Quantities 2h

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Good morning!

Today's goals

• At the end of this lesson, you know more about quantities using countable and uncountable nouns and some/any/much/ a lot.
• At the end of this lesson, you can fill in the right form of quantities in sentences.

Quantities (p.26)

Countable nouns 

For positive sentences, we can use a/an for singular nouns or some /a lot of for plurals.

- There's a man at the door.

- I have some friends in New York. 

- There are a lot of onions.

For negatives, we can use a/an for singular nouns or any  for plurals.

- I don't have a dog.

- There aren't any seats.

         

Uncountable nouns 

Here are some examples of uncountable nouns

bread	rice	water	information
luggage	furniture	money	advice

Uncountable nouns 

We use some with uncountable nouns in positive sentences and any with negatives

There's some milk in the fridge.

There isn't any coffee.

Questions

In questions, we use a/an, any or how many with countable nouns.

Is there an email address to write to?

Are there any chairs?

How many chairs are there?

And we use any or how much with uncountable nouns.

Is there any sugar?

How much orange juice is there?

Questions

But when we are offering something or asking for something, we normally use some.

Do you want some chocolate?

Can we have some more chairs, please?

We also use some in a question when we think the answer will be 'yes'.

Have you got some new glasses?

Test your knowledge!

There are .... onions

1. any
2. some

........ meat do you eat a week?

1. how much
2. how many

There aren't .... eggs left

1. any
2. some

...... times should I tell you?

1. How many
2. How much

Sam: Have you got .... new shoes?
Robbie: Yes, I do!

1. some
2. any

There aren't ... potatoes.

1. much
2. many

Can we have ...... more chairs, please?

1. some
2. any

Are there ..... chairs?

1. any
2. some

Olive

1. Countable noun
2. Uncountable noun

Water

1. Countable noun
2. Uncountable noun

Pizza

1. Countable noun
2. Uncountable noun

Milk

1. Countable noun
2. Uncountable noun

Cola

1. Countable noun
2. Uncountable noun

Hair

1. Countable noun
2. Uncountable noun

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