A few, a little

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

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Black Story

A strangely dressed corpse is found in the middle of a forest. What happened?

During a big fire-fighting operation an amateur driver was sucked up by a fire plane during a low-flying manoeuvre to collect water. 

The plane then released its load of water, including the diver, over the forest fire. 

MUCH

MANY

People

Water

leaves

Fun

Homework

Hamburgers

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" bij

bevestigende zinnen

B:  Dagobert Duck has a lot of money.

B: Students generally spend lots of time on their homework.

B:  John has got lots of work to do.

B: I have got lots of Facebook friends.

A few/A little

Dutch: 'een paar' & 'een beetje'. Nadruk op het kleine beetje dat er wel is (het glas is half vol)

Vorm: a little/a few + Zelfstandig nw.

Een beetje wijn                                   A little wine

Een paar leerlingen                           A few pupils

Few/Little

Dutch variant is 'weinig'. Nadruk op het feit dat er weinig is (het glas is half leeg).

Vorm: little/few + Zelfstandig nw.

Weinig wijn                                          Little wine

Weinig leerlingen                              Few pupils

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Next week

• Hand in your choice for the Novel Test
• Hand in your email: I will give feedback on the use of future tenses and degrees of comparison
• Wednesday: Presentation by Merijn, Reading
• Thursday: Presentations by Liz & Lars
• Friday: Mock test on Theme 4