Engels Grammar Much, many, little, few HSX

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Grammar

Much, many

A lot of, lots of

Little, few

Lesdoelen

Aan het einde van de les kunnen jullie:

• uitleggen wat het verschil is tussen: many & much, little & few.
• uitleggen wanneer a lot of & lots of worden gebruikt.
• De hierboven genoemde woorden correct gebruiken in een zin. 

Much or many?

De betekenis is hetzelfde, beide betekenen 'veel' of een synoniem daarvan. 

Er zit echter een verschil in gebruik:

Much - uncountable

Many - countable

A lot of + lots of 1/2

Use these when there is a large number or amount of something.

You can can use them before nouns you can count and nouns you cannot count.

There is no rule which of the two you should use. You can choose.

A lot of + lots of 2/2

Example:

A lot of/ lots of people showed up at the demonstration.

A lot of/ Lots of employees were happy with their Christmas present.

(a) little & (a) few

De betekenis van beide woorden is ongeveer hetzelfde. Afhankelijk van waar het over gaat kies je tussen onder andere:

Een paar, een beetje, weinig, enz

(a) little & (a) few

(a) little

• uncountable
• We have little time left to catch the train.

(a) few

• countable
• A few of my friends are coming over for my birthday tonight.

Little does not mean ''klein'' in this case

Even oefenen...

Which are correct?
2 answers pls.

1. Little is uncountable
2. Few is uncountable
3. Little is countable
4. Few is countable

Choose the right answers (2) to fit the sentence:
He is very popular. He has ... friends.

1. much
2. many
3. a lot of/lots of
4. few

Anne is very busy these days. She has ... free time.

1. a lot of/lots of
2. little
3. few
4. much

The museum was very crowded. There were too ... people.

1. much
2. many
3. little
4. few

I love pets. I have ... at home.
2 mogelijkheden

1. a little
2. many
3. a few
4. much

Resumerend

De lesdoelen waren dat je kunt:

• uitleggen wat het verschil is tussen: many & much, little & few.
• uitleggen wanneer a lot of & lots of worden gebruikt.
• De hierboven genoemde woorden correct gebruiken in een zin. 

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