Quantifiers (much, many, few, little, a lot of)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Quantifiers (hoeveelheidswoorden)

Words which express a quantity

Goal for Today

After this lesson, you can:

- Understand and apply the different "quantifiers"  (hoeveelheidswoorden)

in English

Which words are used to express quantities?
(more than one answer is possible)

1. A few - a little - few - little
2. Who-Which-When
3. This-That-Those-These
4. Much-Many-A lot

Telbaar (countable nouns) 

cars

dogs

oranges

chairs

pens

...etc...

Ontelbaar (uncountable nouns)

money

coffee

sugar

space

rice

...etc...

Can I have 2 sands?
(Can I ask this question?)

1. yes
2. no

Much/Many/A lot of

Dutch variant is 'veel'

Vorm: Much/Many/A lot of + Zelfstandig nw.

Veel water                                         Much water

Veel leerlingen                               Many pupils

Veel mensen                                    A lot of pupils / water

A few/A little

Dutch variant is 'een paar' & 'een beetje'

Vorm: a little/a few + Zelfstandig nw.

Een beetje water                                   A little water

Een paar leerlingen                               A few pupils

Few/Little

Dutch variant is 'weinig'

Vorm: little/few + Zelfstandig nw.

Weinig water                                          Little water

Weinig leerlingen                                Few pupils

Is het TELBAAR? Dan:

Many (veel)

A few (een paar)  

Few (weinig)

Is het ONTELBAAR? Dan:

Much (veel)

A little (een beetje)

Little (weinig)

Many bij "telbare" woorden.

Many + meervoud.

Many money

Many years

Many reasons

Many hairs

Much bij "ontelbare woorden".

Much + woorden zonder meervoud.

Much dogs

Much money

much time

much wine

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" alleen bij

bevestigende zinnen

B: She's got a lot of work to do.

B: He's got lots of work to do.

MUCH

MANY

People

Water

Salads

Fun

Homework

Hamburgers

Cheese

Children

Sally doesn't have ................... books in her bedroom.

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

We are going to be late. There is too.............traffic

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

................ people know as much about antiques as Walter. He is an expert

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

I don't have                   time left.                 

How                   books can I buy?

Only                   students showed up today.

                   students passed the test sadly.

                   people are scared of spiders.

There was only                       milk left.

The crowd showed                   interest.

much

many

few

little

a little

a few

a lot of