Week 19 H4 unit 5B quantifiers (2)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Unit 5: technology

Learning objectives

- Students are able to use the imperative with verbs

- Students know when to use quantifiers in the British language and are able to distinguish between a few, few, a little and little, some and any, much and many

Today' s program

Homework check

Grammar (quantifiers)

Homework check

Do exercise 1 + 2 p. 52 WB

Learn: a few t/m design and technology p. 132 WB

Make sure to look at your notes of unit 4 + 5. Extra material can be found in the planner on Itslearning.

Solutions lesson 5B page 54

Read the text about "Mr Connected" 

Quantifiers

We use quantifiers to give information on the amount of something.

A few, few, a little, little, any, many, much, all, each, both, every, no, some

A few

Used when there is a small amount of something. There is some, but not much

Example: I bought a few shirts 

today

Used with countable nouns, plural

 Few 

Used when there is nearly nothing of something 

Example: There are few people in the meeting room

Used with countable nouns, plural

A little 

Used when there is a small amount of something. There is some, but not much.

Example: She didn´t eat anything but she drank a little water

Used with uncountable nouns

Little 

Used when there is nearly nothing of something

Example: There is little money, I am poor

Used with uncountable nouns

Overview

I have a little money, so I am not poor (means that I have some money)

I have little money, so I am very poor (means that I have nearly no money)

There are a few eggs left, so I have dinner (means that some eggs are left)

There are few eggs left, so I have no dinner (means that nearly no eggs are left)

I have only ... water.

1. A little
2. Little
3. A few
4. Few

He has very ... patience with me.

1. A little
2. Little
3. A few
4. Few

Do you have ... cars?

1. A little
2. Little
3. A few
4. Few

I've got very ... spare time.

1. A little
2. Little
3. A few
4. Few

Much / many

Both mean 'a lot'

Much: Singular / uncountable (luck, hope) (kun je niet tellen)

Many: Plural / countable (tables, plants) (kun je wel tellen)

Much or many?
_____ houses

1. Much
2. Many

Much or many?
_____ food

1. Much
2. Many

some / any

Positive / affirmative sentence -  some

Negative sentence - any

Question (interrogative) - some / any:

Most of the time - any

However… 

- When you’re almost certain that the answer is yes - some

- When you offer something to someone - some

There is ____ fruit, but there isn't _____ bread.

1. some, some
2. some, any
3. any, some
4. any, any

Is there _____ sugar? I can’t see _____ .

1. any, any
2. some, some
3. some, any
4. any, some

Much of Many?
....... money

1. much
2. many

Homework

Do exercise 3 + 4 p. 53 WB

Learn words: a few t/m design and technology p. 132

Look at notes from unit 4 + 5. Extra material can be found in the planner on Itslearning.