FOCUS 2 - 1.6 So Such (+ Much Many Little Few)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

information

money

milk

love

ambition

sand

time

motivation

imagination

people

table

book

lesson

mark

friend

teacher

student

sheep

Hoe vertaal je 'veel' naar het Engels?

Much of many?

Much en many betekenen allebei ‘veel’.

• Bij dingen die je kunt tellen, gebruik je many.
• Bij dingen die je niet kunt tellen, zoals vloeistoffen, geld etc. gebruik je much:

For example: I haven't got many shoes.

                            There is much money in his bag.

A lot of / lots of

In plaats van much / many wordt ook a lot of / lots of gebruikt. Maar dan wel in bevestigende zinnen, dus niet in vragen of ontkenningen:

• There are lots of/ a lot of sweets in the bowl. 
• A lot of/ lots of people came to the concert.

MAAR: 

There aren't many sweets left.

En ook:

Na woorden als so, too en how moet je, ook in bevestigende zinnen, much / many gebruiken:

I know how much work you have done.

There are only so many hours in a day.

Much or many?
coffee

1. much
2. many

Much or many?
children

1. much
2. many

Much or many?
food

1. much
2. many

Much or many?
potatoes

1. much
2. many

Hoe vertaal je "weinig' naar het Engels?

a few of a little?

Few en little betekenen allebei ‘weinig'.

• Bij dingen die je kunt tellen, gebruik je few.
• Bij dingen die je niet kunt tellen, zoals vloeistoffen, geld etc. gebruik je little:

For example: I bought a few gifts.

                            I spend very little of my earnings.

Let op!

Few en little betekenen 'weinig' of 'bijna niets'

A few betekent 'een paar'

A little betekent 'een beetje'

1. How ______ people are you expecting?

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

2. How ______ money do you want for this?

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

3. I don't see ______ point in continuing. We're all very tired.

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

4. We don't stock these. We don't get ______ demand for them.

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

5. There are only .............. people in the room

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

6. It only takes ............ minutes.

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

7. There was only ............ time to talk to my parents on the phone.

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

8. Could you give me ............. bottles of cider, please?

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

9. How...............money do you need?

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

10. There are .............. dirty plates in the dish washer.

1. much
2. a lot of
3. lots of
4. little

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Intensifiers

Intensifiers are adverbs or adverbial phrases that strengthen the meaning of other expressions and show emphasis. Words that we commonly use as intensifiers include absolutely, completely, extremely, highly, rather, really, so, too, totally, utterly, very:

She was so upset. I felt extremely sorry for her.

She has a very strict teacher.

Don’t work too hard. Sometimes you’ll get more done by relaxing a bit.

I don’t think she understood the topic and her essay was rather a mess.

She’s really offended her sister.

So and such

SO gebruikt men bij een bijvoeglijk naamwoord of bijvoeglijke bepaling (adjective/adverb) bijv.  so happy, so quickly  

SUCH gebruikt men bij een zelfstandig naamwoord (noun) – er mag een bijvoeglijk naamwoord voor het zelfstandig naamwoord staan bijv. 

such a stupid story, such nice people 

Let wel op: such a happy person en niet a such happy person 

Give an example (voorbeeld) using SO / SUCH + an intensifier (too, really, very) in a sentence.

They were ... happy that they started dancing.

1. so
2. such

It was ... a beautiful day that we took a picnic to the park.

1. so
2. such

Natalie loves reading books. She's ... a bookworm!

1. so
2. such

The weather was ... hot I stayed inside.

1. so
2. such

The shops had ... few vegetables at that time that we grew our own.

1. so
2. such

That's _____ a good shop.

1. so
2. such

I find shopping _____ tiring.

1. so
2. such

You and I are _____ good friends.

1. so
2. such

The queue at the checkout
was _____ long.

1. so
2. such

extra info

SO = before adjectives without nouns: She is so inspiring.

SO = before much/many + noun: I'm happy that so many friends are coming to the party.

SUCH = before adjectives + nouns: He has got such a comfortable sofa.

SUCH = before nouns: Angela always has such luck. Such people will always deny it.

More in your SB, p.134