Much many few little-sound Sol 4A 3rd ed

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Some, AnyMuch, many & a lot of

(a)few, (a) Little

Grammar

• Much, many, lots of, a lot of, (a) little, (a) few

• Intensifiers

SOME & ANY

Betekenis: een paar, een beetje, wat, enkele

But when do you have to use some and any

SOME • when to use it? 

1. In affirmative / positive sentences

   We bought some flowers

2. in a question expecting the answer will 

   be "yes"

   Can I have some water please?

3. request or offer

   Would you like some tea?

   

    

 

ANY • when to use it?

1. In  negative sentences

2. In questions - you don't know the answer 

yet

We didn't buy any flowers.

They arrived without any delay.

Bij vraagzinnen: hoe maak je duidelijk aan de leerlingen om welke zinnen het gaat. Aangezien vraagzinnen ook some kunnen bevatten. 

ANY • when to use it?

1. In negative sentences

2. In Questions - you don't know the answer

yet

     Do you have any luggage?

             

We didn't buy any flowers.

They arrived without any delay.

negative

ANY • when to use it?

1. In negative sentences

2. In questions - you don't know the answer

yet

     Do you have any luggage?

                          Maybe, maybe not.

We didn't buy any flowers.

They arrived without any delay.

negative

Bij vraagzinnen: hoe maak je duidelijk aan de leerlingen om welke zinnen het gaat. Aangezien vraagzinnen ook some kunnen bevatten. 

SOME

ANY 

use:

- positive sentences

- questions expecting the answer is yes

- request or offer

use:

- negative sentences

- All the other questions.

MUCH money

MANY coins and MANY banknotes

Much and Many

1. We use much with uncountable nouns in questions and negatives.

• How much money have you got?
  
• There isn’t much cheese left.
  

 

2. We use many with countable nouns in questions and negatives.

• How many people were at the party?
  
• I didn’t take many photos on holiday.
  

 

(a) few and (a) little

1. We use a few with countable nouns

There are a few cigarettes left, but not many.

 

2. We use a little with uncountable nouns

Can you give me a little help?

Listen and fill in the blanks - 1
and we took too ... ...

Listen and fill in the blanks - 2
Too ... ... with too ... ...

Listen and fill in the blanks 3
Barbie: Oh, I´m having so ... ... !

Listen and fill in the blanks - 4
okay, so you're a rocket scientist. That don't impress me ...

Listen and fill in the blanks - 4
too ... cool ... ah,ah - ah ah

Listen and fill in the blanks - 6
How ... ... do I have to tell you, even when you're crying you're beautiful too

A ... ... suddenly turns heavy
But a whole lot of love can make the clouds go away

Many

Much

Money

Food

Donut

Sweater

People

Time

... boys

1. much
2. many

... food

1. much
2. many

... Christmas trees

1. much
2. many

... sugar

1. much
2. many

... sugar cubes

1. much
2. many

MUCH

MANY

money

sand

girls

pens

cars

coffee

rain

water

doors

hair

tables

phones

MANY = veel en telbaar:
cars
pupils
books
cats
questions
hours
...

MUCH = veel en NIET telbaar:
sugar
love
anger
space
homework
time
...

A LITTLE = een beetje (enkelvoud)

A FEW = een paar (meervoud)

I need a little more time.

Ik heb een beetje meer tijd nodig.

Jack eats a few fries.

Jack eet een paar frietjes.

LITTLE = weinig (enkelvoud)

FEW = weinig (meervoud)

My teacher has little patience.

Mijn lerares heeft weinig geduld.

Very few pupils. like to do homework

Erg  weinig  leerlingen vinden huiswerk leuk.

A bas guitar only has A FEW strings.

An electric guitar has
 A FEW strings more.

(a) Few

(a) Little

Money

Donut

Food

Time

People

Dollar

Fortunately we have.....homework. We are lucky!

1. few
2. little

We had ___ hope about this project.

1. few
2. little

There was _____ milk left for me. The rest drank it all.

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

They moved to France ______ years ago.

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

I would like ... salt in my soup.

1. a little
2. a few

We still have _____ cake left.

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

I only have ____ money left.

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

We don't have ....... presents. My parents want to save for a trip to Hawaii.

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

Samenvatting

'Much', 'many' & 'a lot of' betekenen allemaal 'veel'.

	Enkelvoud / ontelbaar	Meervoud / telbaar
Bevestigende zinnen	We have a lot of money.	They have a lot of friends.
Ontkennende zinnen	We don't have much money.	They don't have many friends.
Vragende zinnen	Do we have much money?	Do they have many friends?