Quantifiers

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Quantifiers (hoeveelheidswoorden)

Words which express a quantity

Goal for Today

After this lesson, you can:

- Understand and apply the different "quantifiers"  (hoeveelheidswoorden)

in English

Which words are used to express quantities?
(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) 

cars

dogs

oranges

chairs

pens

Ontelbaar (uncountable nouns)

money

coffee

sugar

chocolate

cheese

Can I have 2 waters?
(Can I ask this question?)

1. yes
2. no

Als het ontelbaar is...

Ik heb een eenheidswaarde nodig:

2 cups of coffee

5 bottles of water

3 bags of flour

4 teaspoons of sugar

3 kilos of sand

Heel gewone dingen die een eenheids-waarde

nodig 

hebben

Think of words which are
countable (telbaar). Put many in front of it.
(examples; many apples, many bottles)

Much/Many/A lot of

Dutch variant is 'veel'

Vorm: Much/Many/A lot of + Zelfstandig nw.

Veel water                                         Much water

Veel leerlingen                               Many pupils

Veel mensen                                    A lot of pupils / water

A few/A little

Dutch variant is 'een paar' & 'een beetje'

Vorm: a little/a few + Zelfstandig nw.

Een beetje water                                   A little water

Een paar leerlingen                               A few pupils

Few/Little

Dutch variant is 'weinig'

Vorm: little/few + Zelfstandig nw.

Weinig water                                          Little water

Weinig leerlingen                                Few pupils

Is het telbaar? Ja, dan:

Many (veel)

A few (een paar)  

Few (weinig)

Is het ontelbaar? Ja, dan:

Much (veel)

A little (een beetje)

Little (weinig)

MUCH

MANY

People

Water

Salads

Fun

Homework

Hamburgers

Cheese

Children

Sally doesn't have ................... books in her bedroom.

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

We are going to be late. There is too.............traffic

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

................ people know as much about antiques as Walter. He is an expert

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

Welke zinnen hebben een negatiever gevoel?

1. I only have a few sweets left, but I will share them.

2. There was little choice at the bakers, everything had been sold.

3. I have a little time, so I can help you.

4. He has few options left open to him.

5. We have few neighbours because we live in an isolated area.

6. We have a little money, let's get some pizza. 

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                       milk left.

The crowd showed                   interest.

much

many

few

little

a little

a few

a lot of

Any questions?

Continue with....

First : Unit 2, Lesson 4 Ex. 6 & 7

Then : Use this online  exercise for extra practice as well.

Finished? - Then work independently on U2:L4 Ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 9

(This will become your homework, if it's not finished during the lesson).

Did you achieve the goal of the lesson?
To understand and apply the different "quantifiers" (hoeveelheidswoorden) in English

No

A bit, but not totally

More yes, than no

Totally achieved the goal

Lesdoel: hoeveelheden.
Wat vind je nog lastig?

Many bij "telbare" woorden.

Many + meervoud.

Many money

Many years

Many reasons

Many hairs

Much bij "ontelbare woorden".

Much + woorden zonder meervoud.

Much dogs

Much money

much time

much wine

Gebruik "Many/Much" bij

ontkennende en vragende zinnen.

O: I haven't got much time.

V: How much money do you need?

O: I don't have many friends.

v: How many copies do you need?

Gebruik  "A lot of" of "lots of" allen bij

bevestigende zinnen

B: She's got a lot of work to do.

B: He's got lots of work to do.

Let's look back

After this lesson, you can:

- Understand and apply the "quantifiers"