many = countable nouns (+ meervoud)

people, apples, children, etc. 

Practise with quantifiers

some & a lot of: countable & uncountable

When much/many?

Remember: some = positive sentences, 

any = questions and negative sentences!

Do exercise 5 to practise with this.

Finished? Start with online assignments of 6.2.

Practise with quantifiers

She doesn't eat any chocolate bars.

She doesn't eat many/a lot of oranges.

Billy eats a lot of/too much chocolate. 

He doesn't eat much/a lot of fruit.

He doesn't eat any sandwiches.

Adam doesn't eat ... meat.

1. much
2. many

... salt is bad for you.

1. A lot of
2. Some
3. Too much

There's ... sugar in my tea - it's really sweet!

1. any
2. some
3. too much

Is there ... bread on the table?

1. any
2. many
3. much

Of course you're not hungry. You ate ...cakes!

1. how many
2. a lot of
3. too many

There aren't ... vegetarian things on the menu here.

1. any
2. many
3. some