Quantifiers

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Countable nouns	Every, each, many, a number of, several, a few, few, both, a couple of, either, neither	All, most, a lot of, lots of, loads of, plenty of, some, no, none of
Uncountable nouns	Much, a great deal of, a little, little	All, most, a lot of, lots of, loads of, plenty of, some, no, none of
OF	Before nouns NO OF EVERY OF	Most people no space much time
OF	Determiners + noun Before pronouns NONE OF EVERYONE OF	Most of the people Most of them All of you Very few of your friends
ALWAYS OF	• A lot of, lots of, loads of, plenty of, none of	Loads of dirty washing

QUANTIFIERS: A LOT OF / MUCH / MANY

	Telbaar	Ontelbaar
Bevestigend (+) * Behalve na: so, as & too	I have a lot of coins * He has got so many friends.	I drink a lot of coffee. * I've got as much money as he has.
Ontkenning (-)	I haven't got many banknotes.	I haven't got much time.
Vragend (?)	Do you have many friends?	How much money do you need?

A little/A few, Little, Few

Little
Weinig
niet telbaar

A little
Een beetje
niet telbaar

Few
Weinig
telbaar

A few
Een paar
telbaar

I have load of work to do.

-loads of-

1. heel veel
2. bergen
3. opladen
4. laden

Synonyms for 'loads of'

loads of

1. formeel, netjes
2. heel veel
3. betrouwbaar
4. iemand anders

a load of

1. een heleboel
2. opgelucht
3. onzin
4. een wagonlading

Which quantifier do you use for COUNTABLE words?

1. Much
2. Many

Quantifiers
The Earth has __________ water.

1. many
2. much

Fergus doesn't have ......... friends.

(Quantifiers)

1. much
2. many
3. a lot of

Quantifiers
I have __________ bottles of water.

1. many
2. much

There were only ......... games left in the shop.
(Quantifiers)

1. A few
2. A little
3. A lot of
4. Many

Choose the right quantifier...
Fortunately, _________ friends came to David's party.

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

'Information' is uncountable. What quantifier can we use here?