Chapter 4 Quantifiers

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Chapter 4 Quantifiers

Agenda

New grammar: Quantifiers

Mini quiz

Practice

Writing/speaking

The goal: at the end of the lesson you will remember how to identify countable and uncountable nouns, and be able to use quantifiers with them. You will also have practiced your speaking skills.

New Grammar

A little, a few, a lot of, lots of: 5-10 minutes

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable and uncountable nouns

Countable or uncountable:
Bean

1. Countable
2. Uncountable

Countable or uncountable:
Music

1. Countable
2. Uncountable

Countable or uncountable: YOGHURT

1. countable
2. uncountable

A lot of/ Many/ Much

A lot of, many & much= Veel

 Some & any

Quantifiers

Countable                                                               uncountable

- A lot                                                                            -a lot

- few                                                                              -little

- many                                                                          -much

- some/any                                                                 -some /any

Much & many = veel 

Much	Many
Ontelbaar Ontkennende zinnen (- zin) I don't have much money Vraagzinnen (? zin) Do you have much work to do?	Telbaar Ontkennende zinnen (- zin) I don't have many games at home. Vraagzinnen (? zin) Do you have many biscuits left?

(a) little & (a) few

(A) little / (A) few

a little	little
een beetje + enkelvoud I only want a little tomato sauce.	weinig + enkelvoud There's too little salt in this soup.

a few	few
een paar + meervoud I'm cutting a few onions.	weinig + meervoud Very few people need that thing.

Wat betekent '(a) little' & '(a) few'

1. Veel
2. Weinig

I need (a) little / (a) few ingredients for the recipe.

1. a little
2. a few

Choose: a little -a few- few- little?

I'm ... sad today.

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

Vul in: (a) little/ (a) few
He has ... (weinig) good friends.

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

Vul in: (a) little/ (a) few
He put ... (een beetje) sugar in his coffee.

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

Practice

Pg 26 ex 29, 30

pg 14 ex 10

Finished? Talk with a partner about your answers to ex 10. Explain why you would buy those things. Are there things you would both buy?

The goal:

The goal: at the end of the lesson you will remember how to identify countable and uncountable nouns, and be able to use much, many, (a) little, and (a) few with them. You will also have practiced your speaking skills.

I know when to use much, many, a lot of, (a) little, (a) few

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(a) little & (a) few