Much / Many / A lot of / (a) few / (a) little

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Much, Many, a lot of, few, (a)little, (a)few

Je kan de juiste hoeveelheden aangeven in een zin. Woorden als veel, een paar, een beetje en weinig.

telbare woorden

niet-telbare woorden

niet telbare zelfstandig naamwoorden

advice	food	knowledge	milk	power	sugar
air	furniture	literature	money	rain	tea
butter	gold	love	music	salt	toothpaste
coffee	grass	luck	news	snow	weather
education	homework	luggage	noise	space	wine
electricity	information	meat	pepper	speed	work

veel / weinig

Welke woorden kun je gebruiken om VEEL te zeggen in het Engels?

1. a lot of
2. much
3. many
4. alle bovenstaande antwoorden

An opening question!

VEEL

much = niet  telbaar

In vraag- en ontkennende zinnen

• much sugar
• much homework
• much coffee

VEEL

many = meervoud of telbaar

many children

many birds

many subjects

many stories

VEEL

In bevestigende zinnen:

a lot of

I have a lot of friends.

We paid a lot of money for this.

A

VEEL

Maar let op! 

In bevestigende zinnen gebruik je  so, as, too en how wél much en many:

I sleep as many hours as I can.

We ate too much food today.

He's got so many friends

A

Few / a few

Verschil a few vs few

We gebruiken a few/few bij telbare zelfstandige naamwoorden.

Fortunately, I still have a few good grades on my report card . 

a few = positief (betekenis = een paar, een beetje)

I'm very sad, because I have few good grades on my report card.

few = negatief (betekenis = weinig, bijna geen.

Little / a little

Verschil a little vs little?

We gebruiken a little/little bij niet-telbare zelfstandige naamwoorden.

Can I help you? I speak a little English.

a little = positief (betekenis = iets/een beetje, maar niet veel)

I can't help you. I speak little English.

little = negatief (betekenis = bijna geen, bijna niets)

John has ___ friends. (veel)

1. much
2. few
3. many
4. a lot of

___ people like spiders. (weinig)

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

I would like ___ sugar in my coffee. (een beetje)

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

We don't have ___ information. (veel)

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

I only have ___ questions. (een paar)

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

I don't have ___ time to talk. (veel)

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

I don't like _____milk in my coffee. (veel)

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

He makes too ___ mistakes (veel)

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

Homework

Unit 2 lesson 4 reading (pg. 67-69)

ex. 6, 7, 8, 9