Quantifiers

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Goals for this lesson

After this lesson, you can:

- Understand and apply different "quantifiers" (hoeveelheidswoorden)

Quantifiers (hoeveelheidswoorden)

Words which express a quantity

Which words are used to express quantities (hoeveelheid) ?
(more than one answer is possible)

1. A few - a little - few - little
2. Who-Which-When
3. This-That-Those-These
4. Much-Many-A lot

Telbaar (countable nouns)

Ze kunnen enkelvoud of meervoud zijn 

a car / three cars

a dog / two dogs

an orange / three oranges

 a chair/ six chairs

Ontelbaar (uncountable nouns)

Ze kunnen alleen enkelvoudig zijn 

money / two moneys 

sand / two sand

sugar / two sugars

bread / two breads

Think of words which are
countable (telbaar). Put 'a lot of' in front of it.
(example - a lot of apples, a lot of bottles)

Als ik een bevestigende zin wil maken, welke moet ik gebruiken?

1. Many
2. Much
3. A lot of

Als ik een zin wil maken met "friends", zou ik dan "many" of "much" gebruiken?

1. Many
2. Much

Als ik een zin wil maken met "bread" zou ik dan "many" of "much" gebruiken?

1. Many
2. Much

Schrijf een ontkennende zin: Gebruik een van de ontelbaar dingen we hebben net gezien:
I don't have ..............

Sally doesn't have ................... pens

1. much
2. many

We are going to be late. There is .............traffic on the road.

1. a lot of
2. many

I haven't got .........................clean clothes!

1. many
2. much

Do you have .......................... free time?

1. many
2. much

They get ...............................sunshine in Spain.

1. a lot of
2. many
3. much

Complete 

Unit 4, lesson 4 Ex. 7

A Few / Few + zelfstandig nw.

A few apples (een paar)

Few apples (weinig)

Welke letter zie je aan het eind van het zelfstandig naamwoord?

A little / Little + zelfstandig nw

A little milk (een beetje)

Little milk (weinig) 

Kun je het tellen?

Many (veel)

A few (een paar)  

Few (weinig)

Kun je het niet tellen?

Much (veel)

A little (een beetje)

Little (weinig)

I know .......................Spanish, but not enough for a 10 minute conversation.

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

Jenny always has got ...................... sweets and she always shares them.

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

I have ........................ water left, if you would like to share.

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

Video Quiz

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x0-agYQRLg

Video quiz

Question 1 -8  only

I don't have                   time left.                 

How                   books can I buy?

Only                   students showed up today.

                   students passed the test sadly.

                   people are scared of spiders.

There was only                       wine left.

The was                   ketchup in the bottle, 

is was finished. 

much

many

few

little

a little

a few

a lot of

Any questions?

Continue with....

Unit 4, lesson 4 Ex. 8 & 9

Use this online  exercise for extra practice as well.

Let's look back

After this lesson, you can:

- Understand and apply the "quantifiers"