Quantifiers

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 4

Quantifiers 

Goal of the lesson

By the end of the lesson you will be able to: 

use a lot of / much / many / (a) little / (a) few in a sentence.

Much and many

Used to indicate large amount/number.

Many is used to refer to things that are countable.

ex: people, houses, days

Much is used to refer to things that are uncountable. 

ex: water, sand, time, money,milk

Lots of / alot of 

Lots of / a lot of are used to refer to countable and uncountable things.

ex: he has saved lots of money.

(a) few and (a) little

A(few) is used to refer to things that are countable.

ex: there are a few people are in the room.

(A) little is used to refer to things that are uncountable.

ex: there is a little milk left.

I've bought .... candy bars.

1. a few
2. a little

I don't have ... time to talk.

1. many
2. much

There is too ................ water here!

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

There are ................ people here!

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

There is ................ water here!

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

He makes _________ (weinig) errors

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

We don't have ...... information (veel)

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

How ........... money have you got?

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

I've got ............... homework to do, so maybe we can watch a film.

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

There aren't ............ people in this room. I see only five.

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

I have ..(1).. friends, but ..(2).. time.

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

I love pets. I have ... at home.

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

The museum was very crowded. There were too ... people.

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

Can you tell me how ...... people were invited? (veel)

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

Hurry up! We haven't got ___ time left.

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

Ann is very busy these days. She has ____________free time

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

Which one?
"He isn't very popular. He has ... friends."

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

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

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

They've put too ___ sugar in this. It's very sweet.

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

How ___ times have you tried calling your sister?

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

Heads together

Practice makes perfect

Exercises 53 (a,b,c) 54 (a,b) 55(a,b) on pages 60, 61 &62. 

Heads together

Practice makes perfect

Exercises 51(a,b,) 52 (a,b) 53(a,b) on pages 60, 61 &62.