Some / Any - much/many - few/little - a lot of

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• Leerjaar 1

SOME / ANY

SOME / ANY

SOME en ANY betekenen beide:

• enkele
• wat 
• een paar
• geen (in combinatie met NOT)

                                                                           Ik koop elke dag wat snoep in de kantine.

                                                                     Every day I buy some sweets in the canteen.

                                                           Mijn broer mag geen noten eten, hij is allergisch.

                                                                        My brother can't eat any nuts, he's allergic.

SOME / ANY

Some and any have the same meaning,

but are used in different kinds of sentences.

Some is used in bevestigende zinnen / affirmative sentences, these usually end with a . or ! and don't have 'not' in it.

Any is used in questions (?) 

and sentences with the word 'not' in it. (negative sentences)

We need some tomatoes.

Do we need any tomatoes?

Daffy has some money.

Patrick doesn't have any money.

I have ___ apples left.

1. any
2. some

Are there ___ cakes left?

1. any
2. some

He hasn't got ___ time.

1. any
2. some

He has ___ money.

1. some
2. any

I have ..... sweets.

1. any
2. some

I don't have .... money.

1. any
2. some

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Much vs many

Much or many?

Much or many?

A little or a few?

A little or a few?

Much vs. many

Much, many, little of few

much / many 

Countable

Children

Euro

Dogs

Houses

birds

Uncountable

Water

Money

Pain

Sugar

Much and Many

In Dutch: Veel

Many - Countable

How many Euros do you have?

Much - Uncountable

How much money do you have?

tables

coffee

children

rain

bicycles

much

much

many

many

many

How .... apples doe you have?

1. much
2. many

We have ..... children in our class.

1. much
2. many

Do you have .... sugar in your tea?

1. many
2. much

He told me .... jokes.

1. much
2. many

(a) little vs (a) few

A little, a few

In Dutch: 'een paar' or 'een beetje'

(without 'a' = weinig) 

A few - Countable  (een paar)

I have a few Euros left on my bank account.

A little - Uncountable (een beetje)

I have a little money left in my wallet.

He has a ..... sweets left.

1. few
2. little

He has had ..... sleep last night.

1. little
2. few

I have .... money left.

1. few
2. little

A lot of, lots of

I have a lot of euros left in my wallet.

I have lots of money in my bank account

Instead of much and many

A lot of en lots of are the same

A lot of people

Lots of people

VEEL

In affirmative sentences:

a lot of/lots of

I have a lot of friends.

We paid lots of money for this.

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